The frame made it Australia a few weeks ago and Auspost sent it back to Finland as they deemed the box was too big. This time it's coming DHL express avoiding Auspost entirely. Only downside to this is that Ill likely get hit with import tax and GST.
Buying bike parts from overseas, shipping time estimates and methods ?
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ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Back in 2009, the UK importer who got the Nicolai for me, contacted me about the shipping.
Let's say, luckily the cost of the frame just came under the customs threshold
and got sent to me by the fastest - FedEx international expedited, it cost nearly £300 back then with no insurance but I had the frame in my hands 3 days later. In such a rush to deliver, no one had time to look at it.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Just ordered from Bike Components earlier, expecting the 'Franky Faff' coming here.
dirtdad
Wants to be special but is too shy
I picture the German post officer walking into a room and looking at two piles of parcels. One to Canada and one to Australia…
To the left - a lone Canadian man sitting at a desk until the wee hours of the morning, small mound of parcels to his side, hand writing sorry notes to his countrymen, apologising for the 3 day postage that was out of his control due to a pile up in the autobahn.
To the right - a large pile of parcels, and a cheeseburger wrapper on a desk. If you look closely, someone has scrawled on the wrapper in a texta, “BRB, last minute riding trip Les Getz. See if Derek can chuck a few on the plane for me if the pile gets too big. Cheers, Davo”
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
yuley95
soft-arse Yuley is on the lifts again
Package arrived this morning. Keep in mind I’m in regional Canada at moment so it took a couple of extra days to get from Toronto to Vancouver then into the mountains. Nine days all up with a weekend in there. Not bad.
Fred Nurk
No custom title here
Everyone has a test environment. Some are lucky enough to have a separate environment for production...Classic Agile methodology, test in Prod, basically the same as normal but your test team is the general public.
Jabubu
let you google that for me
Classic Agile methodology, test in Prod, basically the same as normal but your test team is the general public.
Does anyone have experience with freight forwarding from the states? Jenson has some great deals on Santa cruz frames atm but no shipping to aus..
www.jensonusa.com
SANTA CRUZ BRONSON 4 C PERF FRAME | Jenson USA
www.jensonusa.com
Jabubu
let you google that for me
I used MyUS when I bought some half price Specialized 2FO Roost shoes from Specialized US but got stung with packaging weight, and they ended up costing me more than retail... doh!Does anyone have experience with freight forwarding from the states? Jenson has some great deals on Santa cruz frames atm but no shipping to aus..
SANTA CRUZ BRONSON 4 C PERF FRAME | Jenson USA
Make sure you know exactly how much everything will weigh before going ahead!
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Or squared. A bike box containing a lightweight frame gets squared and costed on average weight per square foot.
I bought a Niner One9 many years ago, they said the shipping for 7kg was around $50, when they got the box the equivalent weight squared was 35kg and the shipping price was $250-$300.
Mr Crudley
Glock in your sock
I used Bikeflights for my 5010. They did exactly as they said and the shipped was tracked quite well.Does anyone have experience with freight forwarding from the states? Jenson has some great deals on Santa cruz frames atm but no shipping to aus..
SANTA CRUZ BRONSON 4 C PERF FRAME | Jenson USA
The problem was in sending the frame to a 'real' address and not a US post box. The US seller didn't would not ship to a US post box, handily like most of the freight forwarding companies provide a US post box address when you set up an account.
There is a business ready for the taking for some trustworthy US Larry shipping bikes to a home address and onwards to freight forwarding companies.
ForkinGreat
Knows his Brassica oleracea
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Yeah typical, nothing in there that I 'needed' urgently, some new knees and elbows, tyre inserts etc...Only 13 days in the Frankfurt ReTardis?
Can guarantee if it was spokes waiting on a build, it would be several weeks.
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
What's the average delay thru Frankfurt at the moment?
Ex-VC needs a new 82 bcd chainring in time for the Otways at the end of Feb
Ex-VC needs a new 82 bcd chainring in time for the Otways at the end of Feb
My last order at the start of December just landed in Brisbane.