urgently need help regarding courier :-(

ArmitageShanks

The thing here is that you are dealing direct with a courier network (Interlink Express have 98 depots in the UK) whereas the likes of Interparcel etc, are third party couriers that will have your parcels collected and delivered by a multitude if couriers.

You choose the courier, they don't just pick one out of the hat.


AND it's £26.50 for 30kg parcel, do me a favour.
http://www.interlinkexpress.com/uk_tarriff_update.pdf

SupaSaver_2

Why will interparcel not collect the car seat????

Also, did you check my comments above?

ArmitageShanks

car seat needs me to have a printer im so not enjoying this

What dimensions did you put in?

Brooker_Dave

babybakey wrote: »

i brought a new travel system today from ebay the ladys willing to box it up for me to get it couriered over to me but i cant find how ill get it sent for less than £90!!!!! :eek:

she said it will need a box of 3ft by 2.5ft by 2.5ft is there a good courier who does this for less? should i get it done in 2 parcels? im so stressed now !!!!! i need to sort this asap as shes going to get a box tomorrow.

shelly
very stressed all over a blooming buggy !!!

interparcel want £36 plus vat for those dimensions?

babybakey

ArmitageShanks wrote: »

What dimensions did you put in?

65x50x65 ive measured my car seat which is the same brand and added 4 cm under it for the base its ok ive ordered intrparcels economy service and ill get her email tomorrow and send her thelabel details etc and just hope she does it right.

its a good job the buggys a bargain as the delivery has cost me well over 1/4 of the price of it!!!!!! :eek:

Brooker_Dave

babybakey wrote: »

argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IVE GONE ONTO INTERPARCEL AND whoops caps lock , ive booked the courier for the actual bugy which was fine with no printing of labels but the only service which will take the car seat needs me to have a printer im so not enjoying this !!

do you think itd be a nightmare to get a different company to collect the car seat?

Foward the shipping label email to the seller and he or she can print it out?

That said having to wait in all day for *2* different collections might not amuse the seller.

babybakey

SupaSaver wrote: »

Why will interparcel not collect the car seat????

Also, did you check my comments above?

hi its ok ive soted it with interparcel ive had to go with their economy option and ill have to mail her the labels to print and attach i was worried id not get a copy of the labels just a page to print. im really new to all of this so i wasnt sure what i was doing. im all sorted now though thank you x

ArmitageShanks

babybakey wrote: »

65x50x65 ive measured my car seat which is the same brand and added 4 cm under it for the base its ok ive ordered intrparcels economy service and ill get her email tomorrow and send her thelabel details etc and just hope she does it right.

its a good job the buggys a bargain as the delivery has cost me well over 1/4 of the price of it!!!!!! :eek:

It's over sized to go on standard cheap services. The volumetric limit is 30kg, which equates too legnth(cm) x width x height/5000 (or /4000 depending on courier).

That's why.

babybakey

ive booked one with the interparcel 24 hour service and the other with their economy service im going to mail her the labels and hope and pray it all goes to plan as ive never organised a courier for something to come to me before. its a logistical nightmare.

lets hope the buggys worth it i hope so its worth well over £600 and i paid £82.59 and its listed in as new condition so im hoping it'll be as described now as ill have tons of fun with it.

thank you everyone i shall subscribe to this message so i dont need to ask again

thanks

shelly xxx

SupaSaver_2

ArmitageShanks wrote: »

You choose the courier, they don't just pick one out of the hat.


AND it's £26.50 for 30kg parcel, do me a favour.
http://www.interlinkexpress.com/uk_tarriff_update.pdf

Err, sorry, did I say they did - my comments actually said "the likes of Interparcel etc, are third party couriers that will have your parcels collected and delivered by a multitude if couriers". Regardless of whether you 'select' which one you want to use, the point was that they do not do the collections or deliveries themselves, and if anything went wrong with the delivery (i.e lost parcels) you would have more difficulty sorting it.

And your point on the price? £26.50 for a delivery like this is, IMO, very reasonable. Looking at some of the prices coming through on this thread, it aint all that bad.

And I was doing the OP a favour, with an alternative option.

FAO bargainhunter1 - how many do you send weekly/ monthly? Contact a few local carriers to see if you can get an account. Worth a try. Good Luck!:D