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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: tigers_gonads on 18 April 2013, 13:14:28
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As above
What is the cheapest / most reliable way to post parts around the country ?
In the past, I have just popped down the post office and done it like that but tbh, they seem to be taking the pish with there prices >:(
Who are members on here using ?
What sort of prices are they charging (the courier that is)
Who seems to be the most reliable.
Any horror story's out there with certain couriers who like to loose bits or use them as a football ?
TIA :)
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Always worth OOF parcel service for the very big parcels, things like parcel shelf.
Recall this place being mentioned few times: http://www.parcel2go.com/ (http://www.parcel2go.com/)
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Royal mail for the smaller stuff or as Tunnie says parcel2go but don't use the Yodell option, theyre crap :y
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UPS very good :y, albeit at a price ::)
For bigger/heavier items, worth getting a quote from local haulage firms :y for instance, the firm I drove for yesterday charges from £26.50 per pallet anywhere in mainland UK :y
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that would be quite a few pallets to fill that truck up :o and make it viable
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that would be quite a few pallets to fill that truck up :o and make it viable
A single level is maybe 26 standard 3'x4' pallets, double decked probably 40 :-\. The £26.50 is probably a three or four day service, the prices tend to go up quite quickly with weight/urgency and dimensions. A double decked economy load might make £350 on each trip, whereas a full urgent load might be nearer a grand :-\
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Royal mail for the smaller stuff or as Tunnie says parcel2go but don't use the Yodell option, theyre crap :y
....ain't that the truth, Pete. :-\
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Ive used them all and they are all crap.Buy a carrier pigeon and force feed it steroids. :y ;D
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hermes or collect + seem the cheapest
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hermes or collect + seem the cheapest
Hermes are almost as bad as Yodel ::)
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I have had good results from these,
http://www.p4d.co.uk/?gclid=CPCMo6m6tLYCFRTMtAodzBsAfQ (http://www.p4d.co.uk/?gclid=CPCMo6m6tLYCFRTMtAodzBsAfQ)
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I use APC for the ABS club shop stuff. Not had any problems and reasonable charges
Keith B
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I am waiting for a faulty USB stick to come back from a customer in Austria. He used Hermes.
It was initiated at 11.56 on the 15th April. Just checked and it has arrived at a depot in Linz, AUSTRIA today the 18th 04.00.
Three days . It is costing me 11.80 euros (about ten quid). I posted in signed for mail 4.10 euros and it got there in three days from Spain.
I shan't be using them ever .
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Hi.
I use Hermes. Pretty reliable.
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I never sent anything but bought a tow bar on eBay on tues for the mig £11 next day delivery from parcel force (London -Sunderland ) which I thinks really good
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Ive used them all and they are all crap.Buy a carrier pigeon and force feed it steroids. :y ;D
Brilliant Albs! (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43954633/rofl.gif)
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Always used ..parcels to go.....never had a problem with their service :y :y
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Ive used them all and they are all crap.Buy a carrier pigeon and force feed it steroids. :y ;D
Brilliant Albs! (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43954633/rofl.gif)
Not really a helpful post though........
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Hermes is definitely off my list of couriers. The faulty USB stick cost approx 11euros and took ELEVEN days to get from Austria to Spain. The Spanish end only took three days amazingly. Where the hell was it all that time?
I looked at the tracking and it just didn't get updated after day three.
Winged god of tortoises. ;D ;D ;D
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Ive used them all and they are all crap.Buy a carrier pigeon and force feed it steroids. :y ;D
;D :y
from experience for foreign transport I always prefer royal mail :) :y (exactly 5 job days to arrive here including the day its posted)
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All overnight/next day services are based on the fundamentals that
If the shipment is of a business critical nature, and there is any detriment to the end user in the event the shipment is not delivered please utilise alternate services
The service is always sold on the basis cost is the primary factor, not service
For 6 quid say, your shipment goes on a hub and spoke network from you to the processing depot, processing depot to the hub, hub to the receiving/depot then either on to the van for delivery or from the delivery depot to a stand alone hub then to the delivery driver if a remote area
Having been a GM for a provider in the past and now a manager for the largest courier provider in the UK, believe me I have seen it all, most now run at a 99% success rate. When I started out 12 years ago when I left school the best at the time APC was 96.5% it always improving ;)
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Well that all sounds very good.
It cost me 11.80 euros (about ten quid) courier Austria to Spain. I posted it signed for mail 4.10 euros and it got there in three days from Spain using our equivalent of Royal Mail.
To send it back via courier to China was going to be 67 euros. Used Spanish mail certified service 11 euros.