Cheap Parcel Delivery - official discussion

rosie383

Hi all.
I wanted to buy an item last night on ebay and put in UK only for item location. However, when I went to pay, it is showing as Trakpak from outside UK as the delivery.
I've had a problem before when I've purchased something which needed to be returned but was sent from China, despite also showing as from the UK.

Is this just a way of sellers from overseas being able to pretend they are in the UK, or am I just being overly cynical? I need to buy this item today but don't want to wait forever on delivery.

50Twuncle

I ordered a small item from Amazon that was supposedly dispatched on 14th Oct for delivery from a UK address to another UK address on 18th Oct
It failed to arrive yesterday and so far has failed to arrive today - it was supposedly trackable but no number was supplied

This appears to be an all too common problem with Amazon for me - I may as well not bother using Amazon any longer

custardy

50Twuncle wrote: »

I ordered a small item from Amazon that was supposedly dispatched on 14th Oct for delivery from a UK address to another UK address on 18th Oct
It failed to arrive yesterday and so far has failed to arrive today - it was supposedly trackable but no number was supplied

This appears to be an all too common problem with Amazon for me - I may as well not bother using Amazon any longer

So this is a thread on cheap parcel delivery.
Relevance?

No_Future

Cheap shipping to New Zealand?

Have been searching via Google without much luck. I want to send a small/medium package to NZ, but can only find really expensive quotes.

It would be a small package with a few Christmas things, not of high value.

Was going to order the gift online and have it sent directly, but that costs £25 from the retailer.

Is there a cheaper way to send it myself? Is there a cheaper service somewhere? The quotes I could find were mostly way over £25, which seems odd

theonlywayisup

If the item is under 2kg then RM will be the cheapest. You don't say what it weighs and I have no idea what small/medium is.

ricey067

I use my fp mailing franking machine for anything up to 2kg, otherwise I use parcel monkey and find best price. Although I do check that I recognise the name of the courier, I have had issues with some of the smaller ones!

vratnayaka

Looking to deliver a carpet roll 4m long about 50cm thick and 45KG. Could anyone recommend a suitable company to use? Getting frustrated by how many companies don't do carpets.

custardy

vratnayaka wrote: »

Looking to deliver a carpet roll 4m long about 50cm thick and 45KG. Could anyone recommend a suitable company to use? Getting frustrated by how many companies don't do carpets.

I would think putting a job on Shiply.
4m long narrows the possibilites

misterthrifty

Hi
I hope somebody can help. I sold a musical instrument to a buyer in Spain who has claimed it is faulty II disagree but seems not much I can do!).
Apparently it is now down to me to organise a courier to get it returned. Can anybody suggest a courier in Spain where I can pay for the delivery and the buyer in Spain can return it. The parcel is about 7kg and 50cm x 40cm x 30cm, it cost about £20 for me to send it to Spain.


TIA

martindow

misterthrifty wrote: »

Hi
I hope somebody can help. I sold a musical instrument to a buyer in Spain who has claimed it is faulty II disagree but seems not much I can do!).
Apparently it is now down to me to organise a courier to get it returned. Can anybody suggest a courier in Spain where I can pay for the delivery and the buyer in Spain can return it. The parcel is about 7kg and 50cm x 40cm x 30cm, it cost about £20 for me to send it to Spain.


TIA

Parcel2go have a Spanish site


https://www.p2g.com/es/


29.03 Euros with the weight and size you've given. (UK==Reino Unido)