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Re: I don't know if this is the right place - but a courier question....

andrewl — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:18:01 GMT

Many thanks for the replies - greatly appreciated! Andrew.

Re: I don't know if this is the right place - but a courier question....

h1npw — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:32:34 GMT

I use interparcel & they have never let me down.

Chris.

Ditto!

Cheers

Nigel

Re: I don't know if this is the right place - but a courier question....

wirralsimon — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:41:16 GMT

Alternatively you could ask the prospoective buyer to arrange a courier and charge him just for packaging the item securely.

I bought a pair of CX100's this way, I arranged the delivery to me via Interparcel and the seller packed them and we agreed a slot for collection when he would be around anyway.

Simon

Re: I don't know if this is the right place - but a courier question....

Medogsfat — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:16:10 GMT

I use interparcel & they have never let me down.

Chris.

Re: I don't know if this is the right place - but a courier question....

Stonk — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:03:58 GMT

Yes I use parcel2go without any issues so far..

Re: I don't know if this is the right place - but a courier question....

joeyboygolf — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:37:11 GMT

andrewl:

Hi I'm selling a couple of things on eBay and stipulated collection only. A potential bidder wants to know if I'd courier the goods to him. So.... I rang APC - no good. Businesses only. Tried City Link. Minimum weekly charge of £50. Effectively business only.

Can anyone recommend a good (cheap!!!) courier?

Many thanks,

Andrew

www.interparcel.com

www.parcel2go.com

Are just two that I use on a regular basis. They are both agent sites and they use all the reputable courier companies.

Re: I don't know if this is the right place - but a courier question....

vikinger — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:37:46 GMT

andrewl:

Hi I'm selling a couple of things on eBay and stipulated collection only. A potential bidder wants to know if I'd courier the goods to him. So.... I rang APC - no good. Businesses only. Tried City Link. Minimum weekly charge of £50. Effectively business only.

Can anyone recommend a good (cheap!!!) courier?

Many thanks,

Andrew

I used World-Wide Parcel Services to send a Beomaster to Martin (Dillen) in Denmark. I used the DPD courier option on their website. They were relatively cheap, provided a tracking service, and the BM arrived with Martin in only two days. I think they do UK-UK deliveries too. I also think that they have a service (possibly expensive) where you can pay to have something picked-up and couriered to you (so you could suggest that to your bidder and leave him with the risk....... but beware.... there may still be a PayPal refund claim risk if it does get damaged in transit.

Having said all that there is a real risk with any parcel service/ courier: when my BM came back (with Parcelforce providing the UK final return delivery service) the delivery man happily plonked the BM on end at our front door, so you need to take great care with plenty of layers of bubble wrap etc that can't shift in the box. If in doubt (depending upon what you are selling) stick with your local pick-up!

(I would avoid City Link. We had something delivered that clearly was not intended for us: City Link were very unhelpful when I tried to ascertain the sender or correct intended recipient.)

Graham

I don't know if this is the right place - but a courier question....

andrewl — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:27:10 GMT

Hi I'm selling a couple of things on eBay and stipulated collection only. A potential bidder wants to know if I'd courier the goods to him. So.... I rang APC - no good. Businesses only. Tried City Link. Minimum weekly charge of £50. Effectively business only.

Can anyone recommend a good (cheap!!!) courier?

Many thanks,

Andrew