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Re: COURIERS
Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 09:05
by AJLA
Which couriers are people using and are they priced by weigh and or box dimensions?
I'm planning on turing myself into a millionaire ££££££££££££ next year and hope to be sending lots of boxes out but not too familiar with any couriers

Re: COURIERS
Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 10:06
by bazwalt
Hi Mandy,
Used these for while. Never had any problems.
[url="
https://www.myhermes.co.uk]
https://www.myhermes.co.uk[/url]
Barry.
Re: COURIERS
Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 16:02
by AJLA
I'll bookmark that to give them a call Barry, are they all over the UK ?
Re: COURIERS
Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 16:07
by bazwalt
Yeah,
Cover the UK. Limits on size (calculable on their site) and weight up to 15kg but they pretty well cover all my needs. Bloody reasonably priced too!!
Regards,
Barry.
Re: COURIERS
Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 16:14
by JSR
I use a combination of RM (for <2Kgs) and [url="
http://www.p4d.co.uk]
http://www.p4d.co.uk[/url] DHL service (£8.21inc VAT for up to 30Kg). You can pick from any number of couriers that suit your need, and you get cheaper prices if you send multiple parcels in the same collection.
I like their prices and was just about to consider them for low-weight items, but I Googled them. Up comes lots and lots of complaints...
This is just three of the links that came up -
[url="
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/sho ... ?t=1781087]
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/sho ... ?t=1781087[/url]
[url="
http://www.trustpilot.co.uk/review/www.myhermes.co.uk]
http://www.trustpilot.co.uk/review/www.myhermes.co.uk[/url]
[url="
http://www.thewholesaleforums.co.uk/for ... avoid.html]
http://www.thewholesaleforums.co.uk/for ... avoid.html[/url]
I know it's easier to complain than to praise but, all things considered, I'm going to stick with what I know.
Re: COURIERS
Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 16:35
by accdave
I use [url="
http://www.interparcel.com/]
http://www.interparcel.com/[/url] which gives you a choice of carriers depending on service required.
Re: COURIERS
Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 16:58
by AJLA
Thanks for your replies guys, I will be looking into them all now. We will be sending boxes of out tees to other retailers so I suppose I need to be looking at something up to 30 kgs.
That is hoping I get some oders of course. We are doing a trade show with our tees in Jan, time will tell but i'll have tyo have all these pricing startergies in place.
Re: COURIERS
Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 17:31
by Paul
Hi Mandy! I always use myhermes to and i love they service! cheap, no need for sign on delivery so is £1 saved if you dond need it. Also when you order collectioon you dont need to be at home

you just tell them where you stached your parcel and they go and fish it out for you

all you do is "green house - back garden" and job done

.
never ever had a problem with them. I am sick of dhl and other big names keep missing dates etc... I stick with myhermes.
give them a go and you see

Re: COURIERS
Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 19:56
by Ian M
Hi Mandy,
I use [url="
http://www.parcel2go.com]
www.parcel2go.com[/url] I find them to be superb & you get a choice of which couriers to use.
Ian

Re: COURIERS
Posted: 11 Nov 2010, 08:00
by bms
If you're going to be sending out daily then you should get quotes from the bigger players, dhl, Parcelforce, fedex, ups etc. You should get good rates but they depend on volume. Then they'll call to collect from you at specific times. Any courier will miss deliveries sometimes, but some offer compensation if they fail to deliver within the time frame (assuming a delivery wasn't attempted). There's lots to consider as well as price and you'll never really know about the service until you try it.
We tried dhl once - good rates but they have 'business' and 'home' addresss. Home addresses have until 8pm delivery slots. So for some of our customers ordering for next day del could have waited until 8pm to get their goods. Not good for businesses operating from home