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Hello,

 

I want to buy a rod for float fishing for chub, roach and grayling.

In Germany I could not find a good rod.

So I want to go Ebay.co.uk but there is the problem to send the rod to Germany.

Can anyone give me some help for shipping a float rod (shipping length 5 feet) to Germany in an inexpensive way?

Is it not possible to ship a rod for less than 25 GBP?

 

Thanks,

Thilo

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I don't have an answer but to give you some possible solutions, I posted a question on the International Board on eBay UK. You can follow the discussion there from this link.

 

Shipping a fishing rod UK to Germany

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There are some members on here who ship fishing rods overseas so you may well get an answer here first but I though it could not hurt to post the question on that board as well.

 

I think today is a Bank Holiday in the UK so many people are not at home or using a PC and answers are slower than usual in arriving.

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I sell on e bay, not rods but some long items. Most e bayers use the UK PO who have an upper limit of 1.5 meters.

I lived in Germany for 6 years, and bought several rods vis mail order from the UK (pre-internet days), I just ordered from the classifieds in 'angling times' , and can't remember the charges being especially high, and if they had been I wouldnt have bothered and bought locally instead. Try a few dealers, they must be competiative rates.

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Hello,

 

I want to buy a rod for float fishing for chub, roach and grayling.

In Germany I could not find a good rod.

So I want to go Ebay.co.uk but there is the problem to send the rod to Germany.

Can anyone give me some help for shipping a float rod (shipping length 5 feet) to Germany in an inexpensive way?

Is it not possible to ship a rod for less than 25 GBP?

 

Thanks,

Thilo

 

According to the Parcelforce website £25.99 is the cost for International Standard. So no it's not possible.

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Hello Newt,

 

I do not get new information about shipping a rod to Germany for less than 25 GBP but...

 

Dpd.co.uk is able to send parcels up to 1,75 metres and 5 kg weight for about 25 GBP.

 

At Ebay I've seen some auctions where the seller declares a shipping rate of 15 GPB for a rod to Germany.

 

Example:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...em=300223183901

Seller:

http://myworld.ebay.de/richyf72/

 

I had asked him for the shipping contractor but he only tells me something like "Royal Mail".

That should no be possible.

 

Regards,

Thilo

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i shipped 3 there for less ,the problems occur when their over 150cm ,i withdrew one longer that would have been £16 as the courier wanted me to take it them :angry:

basinstoke is a fair distance from here

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