Cheap Parcel Delivery Official Discussion

appleblossom

Thanks, at least it doesn't mean its my tracking now working, will be keeping an eye on it.

monkeyspanner

Has anyone used Collect+ shop to shop 72hr tracked service. £3.99 for up to 10kg max size 50x30x30cm? Special offer until 10 Nov £3.79.

This seems like a good alternative to Royal Mail as you can book online and just drop your parcel off at a local shop and recipient collects at their designated shop. Online tracking + e-mail updates for both sender and recipient.

Also would avoid those problems when recipient isn't in when RM try to deliver.

deanos

Read posts above ive used them a few times, just beware that the shop dosent think its a return and they add on a Littlewoods label as thats what happened to me first time i used it and they went to Littlewoods first , they should just scan the barcode you print off and not add one of there own !

monkeyspanner

Thanks that explains the notes on their site about checking the shop doesn't add a label.

deanos

monkeyspanner wrote: »

Thanks that explains the notes on their site about checking the shop doesn't add a label.

Its something they have added recently as it didnt used to say that before, the depot manager rang me to apologise and said it has been happening quite a lot, teething problems as they say

appleblossom

monkeyspanner wrote: »

Has anyone used Collect+ shop to shop 72hr tracked service. £3.99 for up to 10kg max size 50x30x30cm? Special offer until 10 Nov £3.79.

This seems like a good alternative to Royal Mail as you can book online and just drop your parcel off at a local shop and recipient collects at their designated shop. Online tracking + e-mail updates for both sender and recipient.

Also would avoid those problems when recipient isn't in when RM try to deliver.

It is a good service if you live near a collect+ point, however, I wouldn't be very happy if I was sent something this way without my knowledge as my nearest point is 15 miles away so a 30 min, hr long trip to collect a parcel is not good for me!

sandiep

I think mine is about double that! They've not quite got the Scottish towns covered well yet!!

monkeyspanner

appleblossom wrote: »

It is a good service if you live near a collect+ point, however, I wouldn't be very happy if I was sent something this way without my knowledge as my nearest point is 15 miles away so a 30 min, hr long trip to collect a parcel is not good for me!

Only offering as an option if ebay buyers have that preference, but was a bit concerned that there may be a problem with the third party drop-off and collection points regarding security.

deanos

Have you seen a parcel depot ?

They are not exactly high security !

cyberbob

appleblossom wrote: »

It is a good service if you live near a collect+ point, however, I wouldn't be very happy if I was sent something this way without my knowledge as my nearest point is 15 miles away so a 30 min, hr long trip to collect a parcel is not good for me!

If an ebay seller does that anyway you can claim item not received because unless they have sent to your address in paypal (which I doubt is a collect + point ) they cannot prove delivery so would lose any paypal claim