Advice for shipping wheelset
- Thread starter Soundguy
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Ship USPS. It's considerably less expensive than UPS or FedEx.
And also incredibly unlikely to arrive compared to ups or fedex
Haven't had a issue yet.
Lucky you
1 in 10 packages coming usps are lost, another 5 come days if not weeks late
I have always used usps but since the election, things have been so screwed up. Philly distro center is jammed for a week every time now.
goodvibe
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Actually, ship Bike Flights. It is considerably less than the two above.
A wheelset may be too big for USPS. THere is a size limit
Always thought of bike flights just as shipping full bike for vacation or whatever... you could use it just to shop some wheels?
Big ticket items i always use eBay. Protection for buyer and seller, sure they take a cut but will probably sell quick if priced right ✅. FedEx is also my go too for price and reliability ratio . Bike flights used to be the best but rates changed sometime in the last year and are not the bargain they used to be
goodvibe
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You can. It is pretty cheaper.
LBS will give you wheel box(es).
I recently sent a wheel back to DT Swiss via UPS, but that was on their dime, all I had to do was pack and print the label.
I recently sent a wheel back to DT Swiss via UPS, but that was on their dime, all I had to do was pack and print the label.
a.s.
Mr. Chainring
Where’d you get those statistics? In my experience USPS is exceptionally slow but reliable. They’re also the cheapest if you use standard ground. Don’t bother paying for 2 day express because it will arrive in 5.
THATmanMANNY
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Or cut up a bike box
I noticed that about bike flights this year. Sucks
ya know when gas was $5.00 and everything got expense from airfare to shipping (“gas surcharge”) and then when back to normal $3 but no prices corrected. Fuck them all
I noticed that about bike flights this year. Sucks
ya know when gas was $5.00 and everything got expense from airfare to shipping (“gas surcharge”) and then when back to normal $3 but no prices corrected. Fuck them all
Yeah, eBay/PayPal protection is the preferred route if I am gonna ship. I’ve had a couple of scams on eBay and they took care of it no problem.
my concern is more about packaging a $1k wheelset, any buyer is going to be super critical in general.
Personal experience between Xmas shopping this year and now.
I gladly pay to upgrade from usps to anything else given the option these days, tho it does tend to go in cycles of shit from the carriers, before this was amazon in house shipping was the shittiest
Johnny Utah
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This. I kind want those wheels but your ad made me feel guilty so I passed.