Economical Shipping of Road Wheels (700c Bontrager)
02-04-24, 03:03 PM
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Economical Shipping of Road Wheels (700c Bontrager)
I have two sets of wheels i don't need. I plan to sell them on ebay. Do you know how to get wheels shipped at the most economical price? I have seen huge ranges on the cost of shipping wheels, but I don't have information on how to keep the cost down.
Any information you can provide will be appreciated immensely..
Thank you
Any information you can provide will be appreciated immensely..
Thank you
02-04-24, 03:23 PM
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eBay actually provides decent shipping rates, across a variety of methods.
Absent that, Bikeflights seems about the lowest. I believe they usually sub out to UPS or DHL.
Absent that, Bikeflights seems about the lowest. I believe they usually sub out to UPS or DHL.
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02-04-24, 03:29 PM
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I recently priced out shipping a frame between Pirateship, Bikeflights and Shipbikes and Pirateship was the least, especially for additional insurance. With Pirateship you can ship anything, it's not bike related.
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+1 for PirateShip. And check you local bike shop for empty wheel boxes. Ours usually has some nice ones.
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02-05-24, 06:25 PM
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Careful who you ship wheelsets through.....
I had three wheelsets come to me a few years ago that were shipped through UPS and all three had signs that the box they came in were in were stomped on by big booted feet (They had actual bootprints on them.). One even had signs it was run over by a vehicle. The wheels were otherwise packed very well with "fragile" signs on it and I was able to successfully re-true the wheels and tweak all the sidewall dents away. Only thing I can think of was there was a disgruntled or just a crazy guy within our area's UPS delivery system that hates bike wheels because it happened three times in a row, in short time between each occurrence.
After that bad experience, I always requested my wheelsets to be sent to me by USPS instead. Zero problems with wheelsets delivered to me after that. Goodbye, forever, UPS!!
I had three wheelsets come to me a few years ago that were shipped through UPS and all three had signs that the box they came in were in were stomped on by big booted feet (They had actual bootprints on them.). One even had signs it was run over by a vehicle. The wheels were otherwise packed very well with "fragile" signs on it and I was able to successfully re-true the wheels and tweak all the sidewall dents away. Only thing I can think of was there was a disgruntled or just a crazy guy within our area's UPS delivery system that hates bike wheels because it happened three times in a row, in short time between each occurrence.
After that bad experience, I always requested my wheelsets to be sent to me by USPS instead. Zero problems with wheelsets delivered to me after that. Goodbye, forever, UPS!!
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