907
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| posted on 15/8/09 at 07:34 PM |
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Couriers
Hi All
What's the best way to send a parcel within the UK? (5kg, ish)
Not necessarily the cheapest, but the best all round service.
I've used Royal Mail up till now.
Cheers
Paul G
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l0rd
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| posted on 15/8/09 at 07:38 PM |
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try parcel 2 go
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robocog
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| posted on 15/8/09 at 07:52 PM |
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another thumbs up for parcel2go
Sent loads of stuff with them, never had an issue or been let down
most recent example..
got an engine stand needed shipping from Yorks to Gosport
for £10 it arrived next day! despite the chap I bought from couldn't be arsed to fully dissmantle it as I requested and changed his mind where
it needed picking up from at 5 past midnight on day of collection!
(they have a live chat thingy on their website for assistance- and it worked for me!)
Well recommended and trusted
Regards
Rob
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 15/8/09 at 07:55 PM |
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I've had great service from InterParcel - enter details of your package (size, weight, destination, etc)
and it will give you a list of couriers and the cost. You can pick the one you like - last time I sent a parcel to Australia, it was £35 cheaper than
Parcel Farce, and insured and tracked (which PF wasn't) via DHL. Cheaper than going direct to DHL, and they collected from the house.
I know that you want to ship within the UK, but it's worth a look - you can get the details without committing yourself.
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wicket
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| posted on 15/8/09 at 09:43 PM |
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I'd second Interparcel, always had very good service at reasonable cost
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minitici
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| posted on 16/8/09 at 10:38 AM |
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I use Parcel Machine for UK & International deliveries (via DHL mostly).
Parcel Machine
About £9 for a parcel in the UK
On-line booking with PayPal payment
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spdpug98
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| posted on 16/8/09 at 10:45 AM |
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I have used Interparcel for about 3 years now and they are brilliant, they have never collected late or delivered late - and good value too. They use
all of the major carriers DHL/UPS/TNT/etc etc
My Blog: http://spdpug98.wordpress.com/
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907
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| posted on 17/8/09 at 11:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by robocog
another thumbs up for parcel2go
Sent loads of stuff with them, never had an issue or been let down
most recent example..
got an engine stand needed shipping from Yorks to Gosport
for £10 it arrived next day! despite the chap I bought from couldn't be arsed to fully dissmantle it as I requested and changed his mind where
it needed picking up from at 5 past midnight on day of collection!
(they have a live chat thingy on their website for assistance- and it worked for me!)
Well recommended and trusted
Regards
Rob
Rob, you sound so convincing. Are you in sales? 
Anyway, I gave them a go.
Online 8.15 this morning. Payed with my debit card. Saved a couple of quid, but more important saved the trip to the Royal Mail depot. (7 miles)
DHL picked it up at 3pm.
So far, so good.
Cheers everyone for the replies. (we need a thumbs up symbol)
Thanks
Paul G
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robocog
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| posted on 18/8/09 at 12:24 AM |
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LOL Nah, not in sales, nor connected to them in any way
Just a V satisfied customer
Had dramas with Royal Fail and a few others for bits n bobs- mainly eBay stuff
Couldn't belive the engine stand one tho
I doubt many companies could sort that one out- or would still pick up/drop off with a pretty much fully assembled oily engine stand! when I had told
them it would be a neat compact box of tubing
Never got an email complaining it didn't bear any resemblance to the dimensions I gave
The driver that delivered wasn't in a bad mood about it either (think it was DHL this time)
If there was a thumbs up thingy I would have tacked a few on my posting
Regards
Rob
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