Cheap Parcel Delivery Thread Mk4

steveeeee

Thanks for the suggestion for lowcostparceldelivery. I've used Freightsearch a few times in the last year or so and been very happy with the service and the price. Went to book a collection just now and instead of the ~£9 I was expecting, it was £12 exc VAT for DHL 48 hour! Lowcostparceldelivery got me the exact same service for £7.50.

mickev

I need to return something very large which my parents bought on ebay, it arrivedc in very bad condition and the seller said that they would refund if my parents returned it at their own cost ( which personally I think it really bad practice but thats another thread! ).

This is a very large item it weighs 27kg and dimesnions are 122x152x30

The seller origionally charged £25 postage but I am having trouble finding anywhere that charges anywhere near that amount.

My parents have been batteling this out with the seller for a while now and I said I would send it as they have gone away for 3 weeks.

Cany anyone reccomend a courier service that will take such a large parcel for around £25??

Thanks

creditcrunchy

Have you got short memories!!!! lowcostparceldelivery is owned & run by the same guy who owned Direct Parcel Distribution. Only a few months ago they left customers with huge Fedex bills & many uncollected parcels, a complete nightmare for many. They lure customers in with low prices & then after a few months disappear leaving customers with either huge bills or uncollected parcels. It's only a matter of time before lowcostparceldelivery do the same again, he will take your money & run. They are not a legitamite DHL reseller & should be avoided.

jordanryan

creditcrunchy wrote: »

Have you got short memories!!!! lowcostparceldelivery is owned & run by the same guy who owned Direct Parcel Distribution. Only a few months ago they left customers with huge Fedex bills & many uncollected parcels, a complete nightmare for many. They lure customers in with low prices & then after a few months disappear leaving customers with either huge bills or uncollected parcels. It's only a matter of time before lowcostparceldelivery do the same again, he will take your money & run. They are not a legitimate DHL reseller & should be avoided.

Can't agree with that enough!

jordanryan

Afternoon all

Low Con Parcel Delivery are now £7.50 and no longer £7.00 for DHL Home48. Although their eBay advert says £7.00. Even if you enter silly large dimensions it still says £7.50?

Stay clear...

tracyandluke08

hi everyone, can anyone just answer a quick question for me?
i'm looking to send a buggy via courier, and have read back a few pages and have a list of couriers that seem ok from your recommendations.
what i want to ask is, i dont have a printer at home to print the labels for the driver ... so does anyone know the cheapest 48hr courier company where i dont have to print the labels out?
thanks in advance x

Lottie-B

janeinlondon wrote: »

I have never heard of them before. Do they use their own vans? I just did a quick quote and it came up with the £3.99 price which is pretty good and a lot cheaper than the post office.

No, they use self employed "parcel people" (their words!) using their own cars, and pay them peanuts.
£3.99 is for the basic service (insured up to £25) but doesn't include a signature. If you need that, you have to pay extra. For weights under 2K it's probably cheaper via RM.

I can confirm they are Parcelnet under a different name. The couriers Hermes use for this collection/delivery are the same. The service you get will really depend on the courier in your particular area.

steveeeee

Oh dear Well, my collection is booked for tomorrow with DHL via Lowcost so we'll see what happens. Which reminds me, I'd better go and get those labels printed.

creditcrunchy

Be wary of Lowcostparceldelivery.

The contact address he gives on the website, Unit 105 CT3 4NH, is actually the address of Database Power Ltd who are a web design company. Don’t be fooled into thinking Lowcostparceldelivery are actually a registered company at this address. So you actually have no idea where Lowcostparceldelivery are based & no way of contacting them apart from via email. A good start to a scam don’t you think?

The dimensions Lowcostparcedelivery allow for parcel deliveries cause concern. For a start Parcelforce only allow a max length of 150cm & length + girth of 300cm. The max dimensions Lowcostparceldelivery allow would cause big surcharges & make the insurance invalid. DHL may allow dimensions of 160cm, 60cm, 60cm but you will have to pay a lot of money for this service, certainly not £7.50.

So I think either Lowcostparceldelivery are using someone else’s account to make bookings, not caring about surcharges, or they have their own accounts & are running up a huge bill before they do a disappearing act. Check the invoice you get from DHL or Parcelforce & see what the account name is.

Directparceldistribution started a scam last time offering cheap prices & a good service before leaving customers with huge fedex bills & uncollected parcels. Now he’s back with Lowcostparceldelivery possibly to do the same again or worse. Problem is this time he will be a little wiser so could cause even more damage.

You have been warned!

cathj

Can anyone help me with this.

I have a parcel that I need to send to South Africa and I'm not really sure the best way to send it.

It is quite heavy 4043g including the box, I will probably add a bit of bubble wrap to it when I get some. The dimensions of the box are 38cm x 28cm x 29cm high.

I have never had to send anything like this before so I'm not really sure where to look. The delivery service needs to be a signed for one.

Is there anything I need to know about sending it? This is 13 die cast model cars that someone has bought from us on Ebay. Well more actually as a couple of them are sets of 4.

It is starting to stress me out a bit. The cheapest I think I can find is with Transglobal Express which is £46.86 and uses UPS worldwide. Would this definately be a signed for service as I can't find the info on this.




Shipments bound for non EU countries will need to be accompanied by 3 copies of a commercial invoice or packing list showing a full description and value of the goods for customs purposes.


What do I need to put in for this.

If anyone could help with this I would be so greatful.

Forgot to say if I could pay by paypal that would be even better then I could use the money they have actually paid me for postage, rather than having to use my money and then wait to withdraw from paypal.