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Title: Courier options?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 09 July 2015, 13:31:49
Not an OOF courier, just looking for general advice, re: Seen a wheel (just the one, wheel and tyre) in Bedfordshire, on a popular auction website, and I can have it if I can organise my own courier - can anyone recommend one? and prices for a steelie and tyre.

Ta much in advance.  :y
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: Entwood on 09 July 2015, 13:42:50
Bung the details into here ..hit "get a quote", enter weight, size, collection, delivery... see what it comes up with .. usually pretty good IME

https://www.parcelmonkey.co.uk

Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 09 July 2015, 13:48:10
Simple as that!  :)


Cheapest is 'DX' then Yodel

Never heard of DX, are they any good, anyone? It's steel wheel, so I've no wories about them damaging in transit, so long as it just gets here!  :D
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: Entwood on 09 July 2015, 14:00:16
DX are a big company, started out specalising in document delivery, Courts used to use them all the time for moving documents around, and Court documents have to be where they should be every time on time !!. Never used them for parcels though so can't comment on that side really.
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 09 July 2015, 14:45:18
Good enough for me  :y
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 09 July 2015, 15:17:07
Recently used TNT with good results... was booked via Parcel2go. It seems that they have finally relaxed their Domestic to Domestic policy ::)

As an example, it cost £13 to send a pair of roof bars next day :y
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: 4x4 on 09 July 2015, 15:59:05
Where in befrordshire is it,might be able to get oof courier get it to billing for you. :y
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 09 July 2015, 16:22:50
Oooh, that's a thought!

It's mk420dz if that's any good?

 :)
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: 4x4 on 09 July 2015, 16:27:40
I know where it is,bedford isnt that far from billing,should have said as i was near there last night and could have picked it up.
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 09 July 2015, 16:28:53
Ahh, appreciate the offer, I only spotted the thing this morning, so no worries.

I'll chuck up a last-minute Wanted Ad, see if anyone wants to sell me their spare wheel and they're coming to Billing  :)
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: 4x4 on 09 July 2015, 16:32:47
Its only about 25 mins away from billing,if you did want it ,more than happy to navigate  :y
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 09 July 2015, 16:33:44
Didn't realise it was that close, to be honest. Thanks, I will investigate this option, Mr 4x4  :y
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: plym ian on 09 July 2015, 18:35:55
We have some parcels delivered into work by DX, if you could see the knuckle dragging polish they have working for them you can see why they are cheap. Ive not yet received a box thats not got some kind of rip in it. If you do use them get the sender to wrap up well  :y
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: minifreek on 09 July 2015, 22:55:38
If it's just a steelie for an Omega... if it is, I can bring a spare to Billing with me you can have :) for nowt/FOC
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: mka306 on 10 July 2015, 07:37:51
As it's not been mentioned, myhermes is very popular with ebay businesses at the moment, I used them myself and they are pretty cheap to be fare.
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 10 July 2015, 10:16:42
Thanks very much chaps  :)
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 11 July 2015, 07:32:27
As it's not been mentioned, myhermes is very popular with ebay businesses at the moment, I used them myself and they are pretty cheap to be fare.
Myherpes couldn't deliver a baby in a maternity ward, let alone a parcel :-X
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: mka306 on 11 July 2015, 10:53:58
As it's not been mentioned, myhermes is very popular with ebay businesses at the moment, I used them myself and they are pretty cheap to be fare.
Myherpes couldn't deliver a baby in a maternity ward, let alone a parcel :-X

I've had two delivered by them and sent one with them with no issues, may be it's just your winning personality that causing the problem :P ;D
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 11 July 2015, 21:00:00
As it's not been mentioned, myhermes is very popular with ebay businesses at the moment, I used them myself and they are pretty cheap to be fare.
Myherpes couldn't deliver a baby in a maternity ward, let alone a parcel :-X

I've had two delivered by them and sent one with them with no issues, may be it's just your winning personality that causing the problem :P ;D
Our local driver is a textbook example of a retard. My personality has sod all to do with it ;)
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: mka306 on 11 July 2015, 21:40:22
As it's not been mentioned, myhermes is very popular with ebay businesses at the moment, I used them myself and they are pretty cheap to be fare.
Myherpes couldn't deliver a baby in a maternity ward, let alone a parcel :-X

I've had two delivered by them and sent one with them with no issues, may be it's just your winning personality that causing the problem :P ;D
Our local driver is a textbook example of a retard. My personality has sod all to do with it ;)

So you say  ;D 8)
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: biggriffin on 11 July 2015, 21:48:20
As it's not been mentioned, myhermes is very popular with ebay businesses at the moment, I used them myself and they are pretty cheap to be fare.
Myherpes couldn't deliver a baby in a maternity ward, let alone a parcel :-X

I've had two delivered by them and sent one with them with no issues, may be it's just your winning personality that causing the problem :P ;D
Our local driver is a textbook example of a retard. My personality has sod all to do with it ;)
Explain?
He arrives, picks parcel up, scans it, puts it in his van, off he goes to his next collection 1of possibly 25+ as well as keeping to his stupid times to deliver, to every body, he might have run out of sparkle buy the time he gets to you.
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 11 July 2015, 22:10:00
Mum had ordered a small step ladder which he had to crush the box to fit in his Renault Kangoo instead of using his noodle and getting someone else to deliver it... And then had the audacity to kick off when she refused to sign for it... Took 2 goes and a different courier/company to deliver it intact. There prices are also not that great ;)
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: mka306 on 11 July 2015, 22:29:05
One problem in how many thousands of other delivery that were fine, the prices are reasonable if not quite cheap. I had a parcel delivered by royal mail that cost £11.03 yet the same weight cost half that with here's,  you do the math.
Title: Re: Courier options?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 11 July 2015, 23:29:28
I would rather spend a couple  quid and know that it will be collected and delivered properly than save the money and wonder why it has arrived three days late in next doors bin ::)