Cheap Parcel Delivery Official Discussion

Strapped

And waiting to see just how much Royal Mail will be raising prices by

Campden

ipostparcels pricing is calculated ... using .... the size and weight of your parcel .... . Some additional services are chargeable, others are .... free. The different zones determine the price you pay, as it’s all based on where your parcel is collected from and where it is going to.

A medium parcel, up to 10Kg and 45 centimetres max dimension is £6.99 from London to Tunbridge Wells, but £8.99 to Scotland

You need to know where the parcel is going before you can quote a price to a buyer.

Strapped

Campden wrote: »

A medium parcel, up to 10Kg and 45 centimetres max dimension is £6.99 from London to Tunbridge Wells, but £8.99 to Scotland

You need to know where the parcel is going before you can quote a price to a buyer.

Which part of Scotland though? Nearly all couriers have different pricing to Highlands and Islands.

paulofessex

Well since my last couple of posts regarding price hikes due to City Link l have spent some time comparing third party companies and prices for one of my most sent sized parcel. The results are quite amazing really. I chose the cheapest carrier option which apart from just one was City Link

The following size is for the parcel l send the most and sometimes it could be 2 of the same item to the one recipient so prices below are for both 1 and 2 parcels. Prices are inc of VAT

Size: 60x60x60cm Weight: 10kg

ParcelMonkey Qty 1 £8.98 Qty 2 £16.98
ipostparcels £9.90 £18.30
ParcelsPlease £24.00 £N/A
GWizz £11.38 £22.77
Parcels2Go £35.98 £71.97
InterParcel £7.80 £15.60 (YODEL)
Fast Lane £16.09 £27.61
ParcelForce (Direct) £16.78 £25.18

So for me it looks like ParcelMonkey will continue to be my preferred choice even though Interparcel come in cheaper, its a case of 'better the devil you know'

If anyone does happen to come across a cheaper price, please do let me know.

Campden

Which part of Scotland though?

Sorry: Dundee.

sneaky

We were using parcelforce for a good few years but after the vat inclusion and price increase it was just not viable. Moved to parcel2go last year as they had the best rates until we went direct to city link in January. Received a letter last week they are increasing the prices by 5%! With ebay fees going up shortly too not a good start to the year.

lovinituk

paulofessex wrote: »

So for me it looks like ParcelMonkey will continue to be my preferred choice even though Interparcel come in cheaper, its a case of 'better the devil you know'

Given the choice between City Link or Yodel, I would always choose City Link anyway even if they are more expensive!!

Obviously_the_best

paulofessex wrote: »

Well since my last couple of posts regarding price hikes due to City Link l have spent some time comparing third party companies and prices for one of my most sent sized parcel. The results are quite amazing really. I chose the cheapest carrier option which apart from just one was City Link

The following size is for the parcel l send the most and sometimes it could be 2 of the same item to the one recipient so prices below are for both 1 and 2 parcels. Prices are inc of VAT

Size: 60x60x60cm Weight: 10kg

ParcelMonkey Qty 1 £8.98 Qty 2 £16.98
ipostparcels £9.90 £18.30
ParcelsPlease £24.00 £N/A
GWizz £11.38 £22.77
Parcels2Go £35.98 £71.97
InterParcel £7.80 £15.60 (YODEL)
Fast Lane £16.09 £27.61
ParcelForce (Direct) £16.78 £25.18

So for me it looks like ParcelMonkey will continue to be my preferred choice even though Interparcel come in cheaper, its a case of 'better the devil you know'

If anyone does happen to come across a cheaper price, please do let me know.

Only marginally, but including VAT on https://www.parcelflight.co.uk that parcel would be £8.39 for a 2 day service (carrier unnamed)

silvercar

Ive just posted a job on anyvan, but couldn't see any mention of insurance.

Its for 2 parcels from the same address, one just over 10kg and one under - from Nottingham area down to near London.

If anyone knows a better way of arranging this, I couldn't get a quote off the city link website.

Obviously_the_best

If you post the dimensions of the boxes, that would help a lot.

You couldn't get a quote from city-link direct because they are a business account only courier, so you have to go via a broker.

If you post the dimensions on here someone will probably find you a nice cheap delivery quote.