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Title: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: JT71 on May 27, 2008, 10:26 AM

help.

seems to cost a fortune because the calculators ignore actual weight and base it on volumetric weight
which makes no sense to me.

anyone got any suggestions?

Title: Re: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: pickle on May 27, 2008, 10:27 AM

yeah......don't bother  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: virtualmeuk on May 27, 2008, 10:28 AM

wtf r u shipping to france?

Title: Re: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: 2020mad on May 27, 2008, 10:34 AM

more trouble than its worth i would say.  :(

Title: Re: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: JT71 on May 27, 2008, 10:38 AM

yeah you are right.

the bike sold for way under what i wanted and shipping is a load of cash.

Title: Re: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: double chevron on May 27, 2008, 11:09 AM

Best bet is to waste tour time and take it to the Post for a quote..
The calculators are not always reliable.

Title: Re: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: funkwit on May 29, 2008, 09:20 AM

Quote from: double chevron on May 27, 2008, 11:09 AM

Best bet is to waste tour time and take it to the Post for a quote..
The calculators are not always reliable.

Agree. ParcelForce is probably your best bet - try and keep the box dimensions as small as you possibly can.

Title: Re: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: PHIPPSIO on May 29, 2008, 07:21 PM

Pack it in the smallest box you can without the potential for damage. Anything bmx that goes overseas will ultimately always be calculated on volumetric weight due to the transit space it requires. I tend to get a quote from parcelforce on there site
www.parcelforceworldwide.com

Title: Re: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: FuNMoNsTeR on May 31, 2008, 12:59 PM

Like the guys say..... box it up as compact as you can. A local bike shop should have some empty bike cartons. PLEASE DONT use Parcelfarce. You will pay 30%+ more and i wouldnt trust them to deliver a box of fresh air.
  Use this site: www.interparcel.com or www.p4d.co.uk You will save bigtime and they use couriors like TNT and DHL. You can also pay by paypal and they pick the box up from your door. Tracking is included too. You will need to measure the box and also weigh it. You can weigh it at your local post office  ;)   
 Any probs then shoot me a PM  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: Tefore on May 31, 2008, 01:03 PM

i use the parcel force website but always find it a lot cheaper when i drag it down to the post office

Title: Re: how to ship a bike to France - help please
Post by: antiquebmx on May 31, 2008, 03:32 PM

Ive posted over the world using these, they are fast and use DHL,  you have to pack it in a box upto 4 cubic feet,  so a box around 1m long, 18 inch high and 10 inch wide.    Ive been over box size limit slightly before and its been ok,    is the bike valuable?   they will insure upto £500,   but you can find other insurers if reqd


check out this site, thought everyone knew of it   http://www.parcel2go.com/ (http://www.parcel2go.com/)