Cheap Parcel Delivery Official Discussion

boots_babe

Thank you for the quick replies. I've had a look and Parcelbee looks good, cannot see any restrictions on what items they will insure, so think I will give them a go.

emweaver

TuftyMatt wrote: »

Hi emweaver,

Those who are regular to this thread know I am connected with Parcel Monkey.

I am sorry to read that your package was not collected when you tried us us for the first time last week. I imagine it had something to do with the snow across the country but maybe mistaken.

Glad to see your refund was quickly dealt with though and please give us another try in the future.

Maybe if you used other couriers not just Citylink I will, your site indicates you use DHL when you actually dont. Citylink are awful so I admit the main problem was with them not with you. It was nothing to do with the snow as it had gone it was CityLink they are just awful, or at least in my area they are

papito

Very BAD experience with Parcel Monkey. First time I booked several parcels last week 2 of which were mixed up and delivered to wrong addresses. No one answer the phones at ParcelMonkey, eventually offered a refund by email, but still waiting, totally useless.
I lost my parcels and I have to send them again because the customers received the wrong boxes and Citylink can't help neither...called several numbers no one can give me an update.
I would recommend to AVOID Parcel Monkey and any company which you can't actually talk to a person and won't answer your emails when there is a problem.
I'll provide any update on my case to see if they eventually do something.
Perhaps TuftyMatt can help me but it is too late as I can't let my customer wait too long or I lose business....

narabanekeater

Im after sending a 5kg parcel to northern Ireland. Its approx 80cm long and 25cm wide
Can anyone please advise the cheapest parcel compnay to use.
The parcel is worth 50 pounds
TY

drum_billet

narabanekeater wrote: »

Im after sending a 5kg parcel to northern Ireland. Its approx 80cm long and 25cm wide
Can anyone please advise the cheapest parcel compnay to use.
The parcel is worth 50 pounds
TY

Hermes are the same price for NI as mainland UK, £4.99 plus VAT with £25 of insurance or for an extra £1 you can have £100 of cover.

10% off voucher for new customers is CLTNS10.

You dont have to be in when they collect - they can be a bit hit and miss if you havent used them before, i've been using for the last few months and other than initial teething problems, havent had a problem. i can imagine they are only as good as your local rep. last parcel i sent to belfast took about a week but that was just before xmas so may be a bit faster now.

papito

drum_billet wrote: »

Hermes are the same price for NI as mainland UK, £4.99 plus VAT with £25 of insurance or for an extra £1 you can have £100 of cover.

10% off voucher for new customers is CLTNS10.

You dont have to be in when they collect - they can be a bit hit and miss if you havent used them before, i've been using for the last few months and other than initial teething problems, havent had a problem. i can imagine they are only as good as your local rep. last parcel i sent to belfast took about a week but that was just before xmas so may be a bit faster now.

Can I ask what do you mean with "You dont have to be in when they collect" kind of leaving the parcel outside?, thanks
I used Interparcel for this week collection and they are best price for UPS which are great people. DHS to ireland was less than £15 via DHL.
I was using Pharos every day but now they charge you £3 extra if you need collection same day plus interparcel is cheaper.

drum_billet

papito wrote: »

Can I ask what do you mean with "You dont have to be in when they collect" kind of leaving the parcel outside?, thanks
I used Interparcel for this week collection and they are best price for UPS which are great people. DHS to ireland was less than £15 via DHL.
I was using Pharos every day but now they charge you £3 extra if you need collection same day plus interparcel is cheaper.

yep, basically. You can nominate a 'safe point', if i have to go out i leave my parcels on the doorstep, they can also deliver without a signature or if you need a signature there is a surcharge. Suppose it depends on what you are sendinf as to whether you want to leave unattended.

On sub 2kg they are better value that Royal Mail, more so if you are VAT registered.

Kayster

narabanekeater wrote: »

Im after sending a 5kg parcel to northern Ireland. Its approx 80cm long and 25cm wide
Can anyone please advise the cheapest parcel compnay to use.
The parcel is worth 50 pounds
TY

I'm not sure if you really mean the cheapest or do you mean a "proper" courier like Fedex or UPS at a good price. To my mind myhermes is a bit mickey mouse charging extra for signatures. My favourite for the last few months has been parcelbee where you pay £6.49 for any weight up to 30kg and any reasaonable size, £50 ins, anywhere with a UK postcode and although website says various couriers it has always been UPS who also happen to be my favourites. You need a printer to print a label and the label might not arrive till 9 am on the day of collection. , driver doesnt need a signature on collection he just takes parcel so if i am out i leave it in the porch but i am miles from anywhere so its all safe. I've said all this before and if you take the time to read some of the previous post you will see there is a discount code parcelbee5 which gets you 5% off. Take few minutes to look back at the previous reccomendations there is a lot of good info built up in the last few months.

drum_billet

I agree Kayster, it all depends what you want from your courier. i am happy to leave parcels without signatures as my contents are relatively low value, were i shipping ipods or similar then i would use UPS etc. Were i not using hermes for sub 2kg i would be using Royal Mail however there are savings to be had, its just a case of whether you can embracing the quirkyness of hermes.

i still use parcelmonkey for the occasional shipment as being vat registered they work out cheaper for me than parcelbee however i have used parcelbee today as i needed to book a collection this morning for today which monkey couldnt do but bee can. one issue about hermes is that you need to book pre 8pm the day before collection - this is a pain.

temin

I want to send a parcel which is approx 30x30x30cm and weighs 6kg to Canada.
It contains old family photos and albums. Does anyone know the cheapest way I could send this?
Any help or info would be appreciated...:)