Special Courier Services

Gibbs-UK · 22 Aug 2011 at 23:27

Is there a Courier service out there that can pick up big heavy items for you for cheap, as I am opening a startup business for the missus and I can't afford to pay for BRAND NEW stuff and ebay is the best bet.

Items in question is like fridges that are over 6ft long etc, anyone got a clue with the prices of frieght of these sort of stuff?

Gibbs-UK · 23 Aug 2011 at 01:59

Surely there must be someone out there who used a service like this?

nelviss · 23 Aug 2011 at 03:45

where, when and how heavy?

singist · 23 Aug 2011 at 07:09

You'll find that courier and cheap does not compute, I'm afraid; especially for large/heavy stuff. Given the running costs, insurance especially, it does become quite expensive to do.
You would be better buying an old van and doing it yourself if there is going to be a fair bit of shifting.

Lopéz · 23 Aug 2011 at 07:28

Most overnight couriers won't want to touch stuff like fridges. 2 man lift job etc.

Sameday couriers will do it - if you pay for a 2 man job....

Otherwise you need a removal service or something like that.

Fr0dders · 23 Aug 2011 at 07:29

http://vans.autotrader.co.uk/

Sell it when you're done.

Buy a suitably cheap one, and you can sell it on for about as much as you paid for it.

PhillyDee · 23 Aug 2011 at 08:12

If it can be palletised, then there is always palletised freight. Looking at a starting price of £65 per pallet IIRC.

ristac · 23 Aug 2011 at 09:28

Take a look at shiply.com

PardonTheWait · 23 Aug 2011 at 10:19

PhillyDee said:
If it can be palletised, then there is always palletised freight. Looking at a starting price of £65 per pallet IIRC.

I very much enjoy the word palletised.

brb, I'm going to fridgitise my carrots

Gibbs-UK · 23 Aug 2011 at 16:30

Cheers guys

Pestilence · 23 Aug 2011 at 16:35

Damn, thought the OP might be talking about "Special" as in "Special Olympics".

Gibbs-UK · 23 Aug 2011 at 22:19

Pestilence said:
Damn, thought the OP might be talking about "Special" as in "Special Olympics".

lol

For the poster who mentioned palletising - do you mean that the freight company will supply the pallet and we just put it on there or what and also how do we box something like that up, sorry guys for not thinking out side the box on this one.

Jedeye · 24 Aug 2011 at 14:35

I think you need to think outside the pallet.