Anyone know of an alternative delivery service to Royal Mail

[iajon69]

Just wondering if anyone knows of a decent alternative to using Royal Mail?

Send quite a lot of small parcels – mostly under 2kg and with the recent strikes it’s been a right pain not being able to post anything.

Have used couriers for heavy items in the past but have found that for small parcels couriers are a lot more expensive than Royal Mail so just wondering if anyone knows of an alternative for small parcel deliveries?

Thanks

Ian

 

[mailee]

Now this might sound silly but try Staples. Apparently they deliver parcels and large ones too and are good on price. A friend of mine posted some fishing rods he had sold and used them. :wink:

 

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi Alan

I'd imagine, if they're like all of the other companies, that they will use the Post Office to do the final bit of the delivery.

Cheers,
Neil

 

[tenpin]

Try ebay...

There are people/companies on there that for a very cheap IMHO will arrange to collect and deliver on to destination...
and you can pay via paypal

Also try this website
http://www.interparcel.com/
a 2kg 20cm x 20cm x 20cm parcel around £7.50 + vat

 

[iajon69]

Thanks for the replies - have used interparcel before but forgot all about them so thanks for the link. Think that I will use them again for some parcels until the post strike is over.

Regards

Ian