Shipping parts..? Tell us how you do it.
- Thread starter jaydub
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1. Take the part off the bike
2. Acquire a suitable cardboard box
3. Install previously removed part into the freshly procured box, make sure to use lots of padding!
4. Seal the box... very important
5. Address the box so that it goes where its supposed to.
6. Take the box to your local shipping outlet, pay the man, and leave the box.
pretty simple really, now if your talking frames, or whole bikes... speak with the site owner Rat Rod, he's the shipping king :wink:
2. Acquire a suitable cardboard box
3. Install previously removed part into the freshly procured box, make sure to use lots of padding!
4. Seal the box... very important
5. Address the box so that it goes where its supposed to.
6. Take the box to your local shipping outlet, pay the man, and leave the box.
pretty simple really, now if your talking frames, or whole bikes... speak with the site owner Rat Rod, he's the shipping king :wink:
price wise whos better for what? like smaller things to usps, bigger to fedex, or vice vera :?:
Ratfink1962 said:
ha haha ha..May be I should have stated ..Like shipping Rates..? or when people ask how much to ship to bum fudge Egypt...rub my crystal ball...? or go to ups with the package to determine the size and weight and price.. Then email the person back with a total ..Thats to much like work.. :lol:
is there a way to get quotes on the web?
I dont ship a whole lot, but when I did I always found Fedex ground was cheaper that UPS.
I have stopped getting exact quotes for people, I never hear from them again. If someone I have not dealt with before wants a bigger item like a bike, I just tell them once the bike is paid, then I will crate it and get exact price. I will not crate a bike just to get a shipping quote again. They want a $100. bike then bail because shipping is $44. and I'm stuck with a crated bike. On smaller items it is pretty simple to guesstimate 6-10 dollars or so. I also find it much easier to advertise and sell an item as SHIPPED (for instance a seat I want $30.for I advertise as $45. Shipped). if it cost 13 I win, if it cost 18, the buyer wins. SAVES A LOT OF TIME.
Also for packages under 10#, USPS is by far the easiest and cheapest.
Also for packages under 10#, USPS is by far the easiest and cheapest.
Ive been buying/selling online since 99/00ish.. I have only had a few items that got messed up during shipping. I have a fedex account so I ship bigger items with them and smaller items USPS.
This scooter cost $23 to ship from KC to Cali (boxed/bubble wrapped)
This scooter cost $23 to ship from KC to Cali (boxed/bubble wrapped)
