Posting a Bike ...Any ideas

blackstar500
blackstar500 Posts: 139
edited November 2018 in Road beginners
Hi

Sold a bike to person based in Iceland and was wondering what to do next .. Please any ideas on a typical cost and best post service to use ...

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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Ask a LBS for an old bike box to put it in.

    Are you sure the sale is legit?

    try sameday-delivery.co.uk to get quotes. Will be expensive.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    royal mial charged mf £70 to get a frameset to the US - just take it there (the post office, not the US)
    LBS supplied box

    #simples
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • blackstar500
    blackstar500 Posts: 139
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Ask a LBS for an old bike box to put it in.

    Are you sure the sale is legit?

    try sameday-delivery.co.uk to get quotes. Will be expensive.

    Please shed more light .... how does one know it is not a legit sale
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
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    Shirley Basso wrote:
    Ask a LBS for an old bike box to put it in.

    Are you sure the sale is legit?

    try sameday-delivery.co.uk to get quotes. Will be expensive.

    why wouldn't it be legit?

    #unfoundedsuspicions
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    On occasion unscrupulous buyers from overseas will turnout to be fraudulent.

    Genuinely don't want to sound like a scaremonger but just do your due diligence.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    On occasion unscrupulous buyers from, well, anywhere really, will turnout to be fraudulent.

    Genuinely don't want to sound like a scaremonger but just do your due diligence.

    ftfy

    #dailyexpressdailymail
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • CitizenLee
    CitizenLee Posts: 2,227
    The MFs are hashtagging like a teenager on Instagram these past few days. What gives?
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    of course, if you do want to do your due diligence remember that all id needs to certified as a true copy and its best practice if you hold dd on the certifier which in turn has been certified or you have met them.

    address conf. needs to be within 3 months or a site visit.

    any funds needs certified source of funds report. "income" or "inheritance" is not enough. a copy of a bank statement showing where its from or wage slip is cool.

    or just wait for the money to hit your account, take it out and send the person the bike.

    #duediligence
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    CitizenLee wrote:
    The MFs are hashtagging like a teenager on Instagram these past few days. What gives?

    #ideation

    #deaction

    #immobilisation
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • CitizenLee
    CitizenLee Posts: 2,227
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    CitizenLee wrote:
    The MFs are hashtagging like a teenager on Instagram these past few days. What gives?

    #ideation

    #deaction

    #immobilisation

    5dc029680cc3faeb3d8efc1a511b5398.gif
    Current:
    NukeProof Mega FR 2012
    Cube NuRoad 2018
    Previous:
    2015 Genesis CdF 10, 2014 Cube Hyde Race, 2012 NS Traffic, 2007 Specialized SX Trail, 2005 Specialized Demo 8
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    does anything actually mean anything?

    #ideology
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • CitizenLee
    CitizenLee Posts: 2,227
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    does anything actually mean anything?

    #ideology

    Only the value we attach to said "things"... but from a nihilistic standpoint, no, everything is meaningless ;)
    Current:
    NukeProof Mega FR 2012
    Cube NuRoad 2018
    Previous:
    2015 Genesis CdF 10, 2014 Cube Hyde Race, 2012 NS Traffic, 2007 Specialized SX Trail, 2005 Specialized Demo 8
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    #emancipationofthemind
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • ayjaycee
    ayjaycee Posts: 1,277
    blackstar500 wrote:
    Hi

    Sold a bike to person based in Iceland and was wondering what to do next .. Please any ideas on a typical cost and best post service to use ...
    Of course, the intelligent thing to do would have been to sort that kind of thing out before agreeing to sell to an overseas buyer...........
    Cannondale Synapse Carbon Ultegra
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  • levarg
    levarg Posts: 14
    Maybe this video from Evans Cycles can help with how to package the bike:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moJUdTf ... e=youtu.be

    The video is for setting the bike up after delivery. I suppose you could pretty much follow the same steps, but in reverse.

    Actually the video is for UK deliveries. I received a bike by international delivery. The only difference was the front wheel was off to make the overall package dimensions smaller.
  • skooter
    skooter Posts: 264
    edited November 2018
    Yes be careful of the bike box size as I found out. 1.5 meter if I remember, which is smaller than you think.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,383
    (as I discovered to my cost this time last year...it's simple, it just costs a feckton! :cry: )
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    not by royal mail its not.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.

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