It varies. Packing and shipping usually costs about $125 at my LBS, and I think about half of that is the (UPS) shipping cost. For a nice Riv, it may be worth having a trusted bike shop pack it up for you with bike-appropriate packing materials.
On Jul 12, 11:59 am, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > There's a UPS shipping facility near here in West Sacramento. I was there not > too long ago to ship a large package. > > Yes, they're trying to push business to the storefronts, but the actual UPS > facilities are still your best bet. > > I'm going to be driving through West Sac today--I'll see if that facility is > still open. > > --Eric N > Sent from the iPad 2 > > On Jul 12, 2011, at 8:09 AM, George Schick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Eric sez "...I've always had better luck taking my bikes directly to > > the UPS shipping facility (not the storefront locations) when I ship > > them..." > > > Is this still possible? I notice that when you look up UPS facilities > > on their web site the main shipping locations aren't even listed. I > > know where they are around these parts, but I've never tried to take > > packages to one of them in recent years. Used to be back in the old > > days that the shipping locations were the ONLY place where you could > > directly take packages. Everything else was scheduled pickup & > > delivery from/to your business site by one of their trucks. Nowadays > > I'm not so sure. Seems like they're trying to push walk-in business > > away from the shipping (dispatch) locations out to the storefronts. > > > On Jul 12, 12:33 am, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've always had better luck taking my bikes directly to the UPS shipping > >> facility (not the storefront locations) when I ship them. The last time I > >> shipped a bike it was a little over $40, but much less than $160. The > >> storefront locations usually want to charge two to three times the amount > >> I pay at the shipping facility. > > >> --Eric > >> [email protected] > > >> On Jul 11, 2011, at 1:22 PM, CCX wrote: > > >>> Hey Rivsters- > > >>> How are you all shipping bikes (conus)? I just looked up prices on > >>> UPS and FedEX and they were both in the range of 160 bucks. Geeze > >>> where have I been over the years, the last time I shipped a bike it > >>> cost 40.00 buck. > > >>> jc > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]. > >>> For more options, visit this group > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
