Cheap Parcel Delivery Thread MK3

lslouise

The little worms everywhere isn't he! Thanks for the reply I will try and expect nothing, not sure what I would do though reg claiming I guess its small claims after that?

cheers lou

Mark_B_5

anyone having problems with freight search on there computer???

Lynsey

custardy wrote: »

it needs ot be boxed,no courier will take it unboxed.
well, wrapped but if you dont box it then it will be highly likely to get damaged.
often you can get an old box from your local bike shop

Thanks, I got a box from Halfords today ready to send.
I'm concerned about the height, it will be more than 60cm. The weight according to the guy at Halfords will be around 15kg.
Which is the best courier service to use to send a bike??
Hoping for around a tenner.

Lynsey

jordanryan

I'm really enjoying reading this thread and feel like I have learnt so much in no time at all. I have just been looking at Rainbow Parcels and Wigi Dispatch's Terms and discovered that they are indeed Shafi........ either that or they use there claims department "Shafi Shalar Enterprises"

matt1234

On my Parcelcheap receipt from DHL "Shaafi" was written in the sender's details....

ape_2

Hi Everyone,

Well, I did say I'd let you know how I got on with DPD last week, so here's the info:

Booked: Wed 15th 7pm
Collected: Thu 16th 2pm approx
Delivered: Fri 17th 5.30pm approx
Service: DHL 24 Home
Cost: £8.00 incl. £50 insurance

So, no complaints at all!

Take care,

Nira

Mark_B_5

Lynsey wrote: »

Thanks, I got a box from Halfords today ready to send.
I'm concerned about the height, it will be more than 60cm. The weight according to the guy at Halfords will be around 15kg.
Which is the best courier service to use to send a bike??
Hoping for around a tenner.

Lynsey

60cm shouldnt be a problem it just when it higher than 1.20m

bobandsue

everyone seems very concerned about filling in the correct weight and dimensions when booking an online collection.
i use the same dimensions and weight for all my parcels, all just under the stated limits

DHL accept 150 x 60 x 60 on the conveyor belt, regardless of what the booking website says, and the courier doesn't see what you fill in at the booking stage anyway.

i have sent a package 200 long, and nobody has questioned it.
i frequently send items weighing around 35kg, and as long as the driver is happy to load it, then nothing else is said.
when i have items of a similar weight delivered to me, DHL even send a special van for heavy parcels.
it quite often shows "over weight" on the tracking, but thats all .

so i wouldt worry too much, the resellers only want your money, and the couriers don't seem to care if your parcel is over size or over weight. :rotfl:

bobandsue

ArmitageShanks

Parcel Machine & Direct Parcel Distribution are now offering fantastic rates to Europe and the rest of World via FedEx and DPD.

The first page has been updated (took absolutely ages so they better not be changing in the near future!):

Direct Parcel Distribution
Booking Cut-off 10.00 (manual) £100 Insurance FedEx <25KG
Rep. of Ireland - £14.99
Czech Rep. / Portugal / Denmark / Austria / Italy / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / Germany / France / Holland / Belgium - £19.99
Estonia / Finland / Greece / Hungary / Latvia / Lithuania / Norway / Poland / Romania / Slovakia / Russia / Turkey / Ukraine - £24.99
Excellent rates with FedEx

Parcel Machine
Booking Cut-off ???? £100 Insurance DPD <30kg
Germany £15.40
Luxembourg £16.04
France/Belgium/Holland £17.32
Austria £17.97
Portugal £20.35
Slovakia/Czech Rep. £20.53
Italy/Spain £21.18
Sweden £23.10
Finland £24.28
Excellent rates with DPD

INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS (Worldwide)

Direct Parcel Distribution
Booking Cut-off 10.00 (manual) £100 Insurance FedEx <25KG
USA - £24.99
Canada - £25.99
Australia / New Zealand / China / Israel / Japan / S.Korea / Brazil / Mexico / Peru/ Columbia / Kenya / Dominican Rep. / Philippines / Egypt / Saudi Arabia - £39.99


INTERNATIONAL MAIL Ebay Listing &Website
5-10 days, <11Kg, maximum 80cm (length) x 58cm(width + depth), The Mail House
Very big savings possible on parcels up to 11kg sent anywhere in the world

With these rates it is worth seriously considering listing on ebay.com, ebay.com.au and ebay.ca.

Some of the postage costs will probably be have to be absorbed, and remember to inflate the item price to cover part of the postage cost- especially when listing on ebay.com as shipping cost sensitivity and awareness is high/low.

ArmitageShanks

bobandsue wrote: »

everyone seems very concerned about filling in the correct weight and dimensions when booking an online collection.
i use the same dimensions and weight for all my parcels, all just under the stated limits

DHL accept 150 x 60 x 60 on the conveyor belt, regardless of what the booking website says, and the courier doesn't see what you fill in at the booking stage anyway.

i have sent a package 200 long, and nobody has questioned it.
i frequently send items weighing around 35kg, and as long as the driver is happy to load it, then nothing else is said.
when i have items of a similar weight delivered to me, DHL even send a special van for heavy parcels.
it quite often shows "over weight" on the tracking, but thats all .

so i wouldt worry too much, the resellers only want your money, and the couriers don't seem to care if your parcel is over size or over weight. :rotfl:

bobandsue

That's the kind of attitude which pushes prices up.

Yes you can send up to 160cm in length, as long as the volumetric weight isn't over 30kg. 150x60x60cm/6000 = 90KG, Everything that is over 30kg volumetric will cost the courier agent extra. I don't what the costs are, but if we sent something 90kg with Sale Track it would invoke the largest 'out of gauge' DHL surcharge which is £60.

I'm not for one minute saying we haven't sent things which we over weight/size ourselves, but everyone's got to be aware that it's not with out it's consequences.