1994 GT Ricochet with complete STX SE (special edition) SOLD

[GoldenEraMTB]

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I boxed the bike, and took it to the post office, just to have the post office clerk tell me that it's too big, and they will not ship it. They said the united states post office restrictions have changed, and they now limit all international packages to 108" (length plus girth); my package was 8" to large.
It use to be 118" but changed due to the fuel costs; I can't believe this...why the hell do they measure girth...as if a package won't have another side:

Girth is the distance around the thickest part of the remaining sides.
For rectangular packages, this would be Height multiplied by two, plus Width multiplied by two.

To me this is stupid; it should just be the sum of the LEngth+width+height, not length+wide+width+height+height...

I'm pissed and very sorry, Steve, I will be returning your payment immediately. You have pm.

No international shipping on bikes anymore, or until the usps lifts their 108" size limit. As for fed ex, ups, and dhl, they are all charging upwards of $450 to ship which is insanity.

The restrictions to Europe have not changed. It's been 108" length and girth maximum for years....years! The only affordable way to ship a complete bike to Europe is in two boxes and depending upon how small you can make the two boxes and the weight of them, it runs somewhere between US$120-$140. You just need to read all the USPS details before you run and tell someone you can. This is stil ahuge savings over UPS, DHL and FedEx just take a bigger time investment to pack it all. Value when landing is still the same total on that side of the LAKE just in two parcels/boxes.

How many years? Because I shipped something a few years back, and it wasn't a problem. I remember it being 118". I did look into it, and the buyer was reimbursed immediately when it turned out to not be possible in one box.
You seem to be more of a pro at this...oh, wait, you are a pro at this. I'm not. I'm just a guy that likes old bikes/parts, and sells them only when I'm done with them, or have to make space; not to turn a profit. Though when that happens sometimes, it's not a bad thing...it just goes into other bike parts.

btw, I also tried two boxes, frame and components in one, and the wheels and fork in the other, and I wasn't happy with amount of packaging (padding) I had to remove to make it work. I didn't want to chance something happening to the frame/wheels/fork, and then it being an issue on the other side.

So it was better to refund and walk away. Believe me, I wanted to sell it, as much as he wanted to buy it.

Thanks for your contribution to my sales thread; I believe you were trying to be helpful, though tone can sometimes be mistaken on the intranet.

SOLD