Posting kids bikes

[BERGS2]

Hi all

Just sold two of our kids bikes on the ‘bay

Islabike cnoc & frog 48 - so pretty small.

What couriers are best for shipping?

Foolishly i sold as ‘seller pays postage’ so now ot looks like i’m on for £30 quid or thereabout to send each one

Lesson learned! Collection only next time...

Anyhows - Any reasonable courier you fellas would recommend?

Cheers

[A500leroy]

If you want it to get there Parcelforce pricey but theres a reason. Hermes wont do anything that large, DPD worth a shot also.
Yodel...well..would probs end up in Africa or Poland.

[UpTheIron]

I've bought a few bikes recently... the shops used DPD, the private sellers ParcelForce. All turned up fine.

[gazza285]

Just lately I have found the eBay couriers to be about the cheapest, plus they are tracked, so there's less chance of any comeback.

[C0ffin D0dger]

Just about to list an Isla Cnoc so interested to know. Still got the box which is handy. Though I'm going to sell it on the Facebook Islabike Buying/Selling page so hopefully I can get a local buyer.

From shipping other odd larger items ParcelForce have generally come up as being the best value.

[Matt_N]

Cost it up on Parcel Monkey?

Enter dimensions and weight of the box and they price it up from lots of different options.

Paisley are a good courier for larger items too.

Edited by Matt_N on Thursday 3rd October 13:00

[sjg]

Usually https://www.paisleyfreight.com/ for normal adult bikes you might fit inside other couriers' limits for kids ones.

[SixtySpeedTwin]

im just about to pst box to Nederlands and ipostparcels.com have a good quotation calculator and seem good value. Its run by DHL

[Converse2020]

Maybe its changed now but I found small adults and childrens bikes could fit into a smaller length bike box and that meant final measurement was well within the parcel force measurements and so price to send was around £12 - £15 from memory. Last time I did this was summer 2018 though...

Full size adult bikes were just too big and it became substantially more expensive though.