Senditnow - Wheels
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pablo
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4 squares of cardboard, 4 binbags and 2 rolls of parceltape. whoppdeedoo 
I landed to post office once with 4 wheels wrapped up, bloke put them on scales and refused to take them as they were just over limit.
I dropped my exhaust off at the Parcel Force depot in a nice big box all packed away perfectly. Had paid online for 30kg package because I though it was about 25ish. As soon as I got back into the car to leave he came running out saying the package is over-weight, I asked how heavy, he said 31.3kg! Are you ****ing kidding me, refusing to take it for 1.3kg?!
I could understand if there was a health and safety issue with it being over 30kg, but I doubt they have as he was happy to carry it back out for me and stick it in the boot. I had to come home and take a small section out and package it back up then bring it back to them, because apparently they don't have any tape at the depot for me to do it there…
I could understand if there was a health and safety issue with it being over 30kg, but I doubt they have as he was happy to carry it back out for me and stick it in the boot. I had to come home and take a small section out and package it back up then bring it back to them, because apparently they don't have any tape at the depot for me to do it there…
hutchy_belfast
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I got a huge chunk of metal posted last week, a turbo trainer for the bike with a massive solid flywheel weighing 28kg for £6. Depot to depot. The weight limit is 25 instead of 20kg at the depot and the guys generally couldn't care less what it weighs at. Couldn't even post a set of handlebars for that at the post office.
Have used SendItNow numerous amounts of times for things, exhaust systems and the likes.
Send 4 wheels to England recently, all packed up with tyres in 4 individual packages, some depots seem to be dead on and deliver them as 2 packages, but the fella was happy enough to pay £50 for the 4 seperate packages. These were 19" CSL's with tyres as well.
I have had once parcel held in Belfast that was sent to us, was an exhaust system for a 330ci, it was 2kg over the limit, didn't mind picking it up however. The fella said that the reason its 30kg is for health and safety and they need 2 people to lift it then, whilst he waitied for it to be carried out by two people to the van.
Depends what you get and what checked they go through i guess!
Send 4 wheels to England recently, all packed up with tyres in 4 individual packages, some depots seem to be dead on and deliver them as 2 packages, but the fella was happy enough to pay £50 for the 4 seperate packages. These were 19" CSL's with tyres as well.
I have had once parcel held in Belfast that was sent to us, was an exhaust system for a 330ci, it was 2kg over the limit, didn't mind picking it up however. The fella said that the reason its 30kg is for health and safety and they need 2 people to lift it then, whilst he waitied for it to be carried out by two people to the van.
Depends what you get and what checked they go through i guess!
Sam.
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I've had a few big-ish (sets of wheels, interiors) express24 deliverys arrive in 48 hours with senditnow.
pablo
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24 hr never arrives on time England to NI. OK NI to England though.
Sam.
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I find it usually does if it is something small/light.
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pablo
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you cant really say avoid for car parts - most couriers wont insure car panels.
was it appropriately packaged?
was it appropriately packaged?
Ian A
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Send it now (Parcelforce) once refused a parcel of mine because I had "Please be careful" in the comments / special instructions part.
surprising_skoda
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Paisleyfreight did the same (and worse) to me and people still think they're the be all and end all.
I've send loads of stuff with parcelforce - couple of years ago I used to be flat out sending oversized panels and bumpers to England and they were grand.
Every company has their ups and downs. SiN are ok priced and fairly reliable but claiming is a nightmare. Citylink the same. PF are terrible on all counts. DHL and UPS are fast, reliable and easy to submit claims to but twice the price even with trade account. So, you use whichever is appropriate for what you're looking to send/receive.