Cheap Parcel Delivery Thread Mk4

mutley_muppet

Hi,
I need a quote to send a package to Malta, only 500g, but needs to be trackable online to adhere to paypal conditions (its a potential ebay sale).
I can see couriers for Malta on the first page, but cant find anything suitable for smaller items that is trackable online?
The 2 items only cost £15 each so dont think a buyer will want to shell out twenty odd quid on a courier.
If it can't be done I will just advise the seller I cant post to Malta.
Thanks for any help,
MM x

ArmitageShanks

mutley_muppet wrote: »

Hi,
I need a quote to send a package to Malta, only 500g, but needs to be trackable online to adhere to paypal conditions (its a potential ebay sale).
I can see couriers for Malta on the first page, but cant find anything suitable for smaller items that is trackable online?
The 2 items only cost £15 each so dont think a buyer will want to shell out twenty odd quid on a courier.
If it can't be done I will just advise the seller I cant post to Malta.
Thanks for any help,
MM x

For that value, just use standard airmail.

soolin

ArmitageShanks wrote: »

For that value, just use standard airmail.

Yep, a certificate of posting will cover you against loss en route up to £39.

mutley_muppet

Thank you, but I am a bit confused.
I understand about the certificate of posting which will give me royal mail compensation but I recently had problems with a parcel of nappies that I'd sold on ebay and sent by standard parcels.
The paypal payment came through fine so I posted the parcel to Ireland and got a cert of postage as usual.
Not long after paypal reversed the payment, I never found out why, but a few other sellers contaced me to say that they had there payments on hold too.
The buyer had bought loads of stuff over a week.
I never recieved any correspondence from the buyer so I presume it was a blatant scam. The other sellers had sent their items by an online trackable method so they kept their money but I didn't.
I thought about claiming compensation via Royal Mail, but the scammer is hardly going to fill in the paper work that will be needed for me to make a claim?
Sorry to waffle on... I hope that makes sense?
I only sell a few bits & bobs but i am nervous about sending anything now unless it is trackable online.
If there is anything I can do about the scammer in Ireland please let me know?
MM x

INSPIRED

I have a customer who wants me to post an item that is impossible to weigh. Is there any courier out there who will quote on size alone? I do not think that this is possible but she is adamant that it is!

Many thanks in advance.

Tim_Deegan

INSPIRED wrote: »

I have a customer who wants me to post an item that is impossible to weigh. Is there any courier out there who will quote on size alone? I do not think that this is possible but she is adamant that it is!

Many thanks in advance.

You would need to speak to an independent courier.

Try www.shiply.com then if you have to put a weight just guess. Then you can explain in the notes box.

soolin

mutley_muppet wrote: »

Thank you, but I am a bit confused.
I understand about the certificate of posting which will give me royal mail compensation but I recently had problems with a parcel of nappies that I'd sold on ebay and sent by standard parcels.
The paypal payment came through fine so I posted the parcel to Ireland and got a cert of postage as usual.
Not long after paypal reversed the payment, I never found out why, but a few other sellers contaced me to say that they had there payments on hold too.
The buyer had bought loads of stuff over a week.
I never recieved any correspondence from the buyer so I presume it was a blatant scam. The other sellers had sent their items by an online trackable method so they kept their money but I didn't.
I thought about claiming compensation via Royal Mail, but the scammer is hardly going to fill in the paper work that will be needed for me to make a claim?
Sorry to waffle on... I hope that makes sense?
I only sell a few bits & bobs but i am nervous about sending anything now unless it is trackable online.
If there is anything I can do about the scammer in Ireland please let me know?
MM x

If this is still within 6 months of posting you can make the claim yourself as long as you have a certificate of posting with the buyers address on it (postcode at least). Just get a claim form from Royal mail or download one from their site. Standard parcels before 6th April covered up to £36 of loss.

Tim_Deegan

soolin wrote: »

If this is still within 6 months of posting you can make the claim yourself as long as you have a certificate of posting with the buyers address on it (postcode at least). Just get a claim form from Royal mail or download one from their site. Standard parcels before 6th April covered up to £36 of loss.

That doesn't protect against scammers on ebay though does it.......in fact it lets them get away with it.

soolin

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

That doesn't protect against scammers on ebay though does it.......in fact it lets them get away with it.

It does however cover a sender against loss en route.

INSPIRED

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

You would need to speak to an independent courier.

Try www.shiply.com then if you have to put a weight just guess. Then you can explain in the notes box.

Thank for that info - I shall contact them.