Bike postage costs

pilsburypie

Selling my 2009 Trek Fuel Ex8 on ebay..... I have done a search on here cos I remember a post a while back on this subject but can't find it. So, does anyone know who is a good courier for bikes? Kind of remember someone mentioning £25 which seems cheap. Hope it's not over £45 as that's what I put postage. I'll go to a LBS and ask for a box......

warpcow

Check parcel2go.co.uk for cheap quotes from all the major couriers.

supersonic

Yep, parcel to go, from about 7 quid!!!!!

The Northern Monkey

parcel monkey

DodgeT

http://www.paisleyfreight.com/bike-courier.php

From £21.50, not used them myselves, but heard of people recommending them on ohter forums.

Me personally, would never buy a bike off someone wanting £45 for postage unless I was going to collect it.
If your serious about the postage option (which will give you a much bigger scope of bidders), I'd look at putting a more realistic price on it.

All my opinion of course.

Good luck either way

pilsburypie

supersonic wrote:

Yep, parcel to go, from about 7 quid!!!!!

How the hell did you get that?! Carbon road bike broken into pieces and packed in a shoebox? :shock: I entered the following details:

Weight 17kg (to include box)
Lenght 120cm
Height 100cm
Width 30cm

Best I got was £24.99 + VAT ........so £30

pilsburypie

DodgeT wrote:

http://www.paisleyfreight.com/bike-courier.php

From £21.50, not used them myselves, but heard of people recommending them on ohter forums.

Me personally, would never buy a bike off someone wanting £45 for postage unless I was going to collect it.

Looking into it I now agree - will adjust the price to £25 which should cover me - unless SS tells me how to hit £7!

The Northern Monkey

parcel monkey will do £11

Then add insurance as necessary.

pilsburypie

The Northern Monkey wrote:

parcel monkey will do £11

Then add insurance as necessary.

Now that's what I'm talking about! Cheers

supersonic

The price structure seems to have changed, but what I posted was in a smaller box and weighed less.

parcel monkey will do £11

Then add insurance as necessary.

Ah yes, you had good dealings with PM insurance lol.

D-Cyph3r

Just cost me £18.99 via City Link to sell my EX8 frame, forks and wheels in a full size bike box.... now the insurance on that, thats another matter.

pilsburypie

supersonic wrote:

The price structure seems to have changed, but what I posted was in a smaller box and weighed less.

parcel monkey will do £11

Then add insurance as necessary.

Ah yes, you had good dealings with PM insurance lol.

Ah....was it a dick about?