Cheap Parcel Delivery Official Discussion

lovinituk

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

... myhermes ... superior service to be had

I certainly wouldn't put those 2 phrases in the same sentence without the use of the word 'not' somewhere in there!!!

Strapped

lovinituk wrote: »

I certainly wouldn't put those 2 phrases in the same sentence without the use of the word 'not' somewhere in there!!!

And I'm not sure that you can class "collectplus" as superior service when you have to shlep to a shop for it - although I conceed that it may be cheap (if you live near said shop). Previous posts on this thread also suggest it is a slow service, although I've never used it myself (as I live miles from the nearest collectplus shop).

gsdjj

I Phoned Transglobal Express and they gave me the same price. They also sadi for extra insurance to ring The Insurance Company 01772 780380 Ins to Germany was £43 and USA £54. SO great help thanks

Obviously_the_best

Strapped wrote: »

And I'm not sure that you can class "collectplus" as superior service when you have to shlep to a shop for it - although I conceed that it may be cheap (if you live near said shop). Previous posts on this thread also suggest it is a slow service, although I've never used it myself (as I live miles from the nearest collectplus shop).

Collect + deliver to the door, and a lot of people actually go to work so a shop is very useful to drop off a parcel at, as for Hermes, if you have a good local courier you can actually get to know them quite well, they'll come around at the same time each day, and often their self-employed couriers have a far better local knowledge than van drivers

zulubabe

Just wanted to say that despite all the warnings & nightmare stories I decided to go ahead & use Collect +. My package arrived securely and on the first day advised by them. Ok so I know that it doesn't negate the bad experiences others have had but just wanted to give praise where it was due.

lovinituk

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

as for Hermes, if you have a good local courier you can actually get to know them quite well, they'll come around at the same time each day, and often their self-employed couriers have a far better local knowledge than van drivers

Still wouldn't class it as a superior service! Its a lottery on who delivers the parcel at the other end. You just need to look at any of the review sites to see how much worse Hermes and Yodel are considered compared to any other carrier.

DA63147

Parcelforce 48 hour through parcelforce's website is £10.50 plus VAT = £12.60.

Note: Offer can't be done through Quidco. Can only be done through topcashback:

Go through topcashback, click code box and get cashback on topcashback Parcelforce page, enter the code at the checkout and you get Parcelforce 48 hour courier for £10.70 minus £3.03 cashback = £7.67. Parcel2go a lot of services only have £20 insurance now and extra insurance is very expensive, Parcelforce 48 hour through this method means that as long as you enter the voucher code and topcashback tracks, then you will pay £7.67 for a courier direct through Parcelforce and it includes £100 insurance. Excellent deal, sent a laptop using this method the other day as parcel2go want £4 just for £100 insurance on the DHL service, which was about £7.80 with £20 insurance included:)

aliavavodka

bought something from china, worth £78, am wondering whether its worth sending back for a refund, as the cheapest i can find is just under £50

width 33 cm, lenght 30 cm, depth 23cm.



Ali

Strapped

DA63147 wrote: »

Parcelforce 48 hour through parcelforce's website is £10.50 plus VAT = £12.60.

Note: Offer can't be done through Quidco. Can only be done through topcashback:

Go through topcashback, click code box and get cashback on topcashback Parcelforce page, enter the code at the checkout and you get Parcelforce 48 hour courier for £10.70 minus £3.03 cashback = £7.67. Parcel2go a lot of services only have £20 insurance now and extra insurance is very expensive, Parcelforce 48 hour through this method means that as long as you enter the voucher code and topcashback tracks, then you will pay £7.67 for a courier direct through Parcelforce and it includes £100 insurance. Excellent deal, sent a laptop using this method the other day as parcel2go want £4 just for £100 insurance on the DHL service, which was about £7.80 with £20 insurance included:)

If you send regularly and want ParcelForce then you should look into a DespatchBay account, £5.65 + VAT.

Obviously_the_best

lovinituk wrote: »

Still wouldn't class it as a superior service! Its a lottery on who delivers the parcel at the other end. You just need to look at any of the review sites to see how much worse Hermes and Yodel are considered compared to any other carrier.

Have you looked at other carriers?

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews80026.html

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Initial_City_Link__5287114

http://www.trustpilot.co.uk/review/www.dpd.co.uk

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews243919.html