As title really.. im having no joy sourcing a frame here in the uk so im considering persuading a states based pinkbiker to post one.
anyone have any recent experience of doing this?
cost wise, as far as i can tell it looks as though ill pay 20% vat and 4.7% duty at worst?
You'll usually have some sort of fixed handling fee plus the cost of postage is probably quite high.
+ vat on the postage...
what frame are you looking for out of interest?
I'm after an Ibis Ripley LS daver..
Large or XL if youve one laying around please??
Ha! no, but i do have a 2019 Trek Slash 9.9 frame kicking about in XL thats half new... (Stealth PSA)
I used a service called myus to buy some stuff from pinkbike classifieds in the USA. Was a pretty decent service but only a $250 purchase. Not sure how different it would be for an expensive frame but the service was good. Made it much easier to convince a US seller to post to a US address.
USPS Global Priority can be used to send frames worldwide. I last used it a couple of years ago and it cost about $80 and took a couple of weeks. It was pretty close to the sizing limits then for a large frame, so LL and S may be a little too much...