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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Varche on 05 January 2018, 10:55:23

Title: Delivery package charges
Post by: Varche on 05 January 2018, 10:55:23

We are just going through a process of getting quotes to deliver an item back to the UK.(They sent the wrong one...)

So go on the website and fill in dimensions, weight is 43kg. price is £103 plus Vat.

then the options

get a signature. £1.0
guaranteed delivery £9.0   say what?  :o :o Is that opposed to might deliver or might not?

Whatever happened to old fashioned delivery that just ........err delivered.

Title: Re: Delivery package charges
Post by: Fraggles Rock on 05 January 2018, 23:14:28

How about the bring it back on easyJet as two peoples checked luggage and 3 kilos extra... That'll be £50 and done... You can then deliver it Yours safe in the knowledge that a) it is delivered, and b) that you've paid a fair price :)

Title: Re: Delivery package charges
Post by: Varche on 05 January 2018, 23:42:04

Too much hassle. Better by courier.

Title: Re: Delivery package charges
Post by: Fraggles Rock on 06 January 2018, 10:37:04

Quote from: Varche on 05 January 2018, 23:42:04

Too much hassle. Better by courier.

You pays your money...

Title: Re: Delivery package charges
Post by: 78bex on 07 January 2018, 13:15:22

that`s a heavy old shipment , not exactly portable  :)
I know the volume of the object comes into play to calculate the cost for air shipments.
it`s called dimensional weight , we had to calculate all this when we shipped test equipment  to one of our sister companies in the Rockwell group.
In the end DPD worked out the most cost effective, they utilise other companies as partners to ship worldwide. As it turned out UPS in the US was the final carrier.

Title: Re: Delivery package charges
Post by: biggriffin on 07 January 2018, 13:59:12

Go to the big players, DHL, ups, is it half or full pallet size, try shipply,  I've had stuff from Polska, exhausts€20 shipping, came via DHL,