Cheap Parcel Delivery Official Discussion

jordanryan

Hi

Cheapest I know of is a City Link next day service up to 10Kg with Parcel Monkey at £5.85+VAT (although Parcel Monkey have been slated for their customer service forever on this forum).:mad:

collectmyparcel.com have just launched a City Link next day service for up to 15Kg at £6.99+VAT (their customer service is very good). Also top-up with £100 and get £5 free, see here http://www.collectmyparcel.com/topup.html

Also another Parcel Monkey service may work for you, City Link Packet, http://www.parcelmonkey.co.uk/bag-price

That's all I can think of at the moment

smartshopper2011

Haskell wrote: »

Please help!!!

I need to send regular small parcels, around 50+ per week, (small shoebox sized) that weigh around 1kg.
These need to be signed for upon collection and will be going to business users so will need to be delivered 9-5 mon to fri.
What is the cheapest way to do this???

I was going to use myhermes but they have a lot of bad reviews and can take up to 5 days. RM are ok but you have to take to postoffice and this would take a lot of time.

The items to be posted are not worth much so don't need to be insured but because of this the postage needs to be cheap.

Many thanks in advance for any help received

Lowest price around for next day delivery is www.thepackagedeliverycompany.com
at £6.50 with no vat payable. Mine are collected and delivered by UPS so tracking is great. But if you are sending 50+ per week , it would be worth your while asking either Parcelforce , or Ups , or someone for an account, but if you dont want to go down that road then ask who ever you want to use for a discount as all would give you something off their base price for a volume that large(some may want you to prove that amount of volume first,(i know Parcels 2 Go would ask to see 2 weeks trading history before they gave you a lower price)

agentorange10

Has anyone heard of a courier services company called anyvan.com. I think they are a courier auction service ... just wondering if I could get some feedback on their service as I have just sold my piano on ebay and am looking to get it delivered efficently but would like to keep the costs down to a minimum :question:

jordanryan

Hi

Never tried them, have used boxby.co.uk, heard of shiply.com, bit on them here, http://www.thegoodwebguide.co.uk/website-of-the-year/awards-2011/one-year-on-angus-elphinstone-founder-of-anyvan/13493

Hope this helps.

rogertremain

deanos wrote: »

Ooh new thread

I am surprised in your list of courier companies that you do not mention Parcelbroker. I have been using them mainly to ship to Romania for over one year with approximately 10 parcels per month and find that with the size and weight of parcels that I ship, they are very competitive indirectly using carriers such as DHL, UPS etc. I am constantly on the outlook for improvement but they seem to be the best combination for my shipments to Romania

Roger Tremain

robsmoneysavingexpert

Has anyone actually used the Courier that the member smartshopper2011 above recommends called The Package Delivery Company?

They sound too cheap to be true and if you Google their address (24 Greville Street, London) it comes up with a virtual office company so it sounds a bit dodgy to me!

Plus that address is one of those buildings with lots of companies in with the same address

Has anyone actual proof that they have used them and that they are any good?

smartshopper2011

Go on to ebay and search for a member called thepackagedeliverycompany

taosway

Just for additional information on this company: I paid for a collection on the 15th, the courier didn't turn up (the courier said they never got the instruction). I notified Interparcel the following day and they apologised and offered a rebooking with another courier for a collection that day. This courier also didn't turn up (they said they allocated the job to the wrong driver). I spoke with Interparcel again and they told me there was nothing they could do about it and offered to refund my payment.
I cannot imagine using this company again.

sdg72

I am not sure if I am posting in the right place for this, but I came accross valuecourier.co.uk last week, when trying to find someone to move my old 3 piece suite down to my sons flat. They got it moved from Leeds to Leicester for just under £100, which seemed a little expensive initially, but they were the cheapest I could find...unless I wanted to wait for over a week. I would definately recomend them if you want something large moving.

vixen1500

hiya there

trying to find out best prices for sending a heavy item approx 30kg
size 110 x 60 x 70

any ideas would be really great (less than £30 would be really cool)

:beer: