 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
Looking at buying skis from Germany on Ebay, but postage is £50 which seems a tad expensive. Does anyone know of a cheaper way?
Cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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afaict, with DHL (who run the postal service, so dropping off at a post office) it might be €30 plus a €20 bulky goods surcharge. But the website has no option to add on the bulky option.
When I bought mine, Sport Conrad used UPS, and they often have offers where shipping is free to EU. They still use DeutschePost/DHL for all the smaller parcels though.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I've bought a couple of pairs of skis from Germany and never paid anywhere near that. Sport Conrad charged me € 25.00 last year.
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I know have used sport conrad myself and only charged 10 euros for delivery of skis oh well
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I also used Sport Conrad last year for delivery to France and we were just talking similarly lower amounts than £50.
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€20 is what they charge normally, or €0 for several months of the year when they have a special offer.
Vaguely recall bike frames from elsewhere being about £40 shipping between UK and Germany. £50 does seem a bit steep though.
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But places like SportConrad will be shipping an enormous amount of stuff and will be able to negotiate a descent rate. An ebay seller with just one pair to ship will be forced to pay full price. In this case £50 is probably not unreasonable.
I've just checked: Interparcel would charge £24 to ship from the UK to Germany but the other way is way over £50.
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