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[Closed] Courier bike frame to Norway?

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Wondering how much couriering a bike frame to Norway would cost. Have a potential buyer of my 2nd hand Fat Chance steel frame out there.

Any help much appreciated.


 
Posted : 25/05/2009 12:03 pm
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i've used UPS before to get a frame here and it was ****in expensive. and on top of that there is a rather large import tax hit at this end.


 
Posted : 25/05/2009 12:27 pm
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I got a frame sent out to Trondheim last month with UPS and it was around 85 pounds.


 
Posted : 25/05/2009 3:50 pm
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How did you manage that? Cheapest I can get from UPS is £130 on a box that's 100x60x30cm.


 
Posted : 25/05/2009 4:13 pm
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Yeh - unless you send it as a gift with zero value the receiver will get a great big fat import tax bill.


 
Posted : 25/05/2009 4:19 pm
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Friend at work sold and shipped a guitar to a chap in Norway.

I can asked how he got it there and how much if that would help?


 
Posted : 25/05/2009 4:42 pm
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yes please.


 
Posted : 25/05/2009 4:55 pm
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It was Mike at Dialled bikes that organised it so maybe he got a deal. Just remembered that I got a whole bike sent out here when I moved over. I packed it in a hard bike case and just took it to Mail Boxes Etc (www.mbe.co.uk). That was sent with UPS as well. It cost about £150 and it weighed around 35kg. I didn't have to pay any import duty on it since it was used.


 
Posted : 25/05/2009 5:07 pm
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Chap at work used [url= http://www.interparcel.com/ ]Interparcel[/url] to post the guitar and it cost £53 with insurance of £500. Took nearly two weeks though.


 
Posted : 26/05/2009 11:09 am