Cheap Parcel Delivery Official Discussion

Obviously_the_best

Doh, what is it with me and not reading today!!!

Earlier I read an order wrong and sent two items to a buyer that only ordered one!!!

Bad day!!!

volvodude

lovinituk wrote: »

The downside to using ParcelForce for overseas deliveries is that they will usually hand the parcel over to a delivery company in that country for the onward journey. You might trust PF but you have no idea who handles it from the border to the customers door!

Using some of the larger couriers you know they will handle door to door.

I don't know what country you are refering to, but for most of Europe, as soon as your Parcelforce delivery leaves the UK it is handed to it's European partner GLS (https://gls-group.eu/), which is actually owned by the parent group that owns Parcelforce, so really, your parcel isn't actually being passed to a 3rd party company at all :rotfl:

davewinston

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

Doh, what is it with me and not reading today!!!

Earlier I read an order wrong and sent two items to a buyer that only ordered one!!!

Bad day!!!

trust me we all have days like that...lol

volvodude

davewinston wrote: »

Parcelforce is owned by the Royal Mail no one else. sorry you are wrong.taken direct from parcelforces website.
Royal Mail Group Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales, number 4138203, registered office 100 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0HQ

Read my thread again, put your glasses on if you have them to hand.

greeneye

Any advice on 2.6kg 60cmx40cmx15cm to Finland insured £500, tracked obviously. Somebody reliable but not to pricey. I.e not Parcelforce pricey.
Likely to be a regular thing so also interested in heavier weights as well.
Ta

edit Just looked at Parcelmonkey and they're coming out at less than half the price of Parcelforce yet using Parcelforce.
Parcelmonkey say they're using a service called "Parcelforce Priority International"
closest I can find on Parcelforce website is "globalpriority" is this the same service??
And do we like Parcelmonkey?

Strapped

greeneye wrote: »

Any advice on 2.6kg 60cmx40cmx15cm to Finland insured £500, tracked obviously. Somebody reliable but not to pricey. I.e not Parcelforce pricey.
Likely to be a regular thing so also interested in heavier weights as well.
Ta

edit Just looked at Parcelmonkey and they're coming out at less than half the price of Parcelforce yet using Parcelforce.
Parcelmonkey say they're using a service called "Parcelforce Priority International"
closest I can find on Parcelforce website is "globalpriority" is this the same service??
And do we like Parcelmonkey?

GWizz offer UPS Europe (2-5 business days) for £23.90 + VAT for that level of insurance. Don't know how this compares to your PM quote? It's cheaper than despatchbay for ParcelForce or DHL anyway (about £25.50 + VAT).

lovinituk

greeneye wrote: »

And do we like Parcelmonkey?

I use ParcelMonkey regularly without any problems. Although try https://www.transglobal.org.uk as I sometimes find them cheaper for overseas deliveries.

volvodude

greeneye wrote: »

Any advice on 2.6kg 60cmx40cmx15cm to Finland insured £500, tracked obviously. Somebody reliable but not to pricey. I.e not Parcelforce pricey.
Likely to be a regular thing so also interested in heavier weights as well.
Ta

edit Just looked at Parcelmonkey and they're coming out at less than half the price of Parcelforce yet using Parcelforce.
Parcelmonkey say they're using a service called "Parcelforce Priority International"
closest I can find on Parcelforce website is "globalpriority" is this the same service??
And do we like Parcelmonkey?

What post code is it going to in Finland? As this will have a bearing on which courier to use as they all have different "remote areas".

I have found Pharosparcel the best for Finland, as they use UPS. Although if it is going anywhere else than Helsinki it will be itella (the post office) that delivers it on UPS behalf.

lovinituk

volvodude wrote: »

What post code is it going to in Finland? As this will have a bearing on which courier to use as they all have different "remote areas".

I have found Pharosparcel the best for Finland, as they use UPS. Although if it is going anywhere else than Helsinki it will be itella (the post office) that delivers it on UPS behalf.

Transglobal show the remote areas for the destination country. They also use UPS.

volvodude

lovinituk wrote: »

Transglobal show the remote areas for the destination country. They also use UPS.

Yep ALWAYS worth checking first, I have got stung a few times after I have booked the courier I get a message saying pay £15 remote area fee before they process the order.

And I'm not talking Lapland here, I am talking 30 mins drive from big cities they deem remote!

FYI Greeneye, delivery time to Finland is usually 7 days. No matter what courier you use, unless you choose air. There was a time when a parcel website that has since been shut down was giving DHL Air service for £12. I sent some stuff weighing about 20kg from London to Finland, and they arrived next day!! For £12!