03-28-2008, 09:48 PM
good: about 10 yrs ago, i shipped alot of stuff from SFO to my new home in balto on bus, including my bike. inexpensive.
bad: another time, got a 1971 gazelle (dutch bike) in sarasota, for u$50. ex-g/f's parents said they'd bring it up w/ them when they next came to visit us in NYC, a couple months later.
ended up, they flew. they had a local bike store take bike apart and pack it, and ___DHL OVERNITED IT____. it was the only shipping label the DHL guy had when he came to pick up the bike, and the parents went along w/ it. cost me $160, then another u$30 or so to piece it back together.
bad: another time, got a 1971 gazelle (dutch bike) in sarasota, for u$50. ex-g/f's parents said they'd bring it up w/ them when they next came to visit us in NYC, a couple months later.
ended up, they flew. they had a local bike store take bike apart and pack it, and ___DHL OVERNITED IT____. it was the only shipping label the DHL guy had when he came to pick up the bike, and the parents went along w/ it. cost me $160, then another u$30 or so to piece it back together.