Paypound for Delivery

RFW

ludovico wrote: »

These guys are tempting but my nan living halfway up a mountain in Wales, I just don't see how self employed drivers in those areas are going to deliver for something like 30pence a parcel. In towns it would most likely be like Yodel with their home delivery drivers but even then if they give them a hundred drops a day and they may struggle to deliver everything.

That was my thoughts, my Yodel problems came with a regular customer that owns a pub in the middle of nowhere that they kept saying was closed and no one was home, despite it being a B&B too and someone there 24/7.

novelli if you get any extra parcels in your 20, I'd suggest sending another parcel either to yourself or someone you know to see what the delivery process is like.

novelli

thats a good idea.
i will think of someone i know who lives off the beaten track so to speak and see how the delivery is handled.:j

RFW

novelli wrote: »

thats a good idea.

I knew it would happen, I'm one up on last year now;)

haylau

novelli wrote: »

ok, well i have booked my first collection for tomorrow.
All went very smoothly, very easy to use booking system.
They email u the labels straight away.
So all my parcels are now ready and waiting collection tomorrow:j
Will have to see how it goes, but so far so good.
Def didnt have to pay the £500 up front.
Thought u do need to have a minimum of 20 parcels, or be charged for 20, i ended up with about 17, but still much cheaper fo me to pay for the 20. VAT is added on, so its a total of £1.20 per parcel.

Couple of niggling downsides, nothing major, but u need to have al parcels ready when using the booking system, it wont save as u go sort of thing and then wen u r done click on send order through, i would find this useful as i could then add parcels to te list as i sell.
i would also find it useful to be able to add to the existing order, as have had more salkes today but have to put through another order, but need to wat til i have 20 parcels or near enough 20. As collections not til tomorrow would have been useful to be able to add to the order.
BUT the real test will be the delivery, it says next day, so fingers crossed.
I will keep u updated.
Now i need to find something similar for overseas then can kiss goodbye to royal mail and sooo many lost parcels. SDo if anyone knows of any both or europe and worldwide do let e know, so fr i have found nothing anywhere near a reasonable price. My parcels are between 0.115 kg and 7 kg, so not heavy
:beer:

How did you get on? We scheduled our first collection today, then at about 6 pm ggot an email saying that due to technical difficulties they would not now be able to collect until next Monday :mad:

lovinituk

haylau wrote: »

How did you get on? We scheduled our first collection today, then at about 6 pm ggot an email saying that due to technical difficulties they would not now be able to collect until next Monday :mad:

Oh dear, it's not looking good! Probably means they haven't taken enough bookings to make it worth their while yet!

RFW

I noticed a scare story or two on the PowerSeller boards too.

Froggitt

haylau wrote: »

How did you get on? We scheduled our first collection today, then at about 6 pm ggot an email saying that due to technical difficulties they would not now be able to collect until next Monday :mad:

Technical difficulties probably equals need to buy a van.

novelli

WOW what a useless bunch they are!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

they never turned up to collect the parcels on tuesday
i called them around 4pm to enquire and they said they would call me back, which of course they didnt!!
have left numerous messages on their online messaging system, which they have ignored!!
I had to relabel all my parcels yesterday and take to the post office!!
then at around 4pm yesterday somone turned up to collect parcels:eek:
I had already notified them via onnline messaging that my parcels had gone to post office and i wanted a refund!!!!!!!!!!!!1
more messages sent but still no response.
DISGRACEFUL!!

I understand that things can go wrong in business, but i firmly believe its how its dealt with that matters!!! and they have dealt with this dismally!!!!
So all my parcels were late, and i am out of pocket!! not happy at all!!!
I hate bad customer service:mad:

custardy

novelli wrote: »

WOW what a useless bunch they are!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

they never turned up to collect the parcels on tuesday
i called them around 4pm to enquire and they said they would call me back, which of course they didnt!!
have left numerous messages on their online messaging system, which they have ignored!!
I had to relabel all my parcels yesterday and take to the post office!!
then at around 4pm yesterday somone turned up to collect parcels:eek:
I had already notified them via onnline messaging that my parcels had gone to post office and i wanted a refund!!!!!!!!!!!!1
more messages sent but still no response.
DISGRACEFUL!!

I understand that things can go wrong in business, but i firmly believe its how its dealt with that matters!!! and they have dealt with this dismally!!!!
So all my parcels were late, and i am out of pocket!! not happy at all!!!
I hate bad customer service:mad:

where do you think the cus are made for these prices?
you still need a vehicle
you still need a person t0 physically handle items
so everything else needs hacked

novelli

custardy wrote: »

where do you think the cus are made for these prices?
you still need a vehicle
you still need a person t0 physically handle items
so everything else needs hacked

not sure what you are saying??