Most reliable courier for £2K item to private address?
Discussion
singlecoil said:
keirik said:
personally I'd deliver it myself, get them to sign a receipt and then go home.
That's what I would do, depending on the distance (which I don't know yet). If it does turn out to be the other end of the country then maybe the courier would be the way to do it.DX Secure should be an option
https://www.dxdelivery.com/corporate/services/dx-s...
Similar to the service used to deliver passports
https://www.dxdelivery.com/corporate/services/dx-s...
Similar to the service used to deliver passports
It will cost you a small fortune to send if you want to insure it for its true value. I had this exact problem when returning a £1500 Asus gaming laptop to Overclockers. The cheapest place to insure it for its full value was Parcelforce who wanted £85 
. I was fortunate in that I was a bit crafty and pleaded with Overclockers to arrange the collection with their own courier, which they did (UPS), after agreeing that they'd deduct £25 from the refund amount for the carriage charge which was obviously quite a bargain in comparison. Unfortunately you don't have this 'luxury'.
A lot of people don't realise this when buying expensive stuff online that comes via courier. If you change your mind or it goes faulty and you need to send it back, the price of the insurance for it to be covered for its true value is many multiples more than the cost of the carriage itself and virtually no company will cover the return shipping costs. It's the main reason why I always try to buy expensive stuff from companies with a High Street presence so if you do need to return it you can drive it down to the store (eg. Argos, Richer Sounds, John Lewis).
In your situation I'd probably wing it and send it with UPS without adequate insurance, and then spend the next 24 hours with crossed fingers, toes and a tightly puckered arse until the buyer reports its safe arrival. If you do decide to do this and it goes walkies, don't blame me though!
. I was fortunate in that I was a bit crafty and pleaded with Overclockers to arrange the collection with their own courier, which they did (UPS), after agreeing that they'd deduct £25 from the refund amount for the carriage charge which was obviously quite a bargain in comparison. Unfortunately you don't have this 'luxury'. A lot of people don't realise this when buying expensive stuff online that comes via courier. If you change your mind or it goes faulty and you need to send it back, the price of the insurance for it to be covered for its true value is many multiples more than the cost of the carriage itself and virtually no company will cover the return shipping costs. It's the main reason why I always try to buy expensive stuff from companies with a High Street presence so if you do need to return it you can drive it down to the store (eg. Argos, Richer Sounds, John Lewis).
In your situation I'd probably wing it and send it with UPS without adequate insurance, and then spend the next 24 hours with crossed fingers, toes and a tightly puckered arse until the buyer reports its safe arrival. If you do decide to do this and it goes walkies, don't blame me though!
Well, it turns out the prospective buyer is in Romania, and is planning to pay by bank transfer. I've put all the details into the online UPS form, had an acceptable quote but the option for insurance doesn't seem to be there, searched the help pages for insurance and no results.
Guess I better check the other big firms, no way I'm sending it without insurance, it's pretty obvious it's a laptop.
Guess I better check the other big firms, no way I'm sending it without insurance, it's pretty obvious it's a laptop.
singlecoil said:
Well, it turns out the prospective buyer is in Romania, and is planning to pay by bank transfer. I've put all the details into the online UPS form, had an acceptable quote but the option for insurance doesn't seem to be there, searched the help pages for insurance and no results.
Guess I better check the other big firms, no way I'm sending it without insurance, it's pretty obvious it's a laptop.
Alarm bells are ringing, son.Guess I better check the other big firms, no way I'm sending it without insurance, it's pretty obvious it's a laptop.
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