Which courier to use to ship big parts?

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I've had a bmw sitting on my drive for yonks, had so many timewasters wanting to buy but don't turn up. Decided, I could get a lot more just breaking it. So that is what I will do. Question I have is, which courier to use?

I've used UPS in the past and been billed extra for shipping items that aren't in a box. Ie.. wrapping in bubble wrap or black bin bag, such as a tyre.

Also I don't know how some people are making money. For example, I saw a parcel shelf sell for £20 buy it now with free shipping.

Surely the shipping is £10 on such a large item? + fees they're probably making just £6 at most. Pretty pointless.

Unless theres a cheap courier I don't know about?

[Boosted LS1]

Parcelmonkey is good sometimes.

[Tyronnster]

I used to use paisley freight for posting alloy wheels and interiors

https://www.paisleyfreight.com

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Tyronnster said:

I used to use paisley freight for posting alloy wheels and interiors

https://www.paisleyfreight.com

I tried them recently when sending alloy wheels. Way WAY too expensive, not sure why so many people use them.

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Boosted LS1 said:

Parcelmonkey is good sometimes.

Yeah, parcelmonkey just brings up the regular couriers, UPS,PARCELFORCE...etc whom I currently use.

Im just wondering if theres any £5 or so couriers to ship big shaped, but not necessarily heavy items. (such as parcel shelves..etc)

[jonwm]

I used to sell courier. No one wants the big parts now. It's all about them being convonveyable so no handling.

Tuffnells might be a good shout.

No one moves ugly parcels for a fiver now

[wack]

You can send a 5kg parcel up to 120cm long using Hermes print in store for £2.95 , only £20 insurance but you can increase it on the terminal , they do have some restrictions on car parts though

For really big things I use parcelforce through interparcel , drop off at a post office , they take up to 30kg , I took something in that weighed 25kg , saw the 8 stone girl on the other side of the counter and thought somebody hasn't thought this through

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wack said:

I took something in that weighed 25kg , saw the 8 stone girl on the other side of the counter and thought somebody hasn't thought this through

Literally what i always think, as my local post offices are tiny. If the parcels big, I just take the printed label out the clear label pocket, let them scan it, then i seal it in the label pocket (not sure what they're called).

[Lord Pikey]

I'm looking for a way to ship a bike to sweden. A friend of mine lives there and really wants a Hoy 24" for his kid, but we cannot find any couriers who will ship a bike box at a reasonable price.

paisleycouriers want 200 quid!

I assume it cant be that expensive, as places like CRC and wiggle do it all the time.

Any suggestions?

[wack]

I was getting quotes of £80 to deliver a bike in the UK so £200 to Sweden doesn't sound extortionate , if it's not new get a bike box from Halfords , condense it as much as you can then get an accurate quote on weight and dimensions

I've found transglobalexpress to be more competitive on odd shaped international deliveries

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Lord said:

I'm looking for a way to ship a bike to sweden. A friend of mine lives there and really wants a Hoy 24" for his kid, but we cannot find any couriers who will ship a bike box at a reasonable price.

paisleycouriers want 200 quid!

I assume it cant be that expensive, as places like CRC and wiggle do it all the time.

Any suggestions?

Have you tried shiply? you may come across a company traveling there often.