Cheap Parcel Delivery Official Discussion

lovinituk

volvodude wrote: »

With DHL couriers forcing all websites to use the same pricing this is now some of the highest prices I have seen for European deliveries. Grim

Bloody hell!!! I've just seen the effect this has had on the DHL prices on ParcelMonkey!! That's ridiculous!! Need to find myself a plan B now! :mad:

Obviously_the_best

lovinituk wrote: »

Bloody hell!!! I've just seen the effect this has had on the DHL prices on ParcelMonkey!! That's ridiculous!! Need to find myself a plan B now! :mad:

Try https://www.interlinkdirect.co.uk, https://www.interparcel.com or https://www.transglobal.org.uk

lovinituk

Will do. The ParcelForce rates on ParcelMonkey are ok. I've used PM for a couple of years now and have never had a problem but will check with the others to see if they are cheaper.

Obviously_the_best

Interlink may be cheap with a first order as they offer £5 off your first order

Obviously_the_best

15% off Parcelforce services booked at https://www.parcelforce.com throughout January, enter discount code 'JTHS' at checkout

chemical.galaxy

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

Interlink may be cheap with a first order as they offer £5 off your first order

Yes they do, I took advantage of that offer yesterday but they failed to collect today

Atomic_guy

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

15% off Parcelforce services booked at https://www.parcelforce.com throughout January, enter discount code 'JTHS' at checkout

Just wondering if there is any discount code for collect+?

Obviously_the_best

Atomic_guy wrote: »

Just wondering if there is any discount code for collect+?

I don't think there are, unless (if it's an eBay item) you book through parcel2go.com and follow the instructions on this link to get 5% off

volvodude

The DHL thing is redicluous. I give it a couple weeks before DHL come back to normal because £80+ is rediculous (Yes I said rediculous twice! That is how annoyed I am!)

I found a small company that does an express UK to Sweden/Finland service (which is 90% of my deliveries) once a week. Not very cheap for small parcels but they take all kinds of stuff like car bumpers and stuff the big guns won't touch, 80 quid I think it cost for a car bumper to Finland. And it didn't have to be boxed up, basically like a man and van type service only over 2000 miles or whatever it is..forget the web address now..but basically..there is hope after DHL.... You just have to search long and hard.

lovinituk

volvodude wrote: »

The DHL thing is redicluous. I give it a couple weeks before DHL come back to normal because £80+ is rediculous (Yes I said rediculous twice! That is how annoyed I am!)

I looked at a quote on ParcelMonkey for a delivery to France and DHL came out as just under £80! I'm pretty sure when I quoted the customer before Christmas that it was only around £30!! No-one is going to pay that much extra when there are much cheaper alternatives! Then again, aren't DHL responsible for Yodel? If they came up with that excuse of a delivery service, then nothing really surprises me about their decision making!