Cheap Parcel Delivery Thread Mk4

ArmitageShanks

ashlea170706 wrote: »

hi thanks for that just a bit confused thats what it said yesterday and it said it would be delivered today between 8 and half 5 i know i still have an hour but ive wited in all day for nothing is it worth giving parcelforce a call?

You must of miss-read it. Sat deliveries only occur between 8am-1pm

parcelforce call centres won't be open now.

ashlea170706

hi there i did pay extra for saturday i am waitin for a phone to arrive so should i give the phone company a call as paid 6 pound and have waited in all day?

ArmitageShanks

How much did you pay for delivery, and from what shop/site?

ashlea170706

i paid 6 pound from phones for you

giggles_alot

jordanryan wrote: »

Hi, collectmyparcel.com can be used for Home or Business. I've used them, as at £8.75 I think it's good, before I was using Discount Delivery UK. Never had any problems with them either, just though I'd save the 20p difference.

Thanks, I arranged it all on that website, they collected my parcel on thursday at approx 4pm and by 2pm on friday (the next day) it was delivered. I was amazed with the service, that was over 120 miles for less than £9 and within less than 24 hours. This was first time I've just a courier and with service like that they'll be getting all my parcels in the future.

sandiep

ArmitageShanks wrote: »

But how does it fit with p2go? parcelforce don't entertain re-sellers selling their services at reasonable rates...

True. But if you personally send a lot of items to Europe regularly, and you can get approval for your own parcelforce account with parcelforce, you can get flat rate europe rates. Skip the resellers and go direct.

If they're chasing the new accounts, during these tough times, and pulling away from the resellers, you may well find that the account rates that they can offer you direct may well be improving.

It used to be around 50 items per month on European service to get these cheap flat rates. I remember being amazed that I could send Lloyd Loom Chairs, packaged and boxed, out to France for something like £8. It definitely lets you expand your selling market.

DPD road rates are also very good, but again, you need to go to either DPD direct, or one of the rare proper resellers that can give you proper account rates.

bylromarha

Are freightsearch any good at ensuring failed collections get picked up the next day?

DHl didn't collect today, took to DHL depot who had no record of the parcel.

Rang freightsearch who said they'd send an email before the end of the working day confirming collection for tomorrow.

No email as yet-wondered if I they're the sort of company you need to chase several times before they do what they say they will.

nutmegman

Hi,

I have a fishing rod to post, it is a solid plastic case and is 190cm x 25cm x 25cm and approx 7KG

Can anyone recomend a cheap courier? I have been quoted over £25 and only charged the ebay buyer £10

sandiep

You need to find a parcel carrier that will take up to 2m on standard parcel service. Try Parcelforce, they used to do 2m max length.

Most of the others are down to 1.2m now, and anything over that is freight - hence the jump in price. Don't bother trawling through the DHL reseller websites because they'll be on a 1.2m maximum.

ArmitageShanks

Parcelforce through paypal?

TNT through interparcel?