postage from germany

[SLIM]

been asking a seller in germany if he will ship a bike to me , but he says " the size of the parcel can only be shipped nationally "

any helpfull suggestions ?

bought a few from there before , but it was years ago ?

 

[B77]

That's probably through the german postal service, if you can get him to ship by GLS they'll take any size parcel.

 

[juice]

What are you buying? A Mercedes Benz?
I shipped mostly everything i ever sold here through the german Post and their package service DHL. They never said somthing about the size. All they do is weigh the package and sometimes they tell me ugly prices.
On their website they state the package for international shipping can have the dimensions up to 120cm x 60cm x 60cm and up to 35kg weight.
Alternativly the seller could use Hermes. Shipped some things with Hermes to the US never had a problem. They do even bigger packages.
If it is a bike that you are buying maybe you want to consider to tell the seller to send it in two different boxes to keep weight and size down. That way there is some money to save.
But what bike weighs more than 35kg? Now i'm curious...
I hope that all helps a little.

Greetings from the Oktoberfest,

Adam

 

[SLIM]

german postal service , i tried on their site and got same answer , too large to send ???

not given up yet though , its my unicorn

cheers gentlemen for the replies , wil ask if he will use suggestions

 

[mauricer]

as mentioned above, GLS is the way forward or divide it into 2 parcels and use DHL. shouldn't be much of a problem.

best

Moritz

 

[suburbanreuben]

The last complete bike I had sent from Germany cost 60 euros with DHL
It came in a very big box

 

[SLIM]

sorted now , 60 euros with dhl

thanks for replies

 

[vinnya77]

Glad it's sorted.

I was about to say I bought a bike from Germany.

It was sent in 2 boxes, cost €44 euros with DHL.
Was here in 2 or 3 days.

What have you bought.

 

[SLIM]

nothing yet

been talking with the guy about postage but now it seems he's not too sure the front triangle is safe due to rust , not to worry , much better option reared its beutifull head thanks to a forum member

will reveal all later hopefully