Sending skis with a courier

BiggaThanBen

I need to send skis to an address in UK mainlaind, they are almost 2 meters in length.

What service would you recommend, most of the couriers mentioned in the MSE article accept max 150 cm parcels.

Thanks.

BiggaThanBen

any ideas please ?

vwcampervan72

Ive sent a few snowboards with parcels2go theyre good and take over the 150cm unlike royal mail

HTH

BiggaThanBen

vwcampervan72 wrote: »

Ive sent a few snowboards with parcels2go theyre good and take over the 150cm unlike royal mail

HTH

thanks, according to their website it would cost me circa £40-60 for these dimensions .. snowboards are normally less than 150cm, aren't they ?

interceptor02

Try Interparcel. I sent a pair of car side skirts which measured 183cm long to my buyer and cost me 11.47.

vwcampervan72

BiggaThanBen wrote: »

thanks, according to their website it would cost me circa £40-60 for these dimensions .. snowboards are normally less than 150cm, aren't they ?

Are you sure youve got your dimentions right there?? Ive never paid that much, if i can remember how much i paid that much i'll add to this thread

jungliemac

Used interparcels also for skis and they were collected on time and delivered next day , no problems. HTH.

vinylmusic

I have the same problem.
I want to send a pair of skis with bindings within the UK
I notice that most sellers on ebay are sending skis for around £15 to £20.
I asked a couple and they said they use parcelforce
They obviously havent done their homework becaus Parcelforce take only maximum of 150cm
other delivery companies quote £36 upwards
Does anyone know where I can get it cheaper?

cyberbob

You could try interpatcel

http://www.interparcel.com/

soteman

Try TNT UK Express service from InterParcel...that is £9.35 + vat next day, assuming 200cm long, 20cm wide, 10cm deep and 5kg weight. Never skied so those might be way out but I wouldn't have thought the price would jump that dramatically either way!