Cheap Parcel Delivery - official discussion

mrcol1000

ballisticbrian wrote: »

Has anyone seen results yet from the new *delivery confirmation* with Royal Mail parcels and printing labels within eBay yet by any chance?

I can't find them on Click and Drop website. I brought it on Ebay and got a tracking number automatically uploaded. Rather amusingly if you try and see the tracking, Royal Mail just say that the service is not trackable. I have gone back to My Hermes as at least they tell you where the parcel is.

Years of experience working in the public sector tells me it will still be a few years before Royal Mail catches up with the rest of the world, despite now being a private company. Unfortunately by the time they catch up, Royal Mail will be again be behind the times.

bootedsw

I used postage supermarket (google them as a newbie i can't post the link) they did all the customs paperwork for my parcel. I sent a 2kg box to thailand in 6 days for £15. I was really impressed they provided all the tracking information and the box arrived unopened. Parcelforce wanted £50 for a 5 day delivery.

lesshaste

I want to post a 20kg package to Denmark so I went and asked in the postoffice where they quoted me around 70 pounds. However if I go to https://www.parcelmonkey.co.uk/ not only is it about 16 pounds but the logo says it will be delivered by parcelforce.

I then checked on the parcelforce web site it does indeed say around 70 pounds? How can parcelmonkey be so much cheaper if it is also using parcelforce?

theonlywayisup

Because they are agents. They buy services in bulk and sell them to the likes of you cheaper than you can buy them yourself.

Agents don't give you direct access to the service provider when/if things go wrong.

lesshaste

I want to post some marmite (in an unopened bottle), moisturiser cream and some hydro-cortisone cream to Denmark? Are these prohibited for international postage?

The rules I have read just say "liquids" and "food" in the prohibited list which isn't very clear to me.

theonlywayisup

lesshaste wrote: »

I want to post some marmite (in an unopened bottle), moisturiser cream and some hydro-cortisone cream to Denmark? Are these prohibited for international postage?

The rules I have read just say "liquids" and "food" in the prohibited list which isn't very clear to me.

If the rules say liquids and food are prohibited then it means just that. What rules did you read?

lesshaste

theonlywayisup wrote: »

If the rules say liquids and food are prohibited then it means just that. What rules did you read?

I read https://www.parcelmonkey.co.uk/prohibited-items However that list is different from http://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/international-what-can-i-send . The latter lists liquids over 1 litre and doesn't mention food at all as far as I can see.

custardy

lesshaste wrote: »

I read https://www.parcelmonkey.co.uk/prohibited-items However that list is different from http://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/international-what-can-i-send . The latter lists liquids over 1 litre and doesn't mention food at all as far as I can see.

Why are you reading the Post Office rules?
If you buy via Parcelmonkey then those are the rules you abide by.

moonpenny

I have been paying the extra bit of insurance cover with myHermes if the item is over the "free" £20. However ,having read the last few posts on here about cover am I right in thinking there wouldn't be any cover without original receipts?

I would imagine most people selling unwanted stuff on eBay wouldn't have original receipts.
Is it worth paying the extra cover in light of this?

theonlywayisup

moonpenny wrote: »

I have been paying the extra bit of insurance cover with myHermes if the item is over the "free" £20. However ,having read the last few posts on here about cover am I right in thinking there wouldn't be any cover without original receipts?

I would imagine most people selling unwanted stuff on eBay wouldn't have original receipts.
Is it worth paying the extra cover in light of this?

If you sell the item on eBay hermes ask for the eBay number. That will be sufficient for the value.