Shipping a 36er

Just a heads-up to anyone who may sell or ship a 36er...

I just sold my old Radial 360 on eBay. I live on the east cost of the
US and the buyer (Tyler_N on this forum) lives in California. In my
auction I put $50 shipping cost, but I badly underestimated.

It turned out to cost $97 to ship via FEDEX Ground in two boxes, though
if I stuffed everything into one box, it may have been a bit less.
Since I included two pairs of cranks, I wanted to keep them separate,
in case they rattled around too much, damaging the frame of the
Radial.

UPS and USPS both cost more.


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lpounds wrote:
I cringe to think of what a bike would cost to ship.



I've shipped a road bike before. It was in the $80-100 range in one
box with UPS. A 36er weighs about the same and requires a similarly
large box.


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lpounds wrote:
This is somewhat upsetting news. Is that really the cheapest price
possible for shipping a 36er? Where did you get the box?

I cringe to think of what a bike would cost to ship.


I used the box my Coker Big One came in. It had such great foam and
stuff, I was going to use it as is, but the shipping for that box - 42
x 42 x 13, was going to be like $130+

So I cut the box down and made one 36 x 36 x 9. That box cost about
$90, and the other $20, and I got an eBay discount.


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(http://www.cafepress.com/steveyo)
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Yeah I had a similar experience.

To ship a 24 dx from PA to NM it was going to cost $41 to ship. So he
is bringing it to TX to cut the shipping price in half.


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Coker charges $65 for two day FedEx shipping. One big box. You are
probably much better off pricewise sending one big box rather than 2
smaller ones...you could use your Coker box....tom


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wow did it really cost that much to ship? I bet it has something to do
with gas prices.


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dakoroman wrote:
analize


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tomkarches wrote:
Coker charges $65 for two day FedEx shipping. One big box. You are
probably much better off pricewise sending one big box rather than 2
smaller ones...you could use your Coker box....tom




I didn't read all the posts....never mind. I guess rates are based on
distance....makes sense....tom


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tomkarches wrote:
Coker charges $65 for two day FedEx shipping. One big box. You are
probably much better off pricewise sending one big box rather than 2
smaller ones...you could use your Coker box....tom


I actually called Coker about this very thing, since I recently dealt
with them and thought they'd tell me how they did it. They said they
use FEDEX Ground, too, and that they eat a substantial amount of the
shipping cost. As I said, the one big box 42x42x13 would cost $130+
for coast-to-coast.


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I shipped mine to Washington state from here via UPS, and it was about
$79ish. This was about a year ago, so things may have changed.


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Rubix wrote:
I shipped mine to Washington state from here via UPS, and it was about
$79ish. This was about a year ago, so things may have changed.

The shipping guy I talked to said the rates have gone up recently due to
gas prices.


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- muni and kokopelli uni 't-shirts, mugs and stickers'
(http://www.cafepress.com/steveyo)
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