Shipping advice

guerillasaver · 12 November 2006 at 9:58PM

Can anyone advise me on shipping companies, costs etc. Item is a pair of heelys and I know absolutely nada when it comes to posting items.. should I use special delivery, first class mail?

cheers for all help

richt71 · 13 November 2006 at 1:08AM

guerillasaver wrote:

Can anyone advise me on shipping companies, costs etc. Item is a pair of heelys and I know absolutely nada when it comes to posting items.. should I use special delivery, first class mail? cheers for all help

Not sure what a paif of Heelys are but if it's not a heavy or bulky item I'd use signed for or special delivery from the post office. If it's too bulky or heavy to do this then there's loads of special courier agencies that are there particularly ebay. They usually use one of the main couriers (citylink/tnt etc) but you get a discount rate. The last one I used was parcel2go.co.uk but they screwed it up. First time after using them to sent about 9 parcels over the last year.

soolin · 13 November 2006 at 9:26AM

Standard delivery including recorded delivery only covers up to £32 and I'm assuming these are worth more than that . Therefore they must go either special delivery, or parcels with a correct insurance supplement paid for or as richt71 says use a courier.

It is always worth remembering that parcel post is not tracked, so won't stop a paypal chargeback but it will be insured against loss which means you can refund and reclaim later from the RM.

Soo

guerillasaver · 13 November 2006 at 2:32PM

Thanks for replying, Heelys are a pair of runners with wheels in the heels and their suprisingly heavy although I don't have a scales...... They're mainly for kids but if you've got small feet I'll sell you mine

They are worth circa £50 quid so I guess I'll send them special delivery. Now just to pop em on ebay wahay! Cheers again.

Nathaniel_Jhirad · 26 August 2007 at 8:21AM

What is the best (cheapest of course) way to send a consignment of 15 tshirts to USA for an individual?

frivolous_fay · 26 August 2007 at 10:19AM

Cheapest is not necessarily the best!

funkyfunkymonkey · 26 August 2007 at 1:20PM

guerillasaver wrote: »

Thanks for replying, Heelys are a pair of runners with wheels in the heels and their suprisingly heavy although I don't have a scales...... They're mainly for kids but if you've got small feet I'll sell you mine
They are worth circa £50 quid so I guess I'll send them special delivery. Now just to pop em on ebay wahay! Cheers again.

You may want to consider Payperdrop on Ebay - it is a next day/2 day courier service for 30kg £5.99 - probably cheaper than Royal Mail and insurance up to £100. They use DHL in my area, I've not had any problems with them.

FFM:)

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