Originally Posted by DaveTaylor
Ha! You should be so lucky as to have a "free" health care system
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More important than postal rates is to determine with the seller how the bike will be shipped. In some cases UPS or other parcel service will be better than the post office. Remember, that Windsor is directly across the river from Detroit, so it would be mostly USPS handling the parcel. You should check all the various rates and services online before contacting the seller. In most cases the seller will ship by whichever method you want. Maybe he would even drive across the river and ship it from Detroit.
Sorry about the swipe at your health care system. All I wanted the OP to do was get a FIRM shipping cost on the item before buying. This holds true for any ebay item with unstated shipping costs. Some sellers not getting their expected bid price will pad shipping to make up for the "loss".
The other thing about hidden costs - OP do you have the(however minor) wrench skills to set the bike up or are you going to have to pay an LBS? The thing about buying this way is you have to get to the total bottom line cost to know if you are getting a deal.
Would have posted this sooner but my computer at home has the flu.