<< Ralph, the guys at your Post Office must like you... >>
Yes, Ralph, I have to go along with Ray. I sent a Colnago (off topic model) to Australia last season and managed a low $280. using a shipping agent...?
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-----Original Message----- From: Raymond Dobbins <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com> To: Via Bicycle <viabicycle@gmail.com>; Classic Rendezvous Bike List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:43 pm Subject: Re: [CR] shipping frame from US to Australia.
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Ralph, the guys at your Post Office must like you, or they don't know what
they're doing and you got lucky.? The max size for Priority Int'l is 79".
? The limit goes up to 108" with Global Express Guaranteed (GXG), and the
price of shipping a 58cm frame by GXG would be about $400.
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Looks like your Post Office gave you the GXG size restriction, but at the m
uch lower Priority price.
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I helped out Greg Softley a few times by receiving bikes from US sellers wh
o didn't want to ship outside the US.? I would tear the bike down and re-
package it to make it as small as possible and then ship it via US Postal S
ervice.? It was never less than $300, not including the wheels!
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This is what the the last re-packaged box?looked like:
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From: Via Bicycle <viabicycle@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CR] shipping frame from US to Australia. To: "jeffrey piwonka" <jmpiwonka@yahoo.com> Cc: "classic rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 10:04 AM
Jeff,
I recently(jan. 2009) sent an on-topic frameset to Australia US
priority airmail for around $80, i think. it may have been less, but I
know it was not more than $80. It was just a frame and fork(58cm), so
the box was able to be smaller as the fork was not installed. I had no
size restrictions problem. Just look on the USPS website, I think the
max girth is 108" and that is easy to do a frameset under that. A lot
harder to do a complete bike with wheels, but is possible.
joel ralph flood
http://bikeville.blogspot.com/
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:48 AM, jeffrey piwonka <jmpiwonka@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> I've got some parts on ebay, one being a frame.
> I've had a question about shipping the frame to Australia and I think
there is no possible way to do it at a reasonable cost.
> USPS being the only possibility and they have some size restrictions that
aren't generous enough for a frame and fork...
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> Am I correct?
>
> some on topic parts that the US guys can see.
> http://ebay.com/
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> Thanks,
> Jeff Piwonka
> austin, texas usa.