Posting a large parcel with a courier

exhashdotdot · 6 Aug 2017 at 23:14

Hi guys, just a quick question - i think you people would be able to answer it best.

I need to send a roughly 5kg parcel to someone. I was thinking of using a courier instead of just going to the post office as I think it'd be cheaper and possibly more secure / safe.

Can I just rock up to say, the parcelforce depot and they'll weigh it and size it for me?

What about myhermes and DHL? I see that with myHermes I can make my own label, print it off and drop it off at a newsagents nearby. Has anyone used them?

Any other advice?

Cheers

Captain · 6 Aug 2017 at 23:15

Book it with parcel2go or parcelmonkey.

exhashdotdot · 6 Aug 2017 at 23:18

Clov!s said:
Book it with parcel2go or parcelmonkey.

Thanks for that, they look excellent.

Suppose a quick question I have is, what happens if I get the weight wrong? I'm not sure if I believe the accuracy of my scales. If it's +/-1 kg, will I get bollocked?

Captain · 6 Aug 2017 at 23:28

What is it?

exhashdotdot · 6 Aug 2017 at 23:30

Clov!s said:
What is it?

It's a boxed one of these:

I weighed my package at about 5kg. I think it's about right. Amazon says it's 4.1kg

Captain · 6 Aug 2017 at 23:32

Put the weight at 10kg, you'll find the cost difference between a 5kg and a 10kg parcel minimal.

Don't overdo the box size either.

UnworthyBean · 6 Aug 2017 at 23:34

Try adding an extra kg or two to see how it affects the price. It often works in brackets so I doubt it will affect it too much.

Trusty · 7 Aug 2017 at 01:07

Make sure the recipients don't lock their doors...

NoobCannon · 7 Aug 2017 at 08:55

Trusty said:
Make sure the recipients don't lock their doors...

Lol.

ubern00b · 7 Aug 2017 at 10:55

I find Collect+ quite good for this sort of thing.

https://www.collectplus.co.uk/