Courier Cost Cutting Feedback/Discussion thread

ArmitageShanks

purple_cat wrote: »

Firstly hello all, I have finally gotten around to joining in!:j

Does any1 know how i would get an extra large parcel delivered. it is an old style pram and i have looked at a few links from this thread but they seem to say maximum dimensions are 120x60x60, the pram unboxed is 80x66x50!

any help would be appreciated.

Interparcel's 'Titan' service http://www.interparcel.com/services.php
Its a with TNT service up to 50kg,dont know about dimensions though.

or parcelforce as I think you have up to 3m to play with (cumulative) and the maximum length cant exceed 1.5m.

Personally I'd probably send it on a normal service as long as its not too heavy. We regularly send parcels of 1mx1mx10cm with DHL Economy.

TKPeters

As long as its not over on all dimensions (Only 1 in your case), I'm sure you'll not have a problem using a standard service, as several of our a slightly over on one length but well below the others

purple_cat_2

Hi, I have tried few more sites but I'm getting quotes of around £30-50, and I can't get an online quote at all with apc. I am starting to think it is more hassle than it is worth.

(it comes in around 25kg so I put 26kg in the quotes to be on the safe side)

Caren

Can anyone help?
I am looking at sending a parcel by payperparcel, they are good value, but the only bit that worries me is that i can't find anywhere if they charge for redelivery? I am only concerned the receipient might be out and I'll end up paying a huge bill.

thanks

pepsi_max2k

>> i can't find anywhere if they charge for redelivery?

they use DHL so they'll probably attempt redelivary at least once (probably twice) and leave a card for you to arrange either a specific time or pick up from their depot. no charge but if the card's ignored and and all delivery attempts fail then they should return to sender.
http://www.dhlathome.co.uk/about.php

desert

the price of home 1-2 days delivery on PPP website has been increased to £5.95

caddyrj

Anyone know of a cheap provider that will give 1/2 day windows or allow you to drop at a depot?

pepsi_max2k

>> Anyone know of a cheap provider that will give 1/2 day windows or allow
>> you to drop at a depot?

parcelforce allow you to drop at local post offices, and they're only around £12 ish when purchased through paypal via ebay goods.

other than them... city link do though looks like they'll charge extra: http://www.city-link.co.uk/services/ukservices.php

pepsi_max2k

P4D 5% discount...

Parcels4Delivery have a registration link on their site that will give you 5% off when registered and logged in. The discount code yorkie also used to give 5% off but doesn't seem to anymore (although it's still accepted as a valid code, so worth trying).

Came accross them while researching prices to the Ukraine of all places, they were the cheapest - ~£38 with discount - and are still cheaper than Interparcel on most things even with their 5% registration discount and 5% quidco. Anyway, upon trying to register I noticed the web form wouldn't allow submital until all sections were filled in, and unfortunately four of the sections seemed strangely un-fillable, even on ye olde IE. I checked the code and quickly found out why, a few have readonly="readonly" tags within the input box code. I can only assume it was a mistake and, not one to give up when there's money to be saved, went about fixing this.

A few hard links and tag removals later...
http://inaudible.co.uk/temp/p4dreg.txt
save that as a .html file and it should work perfectly :T.

pepsi_max2k

another thumbs up for ppwexpress :beer: booked collection yesterday at 10.40am for 1pm-5pm, got confirmation of payment and approval a few hours later. got to 5pm and started worrying, then at 5.09pm the guy turned up they use the DHL Next Day service, and don't email a tracking number so you have to use the one on the reciept (from the sticker - 18 char, starts JD00) and you have to enter that at http://track.dhl.co.uk/tracking/ - go to Nextday > by Ident Code > enter the num in the first From box, and just hit submit.

Anyway, it was delivered about an hour ago, so will be using again when I need to :T