garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
sending a golf club is up to £11.96 !
48hr parcelforce!
48hr parcelforce!
postage prices
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Five&One
Head Pro
Use My Hermes courier. Will be less than half that and they will pick it up for you.
richart
Major Champion
sending a golf club is up to £11.96 !
48hr parcelforce!
I know just sent a club. Previous one I sent was about £5. They have changed the measurements for parcels, so golf clubs are no longer medium size.
Will have to find an alternative service, any ideas anyone.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
ive seen then mentioned on here before. i might give them a go then. i sent a club this morning and another one due to go tomoro. do they collect at a time of your choosing?
FaldosJumper
Challenge Tour Pro
bigslice
Tour Winner
ive just used them and as the two folk haven't said otherwise, I think its a great service. I booked it on the nite before and dropped them off before 12 the next day and they were delivered by about 5pm the next day
Wayman
Tour Winner
I've just seen Someone on Facebook kicking off about this
Shiny
Head Pro
Hermes all the way, I could even drop them off at my local mini supermarket.
In_The_Rough
Tour Winner
Royal Mail is turning into a right rip off. Will not be using them again. Hope everyone boycotts them and their poor service and overpriced charging
pbrown7582
Money List Winner
do some searches on web we've just send a 15kg car seat for £9.50 picked up from the door with city link it was £22 parcel force.
my hermes wasnt much dearer but citylink was next day tracked too!
my hermes wasnt much dearer but citylink was next day tracked too!
Ethan
Money List Winner
I am sure some people have good experiences, but overall, Hermes gets hideous reviews for reliability and care with parcel handling. I always use UPS as my preferred shipper, and buy shipping through Interparcel http://www.interparcel.com. Parcel2Go is a similar third party reseller http://www.parcel2go.com.
With these, you have a choice of carriers and services and they work out cheaper than Parcelforce almost all of the time. More reliable too.
With these, you have a choice of carriers and services and they work out cheaper than Parcelforce almost all of the time. More reliable too.
kev_off_the_tee
Journeyman Pro
I'm fortunate in that I can use my courier at work. £8.25 for almost any box up to 25kg through gold star couriers (may be north east based but ship anywhere on mainland). Sometimes my accounts team even forget to take the money from my salary
ArnoldArmChewer
Tour Winner
sending a golf club is up to £11.96 !
48hr parcelforce!
Inter parcel are an on line rebooker they use UPS, and a few of the other big names (whose names escape me just now, yellow vans?)
Have found them generally good and cheaper than the Po
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thecraw
Guest
Never had any issues with myHermes. Booked, picked up delivered on time every time. I've sent loads with them, in excess of 20 parcels (loads for me!) never had any issues at all.
I always book through parcels2go and they are usually the cheapest. In my experience they don't compromise on service either.
I always book through parcels2go and they are usually the cheapest. In my experience they don't compromise on service either.
mab
Challenge Tour Pro
I also use MyHermes and recommend it.
They do not pick up at a given time, although you are able to tell them a 'safe place' on your property for them to collect from... which means you don't have to be in. The risk is on you if the item is stolen prior to MyHermes picking it up though.
The only issue is that they have a maximum length of 120cm. That's about 47". This makes sending modern long drivers rather difficult, but 3 wood down (or driver shafts) are no porblem.
I'd rather use Hermes but apparently a driver is too long for them,
virtuocity
Tour Winner
I'd rather use Hermes but apparently a driver is too long for them,
Yep, think you can do every club but a driver with them.
Looks like you're on to TNT or Yodel.
Ethan
Money List Winner
tried that and Driver dimensions preclude UPS
No, they don't. Most pro shops get their deliveries with UPS.
I have shipped numerous drivers and even a putter stand with UPS. Go to Interparcel http://www.interparcel.com and put in a test quote. A driver is approx 46 inches, or around 124 cm, so put in 140 x 20 x 20 cm just to be sure, and you will have a choice of a number of services including Interparcel Standard and Economy, which are UPS.
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thecraw
Guest
You can usually still get away with Royal Mail Special Delivery with golf clubs. I posted one yesterday (driver) and it wasn't questioned. It seems to be standard parcels that they've clamped down on.
http://www.royalmail.com/parcel-despatch-low/uk-delivery/special-delivery#faq-19350259-19350141
http://www.royalmail.com/parcel-despatch-low/uk-delivery/special-delivery#faq-19350259-19350141
