American eBayers... oh my

Jesus - some dude from California tried to charge me, hmm, $549.80 to send a 10kg bike from US to UK... almost the price to get to buy a ticket, go there and hand collect the bike!

I bet you he just called up UPS. Thats about their price-point if you walk into their stores with a bike. I know, I once tried to ship a complete bike from the US to the UK and it was so bloody hard to find someone who could do it for a reasonable amount. Even dragged my boxed bike down to a post-office after being told on the phone that it would be ok, only to be denied at the counter... that was a fun day.

Best bet is to find a friendly freight forwarder or freight specialist, but thats probably much more grief than your seller wants to deal with. Another suggestion would be to get him to split it into a wheels and separate frame package - may get the packages' size under the minimum for USPS and then at least it can go out via ship (4-6 weeks).

Good luck.

what did you buy then? we wanna see pictures Roberto !

Sounds like your next holiday will be to LA then

Roberto Jesus - some dude from California tried to charge me, hmm, $549.80 to send a 10kg bike from US to UK... almost the price to get to buy a ticket, go there and hand collect the bike!

That seemed to be the going rate when I was after a bike from the US. If you get people like that fucking about ask them to send it with USPS 'priority mail international' for $175! I got mine sent from Atlanta - it took about 2 weeks
You could also ask to send it 'global express' with USPS for $275 which will take 5 working days

If they lie and say it's not possible just say 'you had a mate that got one sent....'

You're looking at paying around £60-£100 for import duty when you pick it up, all depends on how much the fella puts the value of the bike at on the box - obviously ask him to put it at around half the price you paid for it so you don't get stung

Yeah i said to him to split in two boxes and he didn't even reply to me...

Think i gonna just send it to a friend in the US in the end...

Jos... let's say it has (disc) brakes front and rear and 27 gears... so i would feel ashamed to post a picture here! :(

Go on! All the coolest forumers like gears too :D
Shipping inside the US seems very cheap.. having just done so myself. Problem is needing mate coming to UK to drop stuff off..

i ride mtb's roberto, come on you can show me yours :-)

mtb's are for wankers :P

some wanker nicked mine.

andrewleitch86 mtb's are for wankers :P

Or if you're on a mountain

andrewleitch86 mtb's are for wankers :P

98% of men masturbate, the other 2% are liars.

yeah I mean wanker as in 'shearer is a wanker, he wears a wankers hat' etc.

hippy [quote]andrewleitch86 mtb's are for wankers :P

98% of men masturbate, the other 2% are liars.[/quote]

LOL