Rod Postage Cost ?

Just been give a price of £53 to have a century carbon Metal BB blank shipped from the UK by courier, is this about right?

Rod will come in an 8ft protective tube.

Hi John,
generally speaking John any rods ive ordered from england down the years have cost on average 25pounds to a max of 40pounds by courier,53 seems a bit dear and the rods also came with protective piping as well.
Generally the bigger companies have cheaper postage than the smaller ones but it has been a while since i got a rod delivered so things may have changed.

That's madness! The most I've ever paid for shipping of a rod has been £15

£12 just last week! (Lure rod)

Got 2 Zziplex HSMs sent from the uk for £25 in rod tubes so that deffo sounds dear

Thanks for the replies, I know the rod is 15ft in two equal sections so longer than most rods but £53 does seen very pricey. Have e-mailed them back to see can they offer me a better price.

Most I ever paid is about £20-£25 pounds from Gerry's or Veals, that was a few years ago though....but can't see where they would get £53 from...

Possibly taking a margin on the shipping is my guess, the blank itself is priced well at £190 but you add on the shipping and it takes the gloss off it (parden the pun)

Hes robbing you don't pay it got a rod last year for 18 pounds there are sellers all over the net doing the same thing.

21 quid most ever paid... why don't you give City Link a call to see much they will charge to collect it... that's a Rip off !best luck

A friend of mine got a Shakespeare Salt Bass rod from Amazon.co.uk this week for 58 Euro .... delivery FREE !!!!

£15 for any rod to Ireland with Gerrys Fishing.

Got a reply from dealer stating that any package over 1.5m and they gets heavily surcharged . all rods are over 1.5m you idiot, get a new courier.