Hi CR folks - I had to throw out a new topic as I've seen enough of "classic shipping and payment rendezvous" for the week...
Does anyone know of any never-ridden Confente frames or bikes out there? I'm trying to determine if the one I know of is the only one out there, or if there are others.
Mike Kone in Boulder CO
> It doesn't seem much better even if we're on the same continent. I've got a
\r?\n> few bikes listed on eBay and this has me looking into the costs of shipping
\r?\n> from Canada to the States. Online calculators are giving me numbers in the
\r?\n> $115 US range for mortal without a business account. This is like double
\r?\n> what I found a couple years ago when I was selling a few things. If anyone
\r?\n> has any good Canada to US bike shipping ideas please let me know.
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\r?\n> David
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\r?\n> David Bilenkey
\r?\n> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
\r?\n> dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
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\r?\n> > -----Original Message-----
\r?\n> > From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
\r?\n> > [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of
\r?\n> > Freek Faro
\r?\n> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 5:06 PM
\r?\n> > To: Doug Smith
\r?\n> > Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> > Subject: Re: [CR]Costs of Shipping, Europe to USA
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Interesting to read about the huge shipping cost from the UK
\r?\n> > to the USA. Now I (living in the Netherlands) have shipped
\r?\n> > several frames to the US in the past year. I pack a frame
\r?\n> > rather extensively, and use extra cardboard inside for
\r?\n> > protection. Weight comes out at 8 kgs, + or - a couple of
\r?\n> > hundre d grams. I don't want to do it otherwise just to save
\r?\n> > a few bucks. Cost has been 65 to 70 USD, depending on valuta
\r?\n> > rate fluctuations. Not bad, compared to the cost mentioned
\r?\n> > for UK-USA shipment. That is for a weight between 5 and 10
\r?\n> > kgs, so there's still room for small parts. The size
\r?\n> > requirements ar e exactly right for even bigger frames. So
\r?\n> > much for EU harmonization, last time I checked, the UK was
\r?\n> > closer to the USA than continental Europe. Although the guy
\r?\n> > at the post office told me that my parcels would probably be
\r?\n> > flown to Milan (from Amsterdam), and then across the Atlantic!
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Anyway, consider this a shameless promotion for Dutch bikes,
\r?\n> > like my Gazell e Champion Mondial that's still for sale! (and
\r?\n> > more to come?)
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Freek (aspiring exporter) Faro
\r?\n> > Rotterdam Netherlands