Can OCUK support oversea's UK Troops

pegasus1 · 29 May 2008 at 15:32

Im currently in Afghanistan and whilst enjoying the best of the heat, sand and thin air that the north of the country has to offer, i decided to buy a digicam. Being able to get access to the internet on a reletively (for out here) regular basis, i had a look at who would deliver to the middle of the desert, a well known US company delivered the item through the US military postal system for $5 P&P taking 7 days from order, and when i say delivered it was flown in (amonst other mail) to exactly the middle of knowhere.
I was wondering if OCUK had had any thoughts on offering such a service, at least for light items (less than 2kg is free P&P to BFPO addresses), tax free would also be nice. Im just about to order an external 2.5 inch drive but wondered how deep the red, white and blue in the OCUK logo actually ran.

Thanks

{SAS}TB · 29 May 2008 at 15:53

/me watches with interest

Janesy B · 29 May 2008 at 16:01

i'd drop them an email or phone them if possible. It's quite easy to send to overseas forces so i dont see it being an issue..

/also watches with interest

pegasus1 · 29 May 2008 at 17:11

Janesy B said:
i'd drop them an email or phone them if possible. It's quite easy to send to overseas forces so i dont see it being an issue..

/also watches with interest

Just wanted to see if it generated much interest, and im back for 2 weeks shortly so will call them then, only get 30 mins a week and dont really want to use them talking to an automated answerphone

Janesy B · 29 May 2008 at 17:16

fair enough, with OCUK being a smaller company i can imagine them to be a bit more accomodating than bigger retailers

mick4545 · 31 May 2008 at 17:44

OC don't have to send stuff overseas, all they do is send it to BFPO who are in London.

PhoenixUK · 31 May 2008 at 18:22

You might try DHL, its expensive tho but afair they send stuff pretty much anywhere in the world.

aproctor · 31 May 2008 at 19:56

i would ring them up and ask if they can sort out delivery, but tbh it would probably be easier for you to get delivery to friends or family and get them to ship it to you.

pegasus1 · 1 Jun 2008 at 15:14

I know OCUK could deliver to BFPO but i would still have to pay P&P from OCUK to BFPO and i would still have to pay tax. It was just an idea as i doubt im the only person in this position, come Oct i will be ordering some items for a new build an if OCUK could suupply them with cheap P&P and tax free i would buy them, but at the mo a cpu, gfx card and ddr3 mem are hugely cheaper. if the price was closer i would be more than happy to by from OCUK. Obviously im no expert of any duty implications.

i would ring them up and ask if they can sort out delivery, but tbh it would probably be easier for you to get delivery to friends or family and get them to ship it to you.

Or i could get it in 5 days tax free as i currently am.

ANDARIAL · 1 Jun 2008 at 21:47

You might try DHL

So long as it is not CityLink!
or he will wake up in his bivi one morning to find a card(maybe)saying we called but you were not home.and see the van disappearing over the sand dune in front

Andrew G · 1 Jun 2008 at 23:43

ANDARIAL said:
So long as it is not CityLink!
or he will wake up in his bivi one morning to find a card(maybe)saying we called but you were not home.and see the van disappearing over the sand dune in front

Could get it sent to Baghdad and include in your e-mail "You are city link" whats the problem !! :confused:

pegasus1 · 2 Jun 2008 at 08:03

ANDARIAL said:
So long as it is not CityLink!
or he will wake up in his bivi one morning to find a card(maybe)saying we called but you were not home.and see the van disappearing over the sand dune in front

Montegue · 2 Jun 2008 at 09:58

pegasus1 said:
wondered how deep the red, white and blue in the OCUK logo actually ran.

Smart, very smart

Good luck over there & with the delivery, take care.

4T5 · 2 Jun 2008 at 11:38

Best off ringing them mate.

Good Luck over there to you & All the Troops & Thanks

RTB · 2 Jun 2008 at 21:28

Delivery Choice

Hi,

OcUK are always looking at new/improved delivery choices - International by road &/or air being one we are looking at currently with DHL at the top of the list.

Whilst I cannot guarantee its free it will be reasonable and reliable!!!

Good luck from us all at OcUK.

beano · 2 Jun 2008 at 22:13

ANDARIAL said:
So long as it is not CityLink!
or he will wake up in his bivi one morning to find a card(maybe)saying we called but you were not home.and see the van disappearing over the sand dune in front

I've never had a problem with city link personally, although we've stopped using them now as their prices shot up. Not the first time i've heard about the drivers "quiet carding" though...

MumboJumbo · 7 Jun 2008 at 17:57

RTB said:
Hi,

OcUK are always looking at new/improved delivery choices - International by road &/or air being one we are looking at currently with DHL at the top of the list.

Whilst I cannot guarantee its free it will be reasonable and reliable!!!

Good luck from us all at OcUK.

Reasonable and reliable? how do you make such garantees. I have just suffered yet another failure by city link today. Not from OCUk but still, city link can (gues the word) off. I beleive its not something at 8 failures to 1 sucess... clearly they acidently sent it to me on the right day.

NightSt@lk3r · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:05

8igdave said:
Reasonable and reliable? how do you make such garantees. I have just suffered yet another failure by city link today. Not from OCUk but still, city link can (gues the word) off. I beleive its not something at 8 failures to 1 sucess... clearly they acidently sent it to me on the right day.

Tell me about it, ive stopped buying from OCUK because of City Link's poor service.
City Link have the worst reputation in the buisness yet OCUK continue to force them onto us, it's time to make a stand people WHO'S WITH ME!!!!

Marky · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:07

8igdave said:
Reasonable and reliable? how do you make such garantees. I have just suffered yet another failure by city link today. Not from OCUk but still, city link can (gues the word) off. I beleive its not something at 8 failures to 1 sucess... clearly they acidently sent it to me on the right day.

To be fair - (In my experience) DHL have been very reliable indeed - City Link - not so much but what can you do

NightSt@lk3r said:
Tell me about it, ive stopped buying from OCUK because of City Link's poor service.
City Link have the worst reputation in the buisness yet OCUK continue to force them onto us, it's time to make a stand people WHO'S WITH ME!!!!

I like a good stand... and a alternative delivery option would be awesome! IM IN

atpbx · 7 Jun 2008 at 18:21

RTB said:
Hi,

OcUK are always looking at new/improved delivery choices - International by road &/or air being one we are looking at currently with DHL at the top of the list.

Whilst I cannot guarantee its free it will be reasonable and reliable!!!

Good luck from us all at OcUK.

I wouldnt bother with DHL, they are terrible.
But thats 13 years of moving parcels talking and not my wallet so what do i know.