pay pound express

custardy

bubblebug wrote: »

Have used Paypound for a couple of days now, few teething problems, but I think they will get it together very quickly. I say give them a chance as it's about time that we had realistic postage costs rather than the extortionate charges made by Royal Mail and some of the independant courriers working off the back of huge companies for very large profits. Good luck to Paypound Express. Hope it is successful.

you seem a little confused
do you want realistic pricing or cheap?

arcon5

vicmorrow wrote: »

In fact I'd be very wary?

Another useless response from you then. Your getting quite good at these :rotfl:

arcon5

It's worth noting everyone that insurance cover is a whopping £0 on parcels. Insurance is an extra -- still doesn't make the business model anymore convincing though:

What if I want to insure my parcel?

Yes, we can offer delivery insurance so you can cover the contents of your parcel for loss or damage. At the point of making a booking, the system will offer you the possibility of purchasing additional insurance. You can select the appropriate insurance compensation level that you require to cover the 'cost' value of your individual parcel.
Up to £25.00 £0.30p
Up to £50.00 £0.50p
Up to £100.00 £0.90p
Up to £250.00 £2.00
Up to £500.00 £5.00
If the cost exceeds the maximum value of £500, you should take out additional private insurance to cover the full value of your goods.

arcon5

bubblebug wrote: »

Have used Paypound for a couple of days now, few teething problems, but I think they will get it together very quickly. I say give them a chance as it's about time that we had realistic postage costs rather than the extortionate charges made by Royal Mail and some of the independant courriers working off the back of huge companies for very large profits. Good luck to Paypound Express. Hope it is successful.

Personally I think RM prices are very good for the reliability/service speeds received. The only area I think they fall down is the 'standard parcel service' @ £4.41 which offers no ability to track it.

You can send a letter to the other end of the country for as little as 28p in just a few days. (Franked price). Seems spectacular to me.

custardy

arcon5 wrote: »

Personally I think RM prices are very good for the reliability/service speeds received. The only area I think they fall down is the 'standard parcel service' @ £4.41 which offers no ability to track it.

You can send a letter to the other end of the country for as little as 28p in just a few days. (Franked price). Seems spectacular to me.

I've said before.
They need to create a retail version of the Tracked product.

mybabyruby

royal mail are rubbish ive had 15 parcels go missing over the christmas period which i have now got the hassel of claiming back which takes weeks not days.

any how on a better note paypound express have just collected my parcels and i had a very nice chat with the driver, who was very honest and told me there were major issues yesterday with the pda's and other electronic equipment but the company is well on the way to sorting these teething problems out,

bap98189

They only take fairly small boxes. Max size is 60x60x60cm and weight 7kg so they're not really competing with the major couriers, more like with Royal Mail packet post.

It's also not as simple as paying £1 per delivery though. You have to pay them £600 (£500 +VAT) up front to open an account. Then there is a minimum invoice value of £10 so you have to send at least £10 items per day to get the £1 price.

Also it's £1 +VAT, so £1.20 a parcel. Mind you that's still cheap as long as each collection is for 10 items or more.

I can't see any mention of what price they charge for "Pay-as-you-go" customers, but it's going to be more than £1. Does anyone know?

ThumbRemote

mybabyruby wrote: »

royal mail are rubbish ive had 15 parcels go missing over the christmas period which i have now got the hassel of claiming back which takes weeks not days.

Will paypound do any better? I seriously doubt it.

mybabyruby wrote: »

any how on a better note paypound express have just collected my parcels and i had a very nice chat with the driver, who was very honest and told me there were major issues yesterday with the pda's and other electronic equipment but the company is well on the way to sorting these teething problems out,

"Well on the way to" means they haven't actually sorted the problems out.

Hardly a ringing endorsement of their systems is it, that they've screwed up in the first week of business?

arcon5

bap98189 wrote: »

They only take fairly small boxes. Max size is 60x60x60cm and weight 7kg so they're not really competing with the major couriers, more like with Royal Mail packet post.

24" x 24" x 24" box seems pretty good too me. This would be too large for the small packet service -- it would need to go via standard parcel @ £4.41.

bap98189 wrote: »

It's also not as simple as paying £1 per delivery though. You have to pay them £600 (£500 +VAT) up front to open an account. Then there is a minimum invoice value of £10 so you have to send at least £10 items per day to get the £1 price.

Thats only if you open a credit account with them.

They also offer a PAYG account with no upfront payments. Although I think I read the min.invoice value is £10 so you need to send atleast 10 parcels.

Even RM charge a £500 fee per year for collections though (aswell as an ad-hoc service at £12.50 that is), unless your spending over x amount (I think x amount is about £18k.

arcon5

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Hardly a ringing endorsement of their systems is it, that they've screwed up in the first week of business?

No doubt it's a case of start as you wish to go on


Consumers will love this service -- until their parcel goes missing and the usual 'I would have been willing to pay more for a better service' rubbish is spouted.