Cheap Parcel Delivery Thread Mk4

ArmitageShanks

Bump for Simon369

simon369

Thanks Armitage

Was just wondering which one would be the best for my situation as there is a lot of pages to read.

Thanks

ArmitageShanks

On the first page....try getting quotes from them all.

VVI

I gave my thanks earlier in this thread to Shiply, for great rates.
Now its the turn of FreightSearch.

They have the cheapest rates (by far) for the Highlands (IV20). Under £8 for 13kgs!!!
Brilliant!!!

Strapped

VVI wrote: »

I gave my thanks earlier in this thread to Shiply, for great rates.
Now its the turn of FreightSearch.

They have the cheapest rates (by far) for the Highlands (IV20). Under £8 for 13kgs!!!
Brilliant!!!

Very timely, ta :beer:

Tim_Deegan

VVI wrote: »

I gave my thanks earlier in this thread to Shiply, for great rates.
Now its the turn of FreightSearch.

They have the cheapest rates (by far) for the Highlands (IV20). Under £8 for 13kgs!!!
Brilliant!!!

Freightsearch are a complete nightmare if you have to call them.

Strapped

Quick (hopefully) query: who are best (ie guaranteed to get there but reasonable price) for guaranteed next day delivery? Mainland UK to mainland UK, smallish (50x30x30cms parcel) parcel <20kgs?

Decided to try Interparcel Titan. Fingers crossed.

stu68

I have someone that needs parcel delivered on a Saturday and wondered if anyone can recommend a good courier that guarantees Saturday delivery??

Cheers

Stu

Bowling_4_Gold

stu68 wrote: »

I have someone that needs parcel delivered on a Saturday and wondered if anyone can recommend a good courier that guarantees Saturday delivery??

Cheers

Stu

Interparcel Saturday
Collection on Friday for delivery on Saturday.
This service is delivered by TNT.


City Link Saturday
Collection on Friday for delivery by 12pm on Saturday.

http://www.interparcel.com/ You book it all online, the parcel is picked up from you and you just sit back and relax... Be warned, the above services may cost a little more than normal though

West_Berkshire

Ebaycourier.co.uk aka Elite Courier Co Ltd t/a Elite Worldwide
will try to sell storage and Royal Mail delivery on the phone, suggesting a customer drops the goods off while the salesman is on holiday and talk later.

It turns out that they are a pallet courier with a UPS account and a barn - possibly fine for some customers but not for ebay pick-and pack by Royal Mail: they don't have a collection for example as became apparent on the first order. I phoned to ask to collect my goods when a request for £250 deposit came, and was told I could not have my goods back until I had paid this:
2 weeks storage: £24.00
1 UPS parcel: £6.65
1 picking charge@ £3
Release fee: £25
Total = £58.65
plus v.a.t. = £67.45

There is a long vague contract about something else that refers to a price list that isn't available. I was asked to sign an A4 saying that I had recieved terms and conditions, but the prices above seem to have been made-up on the spot.

Thames Valley Police will not "witness a civil transaction" and I don't fancy going and trying to bluff my goods out of the barn without a police witness.

What to learn?

I am going to read something about Somali pirates as a reminder that things get worse than loosing £67, but advice on how to stop the same thing happening to people in future would be good.