Cheap Parcel Delivery Official Discussion

m5rcc

Does anyone know any courier that would insure sending an iMac?

pippy100

Can anyone advise, i am wanting to send a parcel to Portugal, it weighs 1.3kg and measures 25cm x 40cm x 15cm.
Looking on royal mail it will cost me around the £30 mark.
I don't post often so i am not sure of where to look for cheaper postage?
The item is of no great value.
Thanks.

m5rcc

pippy100 wrote: »

Can anyone advise, i am wanting to send a parcel to Portugal, it weighs 1.3kg and measures 25cm x 40cm x 15cm.
Looking on royal mail it will cost me around the £30 mark.
I don't post often so i am not sure of where to look for cheaper postage?
The item is of no great value.
Thanks.

£20 via Parcelforce?

pippy100

m5rcc wrote: »

£20 via Parcelforce?

Thanks, but when i look to get a quote from Parcelforce the cheapest is £33.60 Global Value.
Am i missing something?

m5rcc

pippy100 wrote: »

Thanks, but when i look to get a quote from Parcelforce the cheapest is £33.60 Global Value.
Am i missing something?

use parcel2go.com

pippy100

Thanks, they are slightly cheaper at £24 inc vat. My customer(ebay) is querying the price which was £35 originally and says he has had previous ones sent for only £10 but i cannot seem to find anywhere near this price.
I just wish he had questioned or not bid if he wasn't happy with the cost as i orginally stated postage to UK only and he didn't query price for postage before he put in a bid.
Thanks again

custardy

pippy100 wrote: »

Thanks, they are slightly cheaper at £24 inc vat. My customer(ebay) is querying the price which was £35 originally and says he has had previous ones sent for only £10 but i cannot seem to find anywhere near this price.
I just wish he had questioned or not bid if he wasn't happy with the cost as i orginally stated postage to UK only and he didn't query price for postage before he put in a bid.
Thanks again

dont worry about prices customers tell you
give them the price it costs and your packaging costs

Kayster

pippy100 wrote: »

Thanks, they are slightly cheaper at £24 inc vat. My customer(ebay) is querying the price which was £35 originally and says he has had previous ones sent for only £10 but i cannot seem to find anywhere near this price.
I just wish he had questioned or not bid if he wasn't happy with the cost as i orginally stated postage to UK only and he didn't query price for postage before he put in a bid.
Thanks again

i expect the last one was sent RoyalMail small packet at a cost of about £8. You could do the same this time and save yourself and your customer some money and bad feeling.

pippy100

Kayster wrote: »

i expect the last one was sent RoyalMail small packet at a cost of about £8. You could do the same this time and save yourself and your customer some money and bad feeling.

??? How can i post an item that doesn't fit the criteria for a small packet?
Surely you can't do that?

Kayster

pippy100 wrote: »

??? How can i post an item that doesn't fit the criteria for a small packet?
Surely you can't do that?

It would help if you told us which criteria you think you are outside.

Size and weight is under 2kg and under 61 by 46 by 46 cm and you are a small packet.