Courier Cost Cutting Feedback/Discussion thread

bing0

beaney50 wrote: »

Bought a bed from ebay (French style with large wooden bed head and stead with mattress ) small double. I need to get it from Bristol to Bournemouth. A van will probably cost me around £90 + a day`s work and the courier I phoned quoted £110. Any ideas on how I could get it cheaper?

Do not forget fuel costs if you are hiring a van.I would assume £30-£40 would be a conservative estimate.

scbk

beaney50 wrote: »

Bought a bed from ebay (French style with large wooden bed head and stead with mattress ) small double. I need to get it from Bristol to Bournemouth. A van will probably cost me around £90 + a day`s work and the courier I phoned quoted £110. Any ideas on how I could get it cheaper?

Try some local "man with a van" type business's

dawn1

quick question , i am trying to book 3 collections and deliverys through ppw express and it wont let me continue without a sender and delivery company name , these are from and to home address's what do i do ?

custardy

you mean the sender(collection address) and delivery address?
if it demands a company name just put N/A or whatever suits

Tim_Deegan

beaney50 wrote: »

Sorry this is the item.
FRENCH LOUIS XIV ROCOCO DOUBLE BED + base + mattress

Item number: 180241999131

Search on ebay for delivery service for large bulky items.

pepsi_max2k

>> i am trying to book 3 collections and deliverys through ppw express and it
>> wont let me continue without a sender and delivery company name

just put the sender / reciepient's name for sender / recipient company. i'm sure it actually told me to do this when i was using it

ArmitageShanks

sender is well obviously...you, delivery contact is their name, delivery company is the company or house name/number.

once you've put the postcode in, you only have 2 delivery detail fields that you to fill in the rest is done for you.

klpark

I have just used Worldwide Parcel Services, from the link on here http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/cheap-parcel-delivery#other

I used them for to send a small parcel to Australia they seem to be the cheapest around. http://www.worldwide-parcelservices.co.uk/quote/australia

They have a ebay shop as well, so you could look for a quote for your large bed delivery there.

ArmitageShanks

Sent quite a few 20-30kg parcels to Australia with them, price is good.:T

Costs around £90 for 23kg, PPP tried quoting £240:rotfl::rotfl:

saver_steve_2

em_moneysaver wrote: »

I bought a TV off ebay for a ridiculously low price but then had to get it moved from Bath to Manchester. After getting a few independant quotes which to be quite honest no longer made the TV a bargain, i came across a website www.shiply.com.

I'd never heard of it before but found it through google, and it was free to use so i thought why not. I received loads of bids from different couriers who all ended up undercutting eachother and ended up with another bargain.

Has anyone else used this before? I felt quite lucky in the end that i stumbled across it.I'd defo recommend it to anyone thats getting stupidly high quotes!
:money:

I used this shiply.com recently aswell but i found them on yell.com, wasn't sure at first how it could work but I put on a pool table i had won on eBay from Birmingham to Leeds and i must have saved a good £50 I reckon based on the quotes I got elsewhere. I'd definately recommend it if you're looking for a good discount....