Anyone Live near Waddel AZ want to do me a favor?

[Shorty]

I've got some stuff I'm most likely buying and want to save a few bucks on shipping.The seller on ebay is over charging on shipping by a long shot(100$ just to ship a set of rear fenders? This guy is insane.) . I'll be happy to pay for gas, packing, and of course the shipping. It'll be cheapest to ship with greyhound.





If someone can help me out that would be great and would save me about 175 bucks overall.




Shorty

[Mr. Clean]

Hey Shorty, Fenders are stupid money to ship especially in a box and with it being the sellers responsibility to ensure the item arrives without damage I can see charging that much, my humble opinion....

The cheapest way to ship is shipping wrap and cardboard but I can see fenders getting cracked or broken, I would only ship this way on non-ebay sales. Shipped a set to Jason Hall a couple weeks back.

That being said, I am in Surprise, AZ and I know exactly what EBAY seller you are talking about. PM me if you win the items you are bidding on.

[kb0nly]

I was just going to comment on this because it comes up a lot. I have shipped fenders to, and up to $100 is the norm. I shipped a set of 110 fenders about a year ago and used a local UPS Store, they boxed it and filled with foam peanuts for fill and had it nicely suspended in a box to prevent damage, total cost for materials and shipping was about $90, the shipping itself was $60 and the box was $20, and the packing and peanuts was $10.

Now having said that... I have shipped many other large items with nothing more than a few layers of the plastic wrap and put the shipping label under the top layer and away it went. But i would never do that for something like plastic fenders with some age on them, no telling how UPS or FedEx or whoever would stack it in their truck, toss stuff on top of it, etc. If i was selling on eBay i would never do less than a box and padding, just asking for a case against you for every little crack.

I did ship a 200M rear set to a guy in Wisconsin last year, used SpeeDee, its a local service we have up here that serves only seven states and part of St Louis MO. Those guys are CHEAP and FAST and they really handle stuff with care from what i have seen. That shipment only cost me $40!!

[Shorty]

Well this was a complete Curb stop on the other bidders part. I bidded on all of these items and just wasn't fast enough. Even with the 1 click bids. There was one guy that won most of this stuff so I hope he puts it on a worthy bike not some Back yard POS that someone is gonna ride the hell out of. I would bet money that he was using a Snipe program he was to constant and quick. (No it wasn't a Auto bid)


This is what I missed out on.


These 2 Items were the one I mainly wanted (Tank and rear fenders)


9I bought Maiers and a NOS short track tank so that will be my rider setup. I really wanted these as well though for show).


Tank
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380646351369...84.m1438.l2648

Rear fenders
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230985051926...84.m1438.l2648



.I wrecked my Cherry 83 about 1 1/2 months ago now and my OEM tank and fenders are toast so I mainly want it back to its former glory. I learned the hard way. (So please if you have a Very nice or 8 or 9 out of 10 bike. Get some after market fenders, get some stickers, it'll look fine. If your just showing it one day, You can put your OEM's back on. It takes 5 minutes.) Anyways......



I also bidded on these items. But got Steam rolled in the process.


A rare Oem tool kit

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380646346831...84.m1438.l2648


A mint grab bar with no rash whatsoever

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230985023949...84.m1438.l2648



And this is the only thing I won out of all of it... A cherry front fender with a minor crack. Not bad I guess, but Damn'it I wanted the rear fenders and tank way more. But I took what I could get.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230985052344...84.m1438.l2648


If anyone comes across a mint or NOS tank and rear fender for a 2nd gen R get ahold of me ASAP.


Sorry for the Rant


Shorty

[Scootertrash]

Snipe programs can be well worth it. I've used esnipe for years and have bagged quite a few items I would have more than likely missed. They are particularly handy when there are a few items ending within a very tight time period.