Recommendations For A Courier Service For Bulky Items

[Sinbad]

I need to "post" a bootbox which I have on the For Sale forum - suggestions as to the best / cheapest company to use?

Thanks

Paul

[GreigM]

http://www.paisleyfreight.co.uk Edited August 29, 2012 by GreigM

[echoz]

Worth asking if anyone hear is going teh same way as the parcel, wscc courier service

[Bananaman]

i used parcel force recentley and they were quite good, seemed to go on weight not size!

P.S. if it's going to russia i can reccoment a 1.6mm cutting disk!!!

[mikef]

http://www.parcel2go.com/quote-page.aspx?m1=50&m2=30&m3=30&w=3&cm=1&dest=214&col=214&qty=1

I use this site and have found it very good. Put in the dimensions and the weight and get quotes from different companies.

[peterg]

Seconded for Parcel2go, used them loads of times and always got the best price

[Terry Everall]

parcels 2go it is!

[Sinbad]

Thanks for the pointers!

Paul

[dombanks]

Seconded for Parcel2go, used them loads of times and always got the best price

ill never use royal mail again. through these ive used a company called myhermes. always good on price and has a drop off point in a local londis shop that is open till late so no more nobby ques in the PO just pay using paypal/card/etc print the lables take it to the shop to drop off and your done, pretty much anytime of day

[FILFAN]

parcelmonkey are the cheapest at the min but i wouldnt recomend them. just took them over a week to collect my exhaust manifold that conehead got off me

[Geoff101]

Another recommendation for Parcel2go.

[GreigM]

What you've got to remember about parcel2go, paisleyfreight and worldwide-parcelservices and the like is that they aren't the couriers, they just bid the jobs out to City Link, TNT, Yodel etc so its worthwhile checking all the sites to check the prices, as at the end of the day it'll be the same courier that collects and the risk involved is the same...

[mikef]

Agreed - they are the equivalent of freight forwarders but you can at least choose the actual courier and avoid the ones you don't like.

[GreigM]

Just to say, I had parcel2go booked to pick up the headlights I sold on here today and they didn't bother their A*** turning up....this is the 3rd time in a row I've waited in for parcel2go - they are obviously paying the cheapest rates to the couriers as if you book through one of the competitors they always turn up.....and parcel2go couldn't give a toss and just tell you to re-book, and they won't guarantee a pickup on that date either...

[Geoff101]

Just to say, I had parcel2go booked to pick up the headlights I sold on here today and they didn't bother their A*** turning up....this is the 3rd time in a row I've waited in for parcel2go - they are obviously paying the cheapest rates to the couriers as if you book through one of the competitors they always turn up.....and parcel2go couldn't give a toss and just tell you to re-book, and they won't guarantee a pickup on that date either...

Surely though the failure to collect is the fault of the courier and not p2g presuming that they have actually passed the booking over? You can check that from the tracking info usually. Perhaps it varies by area but I've had them collect numerous parcels from me and even booking between 9 and 10pm, the chosen courier has so far always turned up the next day.

I do usually choose one of the bigger companies though if there's not too much difference in price rather than Yodel or Hermes.

The other benefit with P2G is that they have customer support open until 11pm. I used it last night at just after 9pm to leave special delivery instructions to be passed to the courier and they were prompt and helpful.