Cheap Parcel Delivery Official Discussion

Kayster

mcconnell wrote: »

hi i have an electronic item valued at £1000 at the minute on ebay, i have had an email from someone in new zealand aning to buy. i know the postage will be dear and we have come to aggrement about this, but they say it has to be marked as gift nz dollars 400. to cover myself i want to get the item insured. can anyone give me advise on sending this?

many thanks

You will have to provide with the item 3 or 4 copies of a signed invoice or packing list with a declaration of its value that you give to the courier allong with the parcel. These are used by customs here and in NZ. whatever value you put will be the value you can insure it for so you cannot say it is worth £200 then insure it £1000 and expect to get £1000 if it gets lost. Declaring items as a gift when they have been sold is also committing an offence. Here is a link to a typical document you will complete
https://www.transglobal.org.uk/trans_payment/docs/packinglist08.pdf

have a read of that then decide.

Norfolk_Poppy

Has anyone ever sent a bike?

My son is trying to send a racing bike from Northumberland to Nottingham 13kgs 130 x 60 x 100 cms. He can take off a wheel and get it down to 120cms but don't know if that will help much.

So far the quotes have been £150+.

Anyone know of a better deal?

Thanks

Obviously_the_best

Norfolk_Poppy wrote: »

Has anyone ever sent a bike?

My son is trying to send a racing bike from Northumberland to Nottingham 13kgs 130 x 60 x 100 cms. He can take off a wheel and get it down to 120cms but don't know if that will help much.

So far the quotes have been £150+.

Anyone know of a better deal?

Thanks

parcel monkey £47.99 + VAT - nightfreight next day

Kayster

Norfolk_Poppy wrote: »

Has anyone ever sent a bike?

My son is trying to send a racing bike from Northumberland to Nottingham 13kgs 130 x 60 x 100 cms. He can take off a wheel and get it down to 120cms but don't know if that will help much.

So far the quotes have been £150+.

Anyone know of a better deal?

Thanks

gwizz £6.59 plus vat

Norfolk_Poppy

Kayster wrote: »

gwizz £6.59 plus vat

Wow Kayster! That's really good. Haven't been on this thread for some time as I usually use either Parcel2go or Parcelsplease for my deliveries.

Have you used them yourself?

custardy

Norfolk_Poppy wrote: »

Wow Kayster! That's really good. Haven't been on this thread for some time as I usually use either Parcel2go or Parcelsplease for my deliveries.

Have you used them yourself?

have you factored in ample packaging?(road bikes are fragile things) and compensation cover?

Norfolk_Poppy

Nope, it's not mine so am just passing on quotes to him. I will remind him about packaging changing the size though, thanks!

I did see that the insurance is up to £500 free of charge though...good eh?

Kayster

Norfolk_Poppy wrote: »

Wow Kayster! That's really good. Haven't been on this thread for some time as I usually use either Parcel2go or Parcelsplease for my deliveries.

Have you used them yourself?

Yes I have although not for a while now. They have excellent customer support. I would reccomend them.

Kayster

Norfolk_Poppy wrote: »

Wow Kayster! That's really good. Parcelsplease for my deliveries.

Have you used them yourself?

I have a discount code
Summer15
for parcelsplease international import and export prices. I think it is about to expire though enter it on the address details page.

Norfolk_Poppy

Kayster wrote: »

I have a discount code
Summer15
for parcelsplease international import and export prices. I think it is about to expire though enter it on the address details page.

That's kind of you, thank you.