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Ksyrium rear wheel

Old 10-02-19, 07:47 PM
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Ksyrium rear wheel

I had a chance to buy a used rear Ksyrium wheel for a fair price. But the shipping from New York to Kentucky would have been almost $100. What's up with that?
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Old 10-02-19, 08:24 PM
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Making their money on the shipping!
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Old 10-02-19, 09:53 PM
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That just does not sound reasonable at all.
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I don't know where you might have but it from, but some sites have a buyer protection system where the purchase price can be refunded, but not the shipping.
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Old 10-03-19, 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Irishred
I had a chance to buy a used rear Ksyrium wheel for a fair price. But the shipping from New York to Kentucky would have been almost $100. What's up with that?
Shipping is expensive.

USPS no longer will move wheel boxes, unless you have a corporate account it seems (at least to Canada IME)....which leaves UPS and FedEx. Your average wheel box is 32"x32"x8". Which comes out to a "billable weight" of around 50lbs...or $100+USD.

Like I said, shipping is expensive. Not the seller's fault--that is how it is.

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Old 10-03-19, 05:36 AM
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In June I shipped my entire bike, racks, stove and fuel bottle from Philly to Montana in a Crateworks box via Bikeflights for about $75 including in-store pickup fee of $15 and some extra insurance. Found out later that using shipbikes would have been cheaper. Someone was trying to jack you.
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Originally Posted by Irishred
I had a chance to buy a used rear Ksyrium wheel for a fair price. But the shipping from New York to Kentucky would have been almost $100. What's up with that?
Something's not right. I ship wheelsets via USPS Priority Mail in the continental U.S. -- and it's usually between $20 and $25, fully insured.
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I think someone is trying to make money on the shipping.

I got a wheel from Spain a few months ago - $100 via UPS. And it crossed the Atlantic faster than a wheel crossing the US would have.
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Old 10-03-19, 08:42 AM
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Isn't Ksyrium the substance that Superman is allergic to?
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If you packed up a wheel and took it to a local Fedex or UPS store, I suspect you would get that kind of cost. Are there less expensive ways to ship? Certainly. Fedex and UPS also provide significant discounts to volume shippers, which is how online stores can charge less or just bury it into the cost of the part.

Dimensional weight is what gets you with something like a wheel. It may only weigh a few pounds but takes up a lot of room in the truck/plane.
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Old 10-03-19, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Irishred
I had a chance to buy a used rear Ksyrium wheel for a fair price. But the shipping from New York to Kentucky would have been almost $100. What's up with that?
If this is on Ebay, it used to be a fairly common scam strategy to reduce the sale price but jack up the shipping cost, because the seller did not pay Ebay fees on shipping. $100 to ship a wheel weighing maybe 2 lb sounds like bollocks

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Old 10-03-19, 06:19 PM
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I think Marcus TI hit the nail on the head. I trust the private seller on Craigslist who said he went to USPS then a "private" shipper, probably UPS or Fedex and both told him about the same price.

Really disappointed that the shipping cost put the price into the "too expensive" category. I really like the looks of the silver Ksyrium wheels. Too bad. All I needed was the rear wheel.

Thanks for all the replies
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