Re: [CR]shipping frames in australia

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Columbus:SLX)

Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:01:47 +1000
From: "P. Lynn Miller" <lynnmiller@optusnet.com.au>
To: minneman@onomy.com, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]shipping frames in australia
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/Scott Minneman wrote:/
> /I recently bought an on-topic frame from somebody in Australia, and need to
> get it from Canberra to outside Melborne (where a friend of mine will bring
> it stateside next time he flies over). I've been told by the seller that
> bike frames are too big for Australia Post, and that there's no equivalent
> of UPS or FedEx.
>
> Can somebody who's familiar with shipping things around down under please
> advise me on who/what to point the seller to? Will the "Couriers Please"
> method work, even when Canberra isn't one of their home cities? What are
> the names of other plausible options?
>
> Somebody must know this off the top of their head, and can save the seller
> some time and frustration in trying to figure it out./ Scott,

Fastway Couriers( http://www.fastwayfms.com/australia/index.htm ) would be the company to contact. They are very reasonable and timely. If your seller has trouble hooking up with Fastway, have him contact me, I can get the connection made.

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P. Lynn Miller
Sydney, Australia
http://www.chainringtransitauthority.com