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NJ001
10th July 2011, 17:50
Hi

Does n e 1 have experience buying bikes on ebay and getting them shipped over to New Zealand? Would it be cheaper than buying here? It would be great if there is some company that helps with shipping.

Cheers
NJ
BEAMER89
10th July 2011, 17:59
l was JUST looking at Bmw's on Ebay:innocent: and was thinking the same thing, although l was looking at pre 60' Bmw bikes. There dont seem to be many in NZ that come up for sale but the newer bikes, there are heaps of bikes for sale here so would probably be uneconomic.
l will watch this tread in interest:shifty:
Virago
10th July 2011, 18:00
Click on Advanced Search - enter Ebay in the search field - select Search Titles Only.
GrayWolf
10th July 2011, 18:17
Hi

Does n e 1 have experience buying bikes on ebay and getting them shipped over to New Zealand? Would it be cheaper than buying here? It would be great if there is some company that helps with shipping.
Cheers
NJ

I know it was 20yrs ago,,, but I migrated from the UK and bought a bike over with me. The International Moving companies will transport bikes in containers.. not cheap as they made a box and various braces inside. The bike went into a container that was partialy loaded.
From memory, issue is/was... the time for a big enough space in a part filled container. Then? Woohooo was about $600 for unshipping ... dock workers open the container on the quay and forklift the crate into a customs warehouse, yup 600 smackers for the privilage. So try Pickfords, Crown etc for a quote.
White trash
10th July 2011, 18:44
Firstly. When we type, we use our "big boy" words like anyone. No multi tap/T9 choice here mate.

Secondly. You want to talk to a "Freight forwarder", not a website with regards to shipping costs.
Mully
11th July 2011, 19:15
Firstly. When we type, we use our "big boy" words like anyone. No multi tap/T9 choice here mate.

Secondly. You want to talk to a "Freight forwarder", not a website with regards to shipping costs.

^^ what he said.

BTW, keep in mind if it's a US model, the headlight etc will be wrong (and may cost a bomb to replace).

Back of the envelope, I reckon you'd struggle to get one here on the road cheaper than buying one locally. Once you factored in GST, etc, etc