sending ebay item to Guernsey, is it more expensive??

zombie_tennants

i just sold an item on ebay for £18, with £6.50 postage, uk

it weighs 3.5 kg

i was thinking of getting a courier then realised the address was Guernsey, never sent anything there before, but the cheapest quote i got off parcel to go was £18.xx

can anyone tell me if royal mail parcels is any different, i cant seem to find any info

confused

can anyone help?

hermum

http://sg.royalmail.com/portal/rm/PriceFinderResults?pageId=pc_sltc_rm_results&keyname=rmPriceFinderResults&catId=23500532
First class seems to be the cheapest.

soolin

What service had you planned to use as I can't see any Royal Mail service that cheap for 3.5kg?

Kite2010

IIRC you need a customs label for Guernsey

zombie_tennants

i was originally going to use a courier (would have been around £5-6 uk)

ok so it looks like i can send first class for £8.95 if i'm right?

hermum

zombie_tennants wrote: »

i was originally going to use a courier (would have been around £5-6 uk)

ok so it looks like i can send first class for £8.95 if i'm right?

Actually it looks as though parcel is 7.62 according to that, I didn't notice the parcel option first time.
That's a huge difference from a courier.
Hence I posted a link so that you can check it yourself. I'd hate to tell you it was x if I'd read it wrong.

theonlywayisup

hermum wrote: »

Actually it looks as though parcel is 7.62 according to that, I didn't notice the parcel option first time.
That's a huge difference from a courier.
Hence I posted a link so that you can check it yourself. I'd hate to tell you it was x if I'd read it wrong.

That is standard parcels and AFAIK CI are not included.

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