Best courier to post Monitor with?

TNA · 12 Sep 2010 at 08:38

I have been looking for a courier that would provide insurance for posting my Dell 30" monitor. So far I have looked at companies like interparcel, parcel2go, parcelforce, dhl and they all class the monitor as a restricted item which means no insurance if it breaks during transit.

Does anyone know of a courier that provides insurance on posting monitors?

Thanks

Maacck · 12 Sep 2010 at 09:11

Royal Mail? LOL.

kmufc77 · 12 Sep 2010 at 09:16

Parcelforce are very good ive used them many times.

Go on there website and you can arrange for them to pick the parcel up from your house,one of the cheapest couriers out there also

PCM2 · 12 Sep 2010 at 10:07

Anybody who isn't called City Link should be pretty good.

evoyear · 12 Sep 2010 at 10:12

royal mail should do insurance if you go special delivery

.:SAmSuNG:. · 12 Sep 2010 at 10:16

I would avoid DHL.

TNA · 12 Sep 2010 at 11:08

lol @ the responses. I think you guys just read the title and replied.

As mentioned parcelforce do not provide cover for monitors. If it gets damaged then though luck... As for royal mail, do they do special delivery for items that are 20kg? As far as I know they go up to 10kg so that's no good.

Any other suggestions?

Ladiesman417 · 12 Sep 2010 at 21:40

Parcelforce cuz Parcelforce. i know some one works there he will look after it

have look at this cuz
http://www.parcel2go.com/

TNA · 13 Sep 2010 at 09:45

Ladiesman417 said:
Parcelforce cuz Parcelforce. i know some one works there he will look after it

have look at this cuz
http://www.parcel2go.com/

Did you read my post? I already checked with parcel2go. It's an restricted item. So no insurance

As for parcelforce, an item posted through a courier goes through at least 7-8 people by the time it get's to the other end.

I will call Fed Ex and DPD today, maybe they will do it.

lmfy2k · 13 Sep 2010 at 10:04

www.parcelmonkey.co.uk

i wont use anyone else!

but you would be hard pushed to find someone who insures screens though

what about Royal Mail Special Delivery?

TNA · 13 Sep 2010 at 10:18

I just called DPD and Fed Ex and they won't do it either

I will looked at parcelmonkey. Thanks for the link.

As for Royal Mail. On their website maximum weight I see is 10kg which is not enough. I need around 20kg.

Ladiesman417 · 13 Sep 2010 at 14:41

TNA said:
Did you read my post? I already checked with parcel2go. It's an restricted item. So no insurance

As for parcelforce, an item posted through a courier goes through at least 7-8 people by the time it get's to the other end.

I will call Fed Ex and DPD today, maybe they will do it.

cuz give me the monitor for free man!

mrh2019 · 14 Sep 2010 at 00:16

I had the same problem,, I used Parcelforce in the end it was the only one to offer insurance.. worked fine for me, no problems at all.

~Divine~Wind~ · 14 Sep 2010 at 10:54

Parcelforce

all the others I tried checking with would not cover damage to the monitor only loss.

Boozebeard · 14 Sep 2010 at 11:16

but he's already said twice that parcelforce don't do monitor cover...

TNA · 14 Sep 2010 at 11:43

The buyer of the monitor called parcelforce and asked if they would insure it and was told that monitors fall under the category of glassware which they do not insure.

When exactly did you guys post off monitors and when you did, did you speak to someone? I mean no point paying for insurance and then later they will just say, but it's an restricted item and won't cover you. If it was a long time ago maybe their policies have changed since regarding insurance.

Either way I will find out about this shortly

Phoenixdancer · 14 Sep 2010 at 11:50

monitors are NOT glassware, they are Electronic equipment.

No glass in there for a start

Redmint · 14 Sep 2010 at 11:55

TNA said:
The buyer of the monitor called parcelforce and asked if they would insure it and was told that monitors fall under the category of glassware which they do not insure.

When exactly did you guys post off monitors and when you did, did you speak to someone? I mean no point paying for insurance and then later they will just say, but it's an restricted item and won't cover you. If it was a long time ago maybe their policies have changed since regarding insurance.

Either way I will find out about this shortly

Posted mine a few months ago with them, checked their website carefully and there was no mention of not covering monitors or that it was a 'restricted item'. Either the person the buyer talked to didn't know what he was talking about or their website is misleading.

PCM2 · 14 Sep 2010 at 12:28

Phoenixdancer said:
monitors are NOT glassware, they are Electronic equipment.

No glass in there for a start

You're right they aren't glassware. I think the reason they fall under that category though is perhaps a hangover from CRT monitors which of course have a glass screen. The CCFL bulbs of LCD monitors also contain glass. Who knows though.

alex24 · 5 Oct 2010 at 21:11

Can anyone provide some more information on this please? I find myself in the same boat.

Best courier to post Monitor with?

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