Cheapest way to send 25KG?

[qooqiiu]

As per title.

[dougc]

Where?

What is it?

[tifosi1976]

I had to send a 21kg parcel of car parts to USA

I used parcels2go.com, came in at £106 (if I recall) and it managed to get from Sussex to New Jersey in 24hrs!

I've also used them for a similar sized box to Australia. Pretty good service I gotta say. Both of mine were subbed out to Fed-Ex

[Chris_w666]

Not sure about the cheapest way but the best way would be at night from a quiet beach in a dark fast boat. Get someone at the dropoff in a dry suit to wade out so the merchandise can be dropped without the boat stopping.

HTH.

[qooqiiu]

oops, sorry.

its a smallish package.. going UK mainland - SOUTH TO NORTH (CUMBRIA I THINK)

[qooqiiu]

Chris_w666 said:

Not sure about the cheapest way but the best way would be at night from a quiet beach in a dark fast boat. Get someone at the dropoff in a dry suit to wade out so the merchandise can be dropped without the boat stopping.

HTH.

THOSE DAYS ARE BEHIND ME...

[LukeBird]

DHL I would have thought.
I had a 30kg crate sent to me via them, had a right PITA getting it organised as a lot of places refused to take it on size and weight.
Think it was around £60...

[qooqiiu]

Well ive been having a browse on Parcelforces web site and its coming back at an astonishing £32!!! and thats for their cheapest 2 day service. I was thinking it'd be more like £12

[LukeBird]

It must be a while since you've posted a parcel!
I doubt you could post 10kgs (reasonable size) for £12...

[qooqiiu]

Yes it has been a while.. in fact, NEVER.

I guess il just have to swallow the £

[Rooty]

qooqiiu said:

Well ive been having a browse on Parcelforces web site and its coming back at an astonishing £32!!! and thats for their cheapest 2 day service. I was thinking it'd be more like £12

QooQiiu where are you based?

[AndrewW-G]

Send yourself a bill via paypal and take up their offer of posting anything upto 30kg via parcel force for £10.99

[peterh2]

Get a price from http://www.interparcel.com/ I've used them a few times and been very impressed. They just use the major couriers anyway but get massive discounts.

[Lord Flathead]

AndrewW-G said:

Send yourself a bill via paypal and take up their offer of posting anything upto 30kg via parcel force for £10.99

Does that work / is it possible??

If so that's brilliant

[AndrewW-G]

Lord Flathead said:

AndrewW-G said:

Send yourself a bill via paypal and take up their offer of posting anything upto 30kg via parcel force for £10.99

Does that work / is it possible??

If so that's brilliant

Yep send ebay invoice to yahoo/gmail etc account for 1p, pay it with credit card (without signing up for another PP account) go into PP account and click on print postage button and hey presto

[tifosi1976]

AndrewW-G said:

Lord Flathead said:

AndrewW-G said:

Send yourself a bill via paypal and take up their offer of posting anything upto 30kg via parcel force for £10.99

Does that work / is it possible??

If so that's brilliant

Yep send ebay invoice to yahoo/gmail etc account for 1p, pay it with credit card (without signing up for another PP account) go into PP account and click on print postage button and hey presto

Now THAT..... I like. A LOT! How long before they cotton on to it though?

[svm]

tifosi1976 said:

Now THAT..... I like. A LOT! How long before they cotton on to it though?

Now it's on the 'net...


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[whitechief]

I posted a 17.5 Kg parcel the other day with Parcel Force, £23.99, seemed rather a lot.

[VXDunc]

tifosi1976 said:

I had to send a 21kg parcel of car parts to USA

I used parcels2go.com, came in at £106 (if I recall) and it managed to get from Sussex to New Jersey in 24hrs!

I've also used them for a similar sized box to Australia. Pretty good service I gotta say. Both of mine were subbed out to Fed-Ex

I have vowed never to use parcel2go again.

In the three times I have used them they have never manged to collect the parcel when they said they would. I have wasted so much time waiting for them (Usually next day if lucky)

It would have been more cost effective to use one of the premium couriers.

[David H]

Try DPD, very good for larger/heavier stuff