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[Alnico Blue]

hi Chaps /Ladies
                          Has anyone used an economical & reliable collect and deliver courier service.  and how does it work  ?  Item is a guitar without case , but will request the neck is removed for posting . This item will should be sub £100 . Seller will not post himself. Any advice greatly appriciated .  Regards, Al

[Entwood]

I've used these guys on several occasions ...  put in the dimensions/weight, choose the service you want .. and it just works ... I've had stuff dome by UPS, DHL and Hermes ... all have been collect and deliver... parcel monkey email the labels, all the sender has to do is pack it, label it, hand it over !! couldn't be simpler IMHO

https://www.parcelmonkey.co.uk/

[redelitev6]

I've used these guys on several occasions ...  put in the dimensions/weight, choose the service you want .. and it just works ... I've had stuff dome by UPS, DHL and Hermes ... all have been collect and deliver... parcel monkey email the labels, all the sender has to do is pack it, label it, hand it over !! couldn't be simpler IMHO

https://www.parcelmonkey.co.uk/

That's the tricky part "packing" can mean very different things to different people 

[Doctor Gollum]

Go and collect it 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Go and collect it 

It's probably in Wales, Scotland or somewhere equally far away from Saffend! 

[Alnico Blue]

Go and collect it 

It's probably in Wales, Scotland or somewhere equally far away from Saffend! 

Nearly right Sir Tig . . . .Stafford . . .too far to go to collect  . . .

Thanks  chaps for the advice . . .will have a look at parcel monkey . .  also depends on what it makes auction wise 

[STEMO]

Go and collect it 

It's probably in Wales, Scotland or somewhere equally far away from Saffend! 

Nearly right Sir Tig . . . .Stafford . . .too far to go to collect  . . .

Thanks  chaps for the advice . . .will have a look at parcel monkey . .  also depends on what it makes auction wise 

Don't expect parcel monkey to be called that for much longer. There may be a few black guys (or gals) working there and they'll probably take exception.

[dave the builder]

worth checking with the seller that he's prepared to wrap it and wait in all day for a courier to collect too
it's a right PITA

[Doctor Gollum]

And? Be a nice day out and you know it won't all ho horribly wrong.

As an ex courier I try and make a point of packing things in a manner that would have enabled me to collect it.

Yes, I have had to return to private addresses to reattempt collection five consecutive days because the sender either wasn't in or hadn't packed it properly. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Go and collect it 

It's probably in Wales, Scotland or somewhere equally far away from Saffend! 

Nearly right Sir Tig . . . .Stafford . . .too far to go to collect  . . .

Thanks  chaps for the advice . . .will have a look at parcel monkey . .  also depends on what it makes auction wise 

Don't expect parcel monkey to be called that for much longer. There may be a few black guys (or gals) working there and they'll probably take exception.

Is gimp acceptable?

[STEMO]

Go and collect it 

It's probably in Wales, Scotland or somewhere equally far away from Saffend! 

Nearly right Sir Tig . . . .Stafford . . .too far to go to collect  . . .

Thanks  chaps for the advice . . .will have a look at parcel monkey . .  also depends on what it makes auction wise 

Don't expect parcel monkey to be called that for much longer. There may be a few black guys (or gals) working there and they'll probably take exception.

Is gimp acceptable?

Parcel gimp? Daz might turn up 

[Doctor Gollum]

£60 in fuel and a day out versus £30-60 in courier fees plus all the ball ache getting everything arranged in the first place and sorting out the mess afterwards. 

[dave the builder]

I can thoroughly recommend NOT going to Stafford for a day out 

[Doctor Gollum]

Another option, given your obvious penchant for collecting geeetars would be to buy a suitable flight case that you ship to the seller with a prebooked return. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Or just stop buying them. You can only play one at a time. 
Says me, who has four of them in the house and almost never plays any of them.