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Title: Which courier should I use?
Post by: Veee-dubber on July 05, 2014, 07:43:12 am: Need to send a rear bumper and potentially a splitter.

Paisley freight used to be my go to courier however there service seems to have taken a nose dive!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: kmackgttdi on July 05, 2014, 09:18:59 am: Try parcel2go
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: joeac on July 05, 2014, 09:33:35 am: Try Parcel Monkey too :smiley:
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: Veee-dubber on July 05, 2014, 09:47:25 am: So far my best quote is £91 :/

Gonna have to be paisley freight at this rate
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: v4rley on July 05, 2014, 10:59:08 am: Try P4D.co.uk :happy2:
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: kmackgttdi on July 05, 2014, 12:03:53 pm: Quote from: Veee-dubber on July 05, 2014, 09:47:25 am
So far my best quote is £91 :/

Gonna have to be paisley freight at this rate

Even on parcel2go? I sent 4 16 inch alloys for £21 via ups drop at shop
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: andyR43 on July 05, 2014, 12:05:09 pm: Interparcel. :happy2:
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: Veee-dubber on July 05, 2014, 01:06:17 pm: Quote from: kmackgttdi on July 05, 2014, 12:03:53 pm
Quote from: Veee-dubber on July 05, 2014, 09:47:25 am
So far my best quote is £91 :/

Gonna have to be paisley freight at this rate

Even on parcel2go? I sent 4 16 inch alloys for £21 via ups drop at shop

parcel2 go was the 91 :/

Parcel force are coming out the best at 34.99 inc vat so far, will give intraparcel a bash tho :happy2:
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: Veee-dubber on July 05, 2014, 01:10:30 pm: interparcel want over a grand.... :/

Are they having a joke? or am I doing something massively wrong?
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Post by: howie1987 on July 05, 2014, 03:27:48 pm: Clickandsendparcel.com
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: w15hhh on July 05, 2014, 04:36:32 pm: parcel2go
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: DamoP on July 05, 2014, 04:39:15 pm: have you tried parcel force? if its not to long then it will be £13 parcel force 48 hour
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: andyR43 on July 05, 2014, 05:02:56 pm: Quote from: Veee-dubber on July 05, 2014, 01:10:30 pm
interparcel want over a grand.... :/

Are they having a joke? or am I doing something massively wrong?

You are doing something VERY wrong!!

Cost me £25 to send a front bumper/spoiler/splitter with Interparcel.

Have a look on ebay at what other people are charging for postage of a simitar item. Will give you an idea of what it should be costing you. :happy2:
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Post by: Veee-dubber on July 05, 2014, 06:29:06 pm: I'm working on the basis its 175cm long 80 h 80 wide and 3kg weight?

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Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: andyR43 on July 06, 2014, 04:34:27 am: I have broken 2 whole cars for spares and send the lot (apart from 2 items) via Interparcel. I am always extremely conservative on the size and weight of any items I send and without exception all items are picked up and delivered safely.

The only 2 items I sent through someone other than Interparcel were sent via Parcelforce.
1st, an intercooler, arrived badly damaged. :fighting:
The 2nd, a pair of turbo elbows, vanished off the face of the earth!! :congrats:

For your rear bumper I would put the size as 150x20x65cm and 3kg weight and wrap it well with bubble wrap and cardboard corners. (Your 80cm thick measurement is from wheelarch to number plate not the actual thickness of the bumper through any one section). This is the method I have used to send front bumper, rear bumper, bonnet, boot and spoiler, body panels etc. and all picked up and delivered without fail. :happy2:
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: Veee-dubber on July 06, 2014, 07:47:05 am: Car Bumpers are prohibited on Interparcel :(
Title: Re: Which courier should I use?
Post by: andyR43 on July 06, 2014, 12:56:58 pm: You are sending a "Rear Valance" and/or a "Splitter", no mention of these being restricted/prohibited.

As I have already said I have had absolutely NO problems and I'm sure I'm not alone. :happy2:
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Post by: howie1987 on July 06, 2014, 03:25:24 pm: Its probably the same with most. But i use to work with parcelforce and you would be horified to see how they fling stuff about.

I wouldnt use parcelforce after seeing what i seen.