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pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 2066
Location: montgomeryshire
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 Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 10:29 pm Post subject: which courier service? |
 
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can anyone recommend a reliable, reasonably priced one for next day deliveries? |
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Calli
Joined: 13 Mar 2009
Posts: 222
Location: Galway
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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is it home deliveries? City Link
high value premium - APC |
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pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 2066
Location: montgomeryshire
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 09 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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home deliveries, thanks I'll check them out 
Eta- City Link have a minimum of £50 per week commitment  |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 13794
Location: w yorks /earth
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 09 11:56 am Post subject: |
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fastways seem efficient and good pricing
maybe best to use second choice for areas not on their cover |
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 11132
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 09 11:59 am Post subject: |
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We use City Link and not heard of their £50 min commitment. |
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pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 2066
Location: montgomeryshire
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 09 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| vegplot wrote: |
| We use City Link and not heard of their £50 min commitment. |
oh that's odd, this is the link to the wording on their site. I just clicked the 'become a customer' link 
http://www.city-link.co.uk/become-a-customer/index.html |
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 11132
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 09 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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How odd. There are a number of businesses in this building and I wonder if that's a mitigating circumstance. |
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pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 2066
Location: montgomeryshire
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 09 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm it does say 'at present' |
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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 16803
Location: York
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 09 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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| dpack wrote: |
fastways seem efficient and good pricing
maybe best to use second choice for areas not on their cover |
pookie is not in their area though, so she wouldn't be able to get them picked up, although they are conntinually increasing their coverage. |
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 11132
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 09 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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| pookie wrote: |
| Hmm it does say 'at present' |
Bum. We've been using them for a while, just the odd package every now and again. I suspect that clause wasn't in place when we signed up. |
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Cathryn
Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 13231
Location: Ceredigion
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 09 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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Finding reasonable couriers in this area is very difficult. None have bases here so charges start quite high. However they all seem to haved bases in Newtown or Welshpool so this shouldn't be a problem for you. I can't recommend anyone sorry but just work through your local phone book? |
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joy123
Joined: 22 Sep 2009
Posts: 34
Location: north devon
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 09 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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We use parcel force 24 and they are very reliable and efficient |
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pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 2066
Location: montgomeryshire
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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well I found a courier, and now am nervously waiting for them to collect. My slot is 2-5pm and it's just gone 4 (is there a nail-biting emoticon?) Watch this space!
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lettucewoman
Joined: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 5339
Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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did they arrive?? |
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pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 2066
Location: montgomeryshire
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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yay! they've just collected.
Just realised that I have now to agonise over whether they will arrive 
I will report back and name them publicly when they've completed the job! So far I'm most impressed!  |
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