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£22.80 to post back a graphics card for RMA?

Uncle Petey said:
lol, I used Parcelfriend to pick up and deliver (next day) a case weighing 9kg for RMA. £8.99.

Shop around :)

Obviously, you'll have to pay a bit more if you want it insured for the value.
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Exactly.

I always wrap it up ready, go and get a price from the post office and make a note of the weight using their scales, then just look at parcel monkey etc and save a fortune.
 
don't go to the post office.

I used parcel force from parcel monkey cost me £25 to EMA my EVGA GTX 670 FTW LE to Germany insured for £300.
 
passey89 said:
don't go to the post office.

I used parcel force from parcel monkey cost me £25 to EMA my EVGA GTX 670 FTW LE to Germany insured for £300.
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Holy smoke! £25 to RMA a graphics card to Germany... :eek:

Think I'll stick with Gigabyte...
 
Use a courier, the Post Office have been jacking their prices up a lot, they are a rip off.

A proper courier is much cheaper.
 
wunkley said:
It was parcel force as I mentioned above. I asked for the cheapest way to send recorded delivery, with insurance up to £350. Bah, might have to go and steal some 'lollies' to redress the balance ;)

I am joking....
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You probably have a shady PO owner. A lot of these POs are privatised now and the person behind the counter has a direct interest in gettning you to choose the most expensive option, so they will often just stick you with Parcelforce instead of giving you the cheaper option of RMSD.

A GPU should weigh less than 2kg to send through the post so you shouldn't have paid more than 10GBP, unless you used some really heavy packaging materials.
 
It sounds like they have charged you for special delivery to me, I don't think the standard recorded delivery is insured and would have expected it to be around £15 instead.
 
stulid said:
Exactly.

I always wrap it up ready, go and get a price from the post office and make a note of the weight using their scales, then just look at parcel monkey etc and save a fortune.
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TBH, RM special isn't that expensive for <2kg

It's all about packaging, so many people overpackage!
 
I overpacked mine tbh I did the advanced RMA with EVGA so they sent me the replacement first so I just sent it back in their packaging.
 
SkodaMart said:
I've sold hundreds of things - many of them expensive I've never had a problem with Royal Mail
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It's a risk though aint int, and you've been lucky. I may have paid doubleish onewhat I might have if I shopped around. But it's my local post office, and I can't be arsed truth be told.

Long and short of it though - I'd rather spend a bit extra (eg £10) on insurance for something worth £350, just in case. In the scheme of things I see it as worth it.
 
SkodaMart said:
I've sold hundreds of things - many of them expensive I've never had a problem with Royal Mail
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Heh, I used to work for RM customer service and I have a slightly different perspective on that one ;)

Still, if you work in what's essentially the complaints department, expect complaints.
Forums aren't too much different.
 
The thing i could have just been on the edge with my card into the next weight bracket were you with your extra packageing could have went over into a different price bracket.
 
Never use the Post Office, use someone like Parcel2Go which are far cheaper and give loads of options of couriers to use.
 
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