Honda Motorcycle and Honda Motorcycle Accessories Shipping Information
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b) Why do I have to worry about Shipping? c) Why should I know about shipping? d) More Information about Light Weight Shipping |
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Introduction
When you buy stuff online, the second thing that rings the bell in your mind is shipping. Shipping includes shipping fee, shipping method, shipping insurance, and packaging of item. Lots of people fear or feel uneasy to shop online due to ignorance and the lack of information about shipping. Although year after year, more and more people begins to feel more comfortable to shop online, but I do believe that there are people who do not have any information about shipping. If that is your case, do not fear. You have come to the right place at the right time.HMA (Honda Motorcycle Accessories) group are here to assist and to share with you the information we have gathered.
Shipping can be divided into 2 categories. The first category is considered as the light weight category. (Usually weight less than 70 pounds- 31.75Kg) and the second category is the heavy weight category. (Weight more than 70 pounds).
Why do I have to worry about Shipping? Aren’t sellers the one who manage everything?
In most cases, the sellers are the one who manage the shipping fee at the cost of the buyer. Most of the time, when you shop online, the sellers will not include shipping fee in for their merchandise to attract buyer. But one must not neglect the shipping fee incurred. Before you click the auction button or buy now button please consider your shipping fee. It is not worth it if you buy something which has high shipping fee/item cost ratio.
This ratio, namely shipping fee/item cost ratio is a good indicator on how much you are spending on shipping. If your shipping fee/item cost ratio is 0.1, this means that you spend 10% of your money in shipping to get the item you buy.
The main reason you have to worry about Shipping is because you are paying for it. You have to always keep in mind about the shipping fee, by finding out where the buyer is (location), the dimension and the weight of the item, and the method of shipping.
Note: method of shipping will determine how fast you get your purchased item-but usually the faster you get your good, the more you have to pay. (For example, I wouldn’t recommend you to ship your product through courier services like FedEx or DHL. its way to expensive.)
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Why should I know about shipping?
Shipping in general can be divided into 2 categories. (Light weight and Heavy weight). If you are purchasing Honda Motorcycle Accessories(For example, body and frames, wheels, tires and etc.), then usually they will weigh less than 70 pounds. If you intend to buy a Honda Motorcycle, then it will automatically fall to the heavy weight category.
By knowing which category you are in, you can use different shipping calculator to estimate the shipping cost.
Besides, you need to know about shipping insurance. Most of the time, the sellers will neglect this insurance. But sometimes shit happens. Shipping insurance will not cost you a fortune. By paying a dime for your shipping insurance, you can get a piece of mind.
Where can I get more information about shipping and shipping insurance?
You can get them both here at Honda Motorcycle Accessories dot Com. I have done my research for Light weight and heavy weight shipping.
As regard to light weight shipping, I would suggest USPS (United States Postal Service). Their rate is reasonably cheap and they do have shipping insurance covered, which means you do not need to get your shipping done by one company and get insured at another company. It saves you lots of time and trouble by doing your shipping and shipping insurance by one company. (I will discuss this in the later section.) Click here to jump to that section.
For heavy weight shipping, I had done my research. I email and contact a couple of famous motorcycle shipping company and found out that “motorcycleshippers.com” is by far the best motorcycle shipping company. Besides, they do have a shipping calculator for you to estimate the cost of shipping. Shipping Insurance can be obtained from this company as well. Click here to read more about Heavy Motorcycle Shipping.
More Information about Light Weight Shipping
USPS (United States Postal Service) offers you a reasonably cheap shipping fee and shipping insurance. For the worst case scenario, let say you leave at the farthest distance away from your seller and you are buying something that weighs the heaviest (70 pounds), the maximum shipping fee would be USD$ 51.38. (Click here to jump to the USPS parcel shipping page)
As regard to Shipping insurance, the rate is fairly low. Look at the table below:
USPS also offers you with an instant shipping calculator to calculate your shipping fee and Shipping insurance. (Click Here)
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More Information about Heavy Weight Shipping
I have research a few famous companies for shipping motorcycle in United States and I found out a common pattern for shipment.The price range is $500 to $700 (depends on your distance away from the seller) and it will cost you the same no matter what bike you ship. It can be a brand new bike or a used old bike, it still cost you the same amount of shipping fee.
If you are buying a used bike which cost you $1000, then paying $500 for shipment is not worth it. Unless you it’s a vintage bike that you been looking for decades.
As I mentioned above, I would recommend you to “motorcycleshippers.com” if you want to ship your bike. Firstly, they have the instant shipping calculator where you can use to estimate the actual shipping fee.You can use this estimated shipping fee as a guideline when you are searching for the quotation price from other companies.
“Motorcycleshippers.com” also offer you free shipping insurance up to $7000. Additional coverage is available for $7 per $1000, in other words, if your motorcycle cost more than $7000, then for every $1000 you have to pay $7.
For example, you bought a Honda Motorcycle which cost you $10,000. You are insured for the first $7000 and you have to add in $7 x 3 = $21 to get a full shipping insurance for your motorcycle.
“Motorcycleshippers.com” covers your bike during shipment and your motorcycle is placed onto a special skid which gives extra protection to your motorcycle.
Below is the steps taken to ship your motorcycle by “Motorcycleshippers.com”:
1. Drivers arrive at your door
2. Loading is done for you
3. Proper equipment to ship motorcycles
4. Secured to a special pallet with soft ties
Click here to go to shipping calculator for “Motorcycleshippers.com”
Summary
1.There are two types of categories in shipping. (Light Weight and Heavy Weight)
2.You need to consider shipping fee as well as shipping insurance.
3.You can use Shipping calculator to estimate the price of shipping.
This article is brought to you by members of HMA (Honda Motorcycle Accessories dot com).
