Freight cost for tyre?

**DrifterIII** · 5th April 2011, 19:54

Hi,I have purchased a tyre on trademe from Auckland.
I am in Bluff seller was quoted $90 from Courrier post.

Does anybody know of a cheaper freight option as $90 seems excessive to me.

Cheers.

**Quasievil** · 5th April 2011, 20:01

Originally Posted by DrifterIII

Hi,I have purchased a tyre on trademe from Auckland.
I am in Bluff seller was quoted $90 from Courrier post.

Does anybody know of a cheaper freight option as $90 seems excessive to me.

Cheers.

Your paying for the whole in the middle to, thats the problem

**sleemanj** · 5th April 2011, 20:02

Originally Posted by DrifterIII

Hi,I have purchased a tyre on trademe from Auckland.
I am in Bluff seller was quoted $90 from Courrier post.

Does anybody know of a cheaper freight option as $90 seems excessive to me.

Cheers.

Cycle Treads charges 15 bucks for freight to the South Island, and the tyre from them I have sitting here has a "NOW Couriers" ticket stuck on it.

**Dutchee** · 5th April 2011, 20:04

Get them to check out PBT - and specify that it's to go 2-3 day freight, not overnight. We were wondering why a freight charge was so expensive at one stage, but figured it out when the goods turned up the next day from Nelson (similar sort of money to what your seller is quoting, so I'm thinking CP are quoting for overnight freight - it's who we use at work for o/nite to the South Island & not cheap).

NZ Couriers might do slower freight, but not sure.

The other thing to try is NZ Post - as in posting the tyre - we've done that in the past but not to the mainland.

**Tony W** · 5th April 2011, 20:14

Got a tyre on trademe from a bike dealer in Otago.
Was only $12 freight.
Took 2 working days to get to Napier.

Some businesses have obviously got good deals with couriers.