Alternatives to Royal mail?

[Itchy]

Any suggestions?,

I already circumvent the royal mail by dumping money directly into bank accounts but stuff still does have to come through the post most irritatingly.

And they are having a big strike next week ALL week , monday to Friday, then probably another.

I don't paypal either nor live in london thus dispatch riders are not an option either.

Anybody know of a company other than Initial , that will courier stuff to me fairly cheaply?.


Any suggestions?

Ta

(cargo is bike parts currently for the CBR)
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[gmanxiii]

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[Louise]

Ment to be a series of 24 hours strikes - Not the whole week tho.
FedEx were ment to go into the sorting offices to deliver the mail apparently.
I cant think of none sorry -

[b-f-c]

slight hijack of the thread.

Since the PO want to strike a little more, I need to find a cheap alternative to them to send out items of clothing up to 3-4kg. Any suggestions?

Our business is now really suffering because of the strikes

[gmanxiii]

hmm not sure if this helps but i normally use parcel2go to send big packages,

i.e. computer/bike/car parts.

Max weight they take is 25kg's and box sizes is max 100cm

standard delivery takes about 1-2 days and is about a 11 quid.

economy takes about 2-4 days but only costs about 6 quid.

All via DHL too

www.parcel2go.com
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[LeeR]

City Link offer a next day delivery service for £9 (upto 1Kg) or they do a pay on delivery service where your customer pays them for the carriage on delivery.

Their website is here: City Link

PDF download for prices here: Tariff.pdf

and then there's Business Post - Homeserve though I don't know what the rates are.

But of course if we all start using these services it'll just pay into the hands of RM management and they'll lose more business to the deregulated commercial outfits and more postal staff will come under the axe. Personally I think the Royal Mail is excellent VFM, and I have a lot of sympathy for the workforce but if they bring the country to a standstill they'll curry favour with no one.
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[b-f-c]

[gmanxiii]

its abit of a catch 22 situation though, i sympathise with them as it sounds like they are being shafted over. However theres been all this press coverage of businesses like fjrat's that are suffering because of it, and general annoyance at the strikes. But at the end of the day, if your bosses tried to push for similar things where you worked then you'd be pretty pissed off too. What can they do? screwed if they do screwed if they dont.
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[Louise]

Try www.postvan.com

I use them for bigger parcels. Come to your door to collect the item and delivered to the custormer within 24 hours

[Mister James]

I'm not sure why everyone I speak to seems to sympathise with the posties unconditionally. I've known/know a few postmen/women, and they paint a picture of a relatively well-paid job with plenty of perks, albeit with weird working hours. The vast majority of PO employees that I see walking around Harrow look like a frakkin' disgrace, swaggering about with messy uniforms mixed in with chavvy civilian clothes.

The Telegraph printed the following list of 'Spanish Practises' that Royal Mail allege are at the heart of the dispute - while the company bosses are obviously going to be biased, if even some of it is true, the whole strike is one giant piss-take:

[ncrn]

I'm not surprised they're striking, mostly because back home (my parents house) the local sorting office and post workers are very very frequently on strike.

It started a couple of years ago when some guy got sacked for something (it was pretty unfair I just can't remember it) they got their demands for the strike.

Then every 3-4 months they'd strike again and again whenever they want something.

It's annoyed me this strike cause now I'm stuck waiting for my text books that I ordered.. I need them for my course so it's kinda really annoying..

If I can I use a courier like citylink, mostly because for a few quid more you can guarantee (within a couple of hours) when they will come deliver what you've bought. Plus if you happen to be out when they come they often come back again at the end of their route to see if your in then.

If mister james is right then they are taking the piss a bit in some places :/
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[LeeR]

Yup agreed, if they're hanging on to that antiquated crap then stuff 'em, I was led to believe it was over pensions and massive job cuts (c.40,000) due to the agressive restructuring of the business imposed by management keen to compete against the commercial couriers.
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[Itchy]

[Itchy]

[gmanxiii]

yeah im up for that see if theres anything for the 30. dropped it again this morning those black levers i got are like cheese! ping and it shot off, plus the rearset hanger snapped off so no brakes at the moment... will need to put those dumb high ones on. Theres not actually much left of tims original bike now...
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