Royal Mail Special Delivery

10past6

I need to send some documents A4 size, must be with the recipient by next working day.

Royal Mail / Post Office Special Delivery by 09.00 = £10.00 :eek: :mad: or By 01.00pm = £4.60 :eek: :mad:

Is there a cheaper way?

withabix

Fax?

Scan and email?


£4.60 is cheap if the documents are important...so is £10 if they are really important!

How much would it cost you to take them to the recipient yourself? Exactly!!


You might be able to get a SLIGHTLY cheaper service from one of the other carriers through one of the bulk-contract resellers, but they wwill be far less reliable in terms of both collection and delivery.

10past6

withabix wrote: »

Fax?

Don't have one

withabix wrote: »

Scan and email?

I thought about that, but god knows what department they could end up in.

withabix wrote: »

£4.60 is cheap if the documents are important...so is £10 if they are really important!

Humm, maybe you're right.

withabix wrote: »

How much would it cost you to take them to the recipient yourself? Exactly!!

Don't have the time

withabix wrote: »

You might be able to get a SLIGHTLY cheaper service from one of the other carriers through one of the bulk-contract resellers, but they wwill be far less reliable in terms of both collection and delivery.

OK, back to square one

Lorian

Its the cheapest way.

Enterprise_1701C

Often libraries or local shops run a fax service, but can be as much as £1 a sheet!!

valk_scot

Just bite the bullet and send them. £4.60 is a bottle of average plonk or less than a whole fish supper, remember. It just seems expensive because you don't do this sort of thing much.

jaffacat_2

Make sure of the small print, I know a friend who send tickets to a friend and they werent covered by Special Delivery if lost etc. Not sure if that has changed now but check that what you are sending if it paperwork is covered

custardy

jaffacat wrote: »

Make sure of the small print, I know a friend who send tickets to a friend and they werent covered by Special Delivery if lost etc. Not sure if that has changed now but check that what you are sending if it paperwork is covered

tickets are covered
however if you mean consequential loss then it costs extra
9am is a premium service where a van has to travel outwith its route (most often) to get that item delivered before 9am
as for £4.60 being too expensive? just travel over yourself by bus/car/train and save money..........................

keith99_2

I would like to see someone get it cheaper than £4.60. I understand most, if not all other services are much more expensive and very unreliable.
The trouble with Royal Mail is that apparantly all us posties pinch everything!
Just out of interest, today i saw 2 separate parcels delivered by Home Delivery Network (both from Amazon) left on doorsteps. We all know (well me and custardy do) who will get the blame if they go missing!

scorpio13

10past6 wrote: »

I need to send some documents A4 size, must be with the recipient by next working day.

Royal Mail / Post Office Special Delivery by 09.00 = £10.00 :eek: :mad: or By 01.00pm = £4.60 :eek: :mad:

Is there a cheaper way?

What about 1st class Recorded Delivery? ...... That's cheaper.

withabix

scorpio13 wrote: »

What about 1st class Recorded Delivery? ...... That's cheaper.

But that just goes in with the rest of the post.

Very little point in Recorded whatsoever these days.

No use for important documents or anything of value. If custardy or keith99 are going to pinch it, that won't stop them

Anyway, first class just means it will get there....oh....sometime before second class. You can't expect them to pay Adam Crozier megabucks AND offer a god service can you??