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Title: Help with shipping costs from the States
Post by: factory pilot on September 09, 2012, 03:32 PM: Thinking of buying a bike from US Ebay...can anyone tell me approx costs of shipping a complete bike to the UK ?
I'm aware of bloody import duties, tax, customs etc but what should the cost of pure shipping be? Then with the duties ?
Many thanks for your help radsters :smitten:
regards Antony
Title: Re: Help with shipping costs from the States
Post by: Devilock on September 09, 2012, 03:44 PM: Shipping should be around £60 - £100.

Customs charges vary but it could be about £50.
Title: Re: Help with shipping costs from the States
Post by: factory pilot on September 09, 2012, 05:48 PM: cheers dude...will bare it in mind......now all I need to find a willing yank and the right bike.
thanks again :smitten:
Title: Re: Help with shipping costs from the States
Post by: thecaptain on September 10, 2012, 12:13 PM: $157 or £95ish, but customs stung me with £240!!!!! be careful, importing anything from abroad with a value over £40 with incur customs charges
Title: Re: Help with shipping costs from the States
Post by: Devilock on September 10, 2012, 12:23 PM: Quote from: thecaptain on September 10, 2012, 12:13 PM
but customs stung me with £240!!!!!

:wtf: What did you buy...?! :crazy2:
Title: Re: Help with shipping costs from the States
Post by: pickle on September 10, 2012, 12:26 PM: my frame cost £80 in charges from the states :( you just gotta swallow it i guess :-\
Title: Re: Help with shipping costs from the States
Post by: Devilock on September 10, 2012, 12:44 PM: Quote from: pickle on September 10, 2012, 12:26 PM
you just gotta swallow it i guess :-\

I heard you spit Rob..!! :D
Title: Re: Help with shipping costs from the States
Post by: dancetothedrummersbeat on September 11, 2012, 11:52 PM: I've been charged anything between £25 - £40 from customs to import a used frame & forks
Title: Re: Help with shipping costs from the States
Post by: factory pilot on September 12, 2012, 04:53 PM: Cheers guys with all the input....
...I'd found a 'new' Haro 2009 freestyer...agreed a fee for the bike and post but the guy refused to play ball when it came to the customs form....bugger!!!
Its so unfair when it comes to importing anything bmx or vintage from the states....most people I've delt with have been cool but some people are too 'straight' to help us brits out :rant:
It makes some deals so expensive that its pointless to bother :yahoo_silent:
Title: Re: Help with shipping costs from the States
Post by: Tidelander on September 12, 2012, 05:07 PM: I use Bundlebox to get things over from the states as it gives you a US address and so you can bid for things even if they say they don't ship internationally as you set the address up in eBay. Not sure if they handle whole bikes though. They tend to be more expensive than going direct with a courier but then I get to prefer stuff that the Yanks won't normally ship