Hi Paul,
I sold a Legnano frameset and some peripherals to a person from Japan a few years back. Small bike box; still cost the buyer $325.00 or so. Nearly twice what he paid for the contents of the package! Shipping to AsiaPac has become incredibly expensive. Guess it's having to fly against the prevailing winds ;^)
Marc St. Martin Livermore, California USA (will be riding my Buckley trike tomorrow)
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>From: W PAUL PATZKOWSKY <oldtrikerider@q.com>
>Sent: Jun 27, 2009 12:11 PM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR] International shipping, US to .......
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>Fedex just gave me a quote of $420 to ship a frameset to Japan via International Economy shipping! "It's the package size...." they say ( a standard bike box). I imagine that UPS is comparable and I haven't checked with the USPS yet. Is something dreadfully wrong or do we not sell big stuff to international bidders on Ebay?
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>Paul Patzkowsky
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>Longmont, CO