[CR]Need advice, help shipping bike from Mountain View, CA to NY

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:37:58 +0800 (CST)
From: "Lim Soon Chung" <moobikes@yahoo.com.sg>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <MONKEYFOODiaxjexnCF000043bb@monkeyfood.nt.phred.org>
Subject: [CR]Need advice, help shipping bike from Mountain View, CA to NY

Hi everyone,

hope everything's going well. This is my first post in a long time...I used to be in Singapore, recently moved to Forest Hills in NY. But even before I moved I was mostly lurking, for 4-5 years.

I need some advice and possibly some help to ship a bike from Mountain View, California to New York.

I found a bike I wanted to buy. Agreed on a price and then the seller springs a demand for $200 to ship the bike from where he lives in Mountain View, CA to New York.

And he wants cash sent to him in an envelope.

This is surely a bit much. (The bike is an on-topic 59cm road bike.)

What should it cost to ship this bike, with insurance? What shipping company is appropriate?

I'm hoping a list member who lives in the area can give me a hand in this matter, maybe take a look at the bike to make sure it's not a scam or help me with the shipping matters. Any advice would be appreciated.

If this sounds like too much to ask, fire away at me but in private, pls.

many thanks, soon chung Forest Hills, NY

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