Reliable Parcel delivery/courier

swiftb · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Karma :

Can anyone recommend a reliable Parcel collection/delivery service at a reasonable price?
Need to have some tyres collected that I won on ebay and delivered to me. Parcelforce want £20 Shocked

Bloody rip off.

Did a google, but lots of companies Ive never heard of and some bad reviews coming up for the majority of them.

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tatters · Exxon Valdez Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Karma :

Fedex or DHL, you can used them through a agent like "parcel to go"
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Handsome · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Dec 2005 Karma :

Reason being is because they are classed as ' Ugly ' freight...

The last place I worked at I used to have stuff delivered to work, ordered a tyre once and it was the wrong size, to send it back loose it would have cost me nine quid ( to send it back through the work ) where as if I boxed it ( I cut a box in half and resealed it so it didn't rattle around ) it would then only cost me a fiver...

Bit of useless info for you there but it might work out cheaper if you can get them boxed and go on parcel size rather than have to pay the extra for ' Ugly ' freight... Thinking

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Walloper · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Karma :

Royal Mail.
All the rest a USELESS.

At least with Royal Mail you can collect from a local office if no-one is home to receive a delivery.
Couriers will ram a fat one up you if you don't wait in the whole day to receive a delivery.

And the customer service bods at DHL FEDEX, UPS, CITY LINK ETC. are bell-ended twats. (Is that an oxymoron)
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

tatters · Exxon Valdez Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Karma :

I,ve never had problems with DHL but only really use them when sendig to countrys fedex dont do. but fedex is always my first choice.
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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

DHL are fine for me, send stuff all round the world every day and rarely have problems.

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

You guys both live around the London area, most courier services around there are good no matter who, anywhere outside the south east and they become horrible.
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CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

I use Send It Now. Cracking company, have never let me down.

https://www.senditnow.com/

They pick up from your house and stuff Very Happy

JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Itchy do you live on a completely different planet? DHL use their own vans and I have had stuff delivered by them on multiple occasions with no problems whatsoever. Both as a sender and a receiver.
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

That's very odd Confused

DHL have a complete end to end network, I send about 200 a month and not one has ever been passed onto a different courier company.

KevTM · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Karma :

We use both Fedex and DHL at work. DHL seem ok but we use Fedex if possible. For stuff coming in, occasionally things come in on the Domestic DHL van but still arrives in time. Fedex did send a man in a small white van up with a pallet of stuff when the flights were off Thumbs Up

Courageous T · Scooby Slapper Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Karma :

parcel4u, DHL are hideously expensive to send items.

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

I also use ParcelForce and DPD. DPD are very cheap.

swiftb · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Karma :

Cheers peeps.

Im thinking of using click4parcels.com. Though may end up using Parcelforce as though there expensive, they are generally prompt/reliable.

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D O G · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Karma :

www.collectmyparcel.com

That'll be £9 for 48hr delivery. I've used them several times and had no problems.

You have to be 100% certain on dimensions tho - any bigger or heavier than you state and you get hit with extra charges.

Jrod · Page 3 Girl Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Karma :

www.interparcel.com

Not had a problem in 3 years and about 150 parcels.

andyscooter · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 May 2009 Karma :

best company we have come into us is citylink

they seem to damage the boxes less then the others
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swiftb · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Karma :

So I ended up using collectmyparcel.com in the end and can highly recommend them. Delivered through DHL, full tracking/tracing system online. I paid £9.95 for 48hr collect/delivery. They were collected on time yesterday and delivered today. (actually within 24hrs).

Top marks will use them again without doubt. Thumbs Up

-LG- · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Jul 2010 Karma :

^^ Spam?

I tend to go to Parcel2Go and see who pops up, often FedEx or UPS, never had a problem with either of them getting items delivered.

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

https://www.shiply.com/ is worth a go.

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Icey · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Karma :

I just used Parcel force for two land rover wings.

It cost me £19.50 for 48hour delivery.

Well impressed as parcel2go and such quoted £40+.
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