Whoops again; I take this back. The packing work is added to the cost of the box, but they don't charge for any padding, tape, and so forth.
I recently had a Macbook shipped FE Ground, total $44, of which $15 was box and $7-$8 was work, the rest postage. Rather big box for the size of the machine, so shipping was in the ~$20 range. On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whoops: FedEx will pack the bike for $25, and that includes the box and > packing material. > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Cecily: sorry to hear about your health problems. >> >> Why would a Clem be better for you in this case than the Betty? >> >> I've sold many bikes and frames over the years, and these are some more >> or less general rules that may or may not help answer your question. >> >> 1. If you sell nation wide, the demand and thus the price may well >> increase. While I hate ebay, I'll suffer it and its fees to get a wider >> market. >> >> 2. Make your FS ad attractive. Photos, adequate technical information, >> and -- go overboard and be a bit literary. What makes the Betty Foy >> special? Why should Joe Shmoe in Des Moines or Betty Boop in Austin buy >> your bike instead of something from XYZ.com for $500 less? >> >> 2. You can have FedEx or a local shop pack and ship; I just found out >> from my local FedEx that they will pack a bike "well" for $25. If you don't >> trust FedEx, you can have a LBS pack -- again, $25 seems to be our local >> rate -- and ship yourself. I would not leave it to the LBS to ship, unless >> they are experienced with economic shipping. I had a very good LBS pack a >> bike for me, and asked them to ship via their UPS account. UPS wanted some >> absurd amount -- $275? I forget, but fortunately I was able to rescue the >> package from UPS and ship it for a far, far better price with Bike Flights. >> >> 3. Bike Flights. They are almost holy. Mumble mumble mumble, amen. (I >> realize that that will make no sense to anyone who wasn't an alter boy >> parroting memorized Latin responses in the American, pre-Vatican II >> Catholic Church. But no matter.) Bike Flights is the ne plus ultra of >> friendly and fairly priced bike/bike bits shipping. They basically buy room >> with Fed Ex ground, pass on quantity discounts to you, and act as the very >> humane interface. Get the LBS or whomever to pack, and ask Bike Flights to >> pick it up from where ever you want it to be picked up from. >> >> The best thing about BF, even better than their proprietary rates, is >> that *when you call their number, you get a real, actual, human being >> person who actually knows English, who knows what is going on, and who can >> actually fix your problems.* >> >> 4. If you have a strong sale, leave it up to the buyer to arrange >> shipping. A few years ago, I asked a LBS to pack a British Racing Tricycle >> (like packing a tandem) and ship it to the buyer; I arranged with the buyer >> to deal directly with the shop. Now the buyer new that shipping a trike >> would be complicated and expensive, so he was prepared, but I knew the shop >> and the owner, and I was pretty confident that they would pack well and >> ship for as reasonable a price as they could. At any rate, I never heard a >> complaint from either packer or buyer. >> >> 5. Lastly, if you can afford to wait for a sale, be prepared to wait if >> after, testing the waters, no one bites. I've found that demand can vary >> greatly, and that today's drug on the market can be tomorrow's "must have." >> >> Good luck! >> >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Cecily Walker <cecily.wal...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> As many of y'all know, I live in a part of the world where Rivendell >>> bikes aren't widely known. After saving and scrimping for four years to buy >>> my Betty Foy, poor health/chronic illness means I need to sell my Betty Foy >>> for something else - perhaps a Clementine? My problem is that I really >>> doubt I'll be able to get anywhere near the asking price for a bike that's >>> in darn good shape. >>> >>> Do you have any suggestions for how I might make a bike with an >>> $1800-ish asking price more attractive to local buyers? I might go as low >>> as $1500, but that breaks my heart when you consider I paid close to $2500 >>> CAD once all was said and done. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Cecily >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************************************ >> **************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and >> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. 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