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Title: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: kdw712 on October 27, 2008, 11:23 AM
any one sent a F&F to the states recently ?

just wondering ball park what the cost will be for say a

tracked air freight 7 day service or something similar

cheers  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: thecrooch on October 27, 2008, 12:01 PM
about £40 would think if you want it tracked and that quickly..
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: bmxer4ever on October 27, 2008, 06:17 PM
about £40 would think if you want it tracked and that quickly..

I might have to do this in the near future too.
Who provides this service kind sir?
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: thecrooch on October 27, 2008, 09:16 PM
dont quote me but im sure royal mail do - check out parcel force website


Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: kdw712 on October 27, 2008, 11:07 PM
cheers Si
but checked on parcel force and with up £500 comp
i got it costing £120 odd ....

which is $186

seems bloody steep to me
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: antiquebmx on October 28, 2008, 06:33 AM
try    www.parcel2go.com    ;)
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: thecrooch on October 28, 2008, 08:50 AM
cheers Si
but checked on parcel force and with up £500 comp
i got it costing £120 odd ....

which is $186

seems bloody steep to me

foook thats not good is it... its the tracking that costs, if you send it as is it shouldnt cost anywhere near that.  Dont suppose our amazing pound will help at the moment $1.50 ffs!!
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: kdw712 on October 28, 2008, 09:22 AM
try    www.parcel2go.com    ;)

Wow

much better price

top info cheers  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: kdw712 on October 28, 2008, 09:23 AM
foook thats not good is it... its the tracking that costs, if you send it as is it shouldnt cost anywhere near that.  Dont suppose our amazing pound will help at the moment $1.50 ffs!!

what made me laugh though was the statement the comp cover was only for the UK
as it would be other postal services dealing with it in the US
so beyond their control etc

FFS   :wtf:
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: bmxer4ever on November 22, 2008, 06:13 PM
Needing to post a frame to the States and have got these quotes so far -  

Based on a parcel - 35cm high, 20cm wide and 100cm long, weight 4 kilos....

http://www.interparcel.com/quote/courier-quote1.php'ref=Google_IP_General - can do it for £50

http://www.transglobal.org.uk/ - can do it for £41

http://www.parcel2go.com/ - can do it for £50.12

Anyone used these or found anything better?

G
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: kdw712 on November 22, 2008, 06:17 PM
a few people said about this one

http://www.parceldrop.co.uk/ (http://www.parceldrop.co.uk/)

i ended up selling the F&F to Ireland and used Parcel 2 go

was collected Friday so i'll post back about how it goes
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: bobafett on November 22, 2008, 07:26 PM
You haven't sold one of your goose flock have you kev  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: kdw712 on November 22, 2008, 07:37 PM
def not a goose

it was my 24" retro Azusa  :(  had to go as i wanted more gears and some bouncey forks .....

so sold that and brought a rockhopper  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: bobafett on November 22, 2008, 07:45 PM
pheeew - i thought you where losin it for a moment then  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: kdw712 on November 22, 2008, 07:57 PM
i lost it years ago  :buck2:
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: bobafett on November 22, 2008, 10:40 PM
i lost it years ago  :buck2:

 ;D  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: shipping a F&F to the states ?
Post by: bmxer4ever on November 23, 2008, 04:15 PM
OFF TOPIC!!!   :LolLolLolLol:
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