couriers

[Drumossie]

Hi All. My apologies as this isn't a gear post. Does anyone have any experience/history with couriers? Am hoping to buy a set of speakers from a chap in London and have them brought up to me here in Inverness. Any thoughts on who to trust with my new toys please? Cheers

 

[Drumossie]

Thanks for that m8 appreciate it :^

 

[bigjules]

I've used both parcelmonkey.co.uk and parcel2go.com, sometimes one is a little cheaper, sometimes the other. Parcelmonkey has a better choice for additional insurance. Normally the parcels end up going via Parcel Farce anyway, but cheaper. I've sent a lot of stuff overseas with them and they've easily been cheapest, and given good service, so can't complain.

 

[hifinutt]

having just had a piece of equipment fairly badly damaged by a courier I am not a fan but if I had to choose it would be UPS

 

[speedysteve]

I've used Interparcel on a few bits and pieces. I always pack well - double box and have had no damage.

One was even a massive 2 piece parcel of a Yamaha Clavinova, stand and stool - arrived in perfect condition.

 

[uctpa08]

I would always go to DSV first these days. Insurance is really cheap with them. (Something which Parcel2Go et al can sometimes get you with.)