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 nicktmg4558 |
Rod delivery,,,,,, help please |
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Posts: 219 (11/02/08 10:53) |
I have used a company called Parcel2 go for my rod deliveries and the charge has been around the £15 mark, they now apply a surcharge for length of the parcel
and a 12ft rod comes out at £40 odd,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, anyone know a company that will deliver rods at a reasonable price ???
Any help much appreciated, Nick
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Andy Frances |
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Posts: 2439 (11/02/08 11:25)
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We have an account with TNT and get charged just under £12 per consignment. There are cheaper couriers out there though to date (touch wood) TNT have been 100%
reliable. Don't use City Link whatever happens!
Business Post are cheaper than TNT though I haven't tried them with one of our rods yet. Regards, Andy F
Andy F
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Posts: 293 (11/02/08 12:11) |
I second Andy's view of City Link. Nearly every time I have received a delivery via City Link it has been a disaster. I usualy end up having to go the depot to collect it and wait 20-30 minutes while they tried to find the package. 
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Posts: 131 (11/02/08 12:38) |
when i have sent rods by courier it has been with a south yorks based company called APC,they charge from £8 per rod and are very reliable(most parcels
arriving the next day even if on a 3 day tariff).I would also recommend securicor,very efficient.
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davhall |
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Posts: 1547 (11/02/08 12:42) |
never really had a problem citylink, parcelforce are the ones you wanna avoid, bigtime.
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Gaskes |
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Posts: 177 (11/02/08 13:17) |
TNT for me just under £12 for standard delivery.
Carpet tubes are a good substitute for a rod tube. Dave |
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RollingPinBoy |
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Posts: 1374 (11/02/08 13:26) |
Some couriers will only take the item if you have an account. |
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Gaskes |
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Posts: 179 (11/02/08 13:37) |
Did not think of that, I pay my employer when they send parcels on my behalf.
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nicktmg4558 |
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Posts: 220 (11/02/08 14:33) |
Tried most of the companies mentioned here and yes they will take a parcel for a round the £15 mark but you have to have an account, without an account the
cheapest I have been quoted is TNT at £30.
Defeats the object of selling a rod at £45 including the delivery based on my previous experiences. Perhaps a warning to all those selling rods on the site.
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wigan stu |
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krisprice 100 |
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Posts: 806 (11/02/08 15:30) |
The majority are now account only or a ridiculous excess charge. Had this problem a few months ago. The ONLY one i found was parceluk which was £12.49 plus
vat. They use City Link though but it worked out ok.
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nicktmg4558 |
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Posts: 221 (11/02/08 15:31) |
thanks for the link Wiganstu but I have already tried these, when you put in the details of the parcel ie. 185cms long, 7cms x7cms and weight 3kg it queeries the length !!
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Posts: 7641 (11/02/08 15:43) |
there was a thread about same thing a fair bit back, maybe paul can fish it out of the depths, i used the one everyone seemed to reccomend and the price for
mine was about a tenner for 2 rods...j.w
john walker
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nicktmg4558 |
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Posts: 222 (11/02/08 15:53) |
Thanks for all the help guys, think I am now at the stage where I shall have to give the buyer his money back. I have just had a quote for £85 from one company, absolutely ridiculous !! if I was shipping lead I could understand it but the rod itself will weigh less than 2 kg when packed, ho hum !
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Posts: 181 (11/02/08 15:58) |
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wigan stu |
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Posts: 708 (11/02/08 16:04) |
nick
re the link i gave you , yes it does querie the size of your package (ooh er) but a phone call later and its sorted , did the very same myself today , DHL will be calling for the rod between 8 & 12 tomorrow try it |
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nicktmg4558 |
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Posts: 223 (11/02/08 16:10) |
Thanks Stu will try it later.
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Posts: 4167 (11/02/08 16:18)
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davhall |
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Posts: 1553 (11/02/08 18:41) |
might get myself a van and start a company that rod postage would be a reasonable cost!
and £85,that's cheap,i got a quote of £189.67 once. |
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Posts: 1223 (11/02/08 18:57) |
I must be fortunate in that I still use Royal Mail, and it still only costs me £8-10....
Aureo hamo piscari
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