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essex-commuter
essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
edited October 2011 in Commuting chat
I'm not good at searching the Bikeradar forums, I have tried! I know I've sent a bike before using a courier recommended on here and it was pretty cheap and a good service.

I need to send a bike travelling case this time.

Can anyone recommend a cheap company...or find my posts before where I was talking about it :oops:

TIA.

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  • fidbod
    fidbod Posts: 317
    Try parcel2go.com
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    interparcel - I've used the twice and they've been great and really cheap. Ask Bigmat about the delivery, I only saw how good the collection and price part was.
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Either of the above. I've used both. They are actually resellers for the likes of FedEx and DHL so you are getting one of the big couriers, but at a discounted rate.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Asprilla is right, I've had city link and UPS through them, UPS was cheaper but when I used City link I didn't have to get my home printer working cuz they bring the labels with them.
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  • bsc8180
    bsc8180 Posts: 17
    We use parcelmonkey.co.uk for most export stuff (via DHL Express) or myparceldelivery.com for domestic (same day UPS pickups if booked by 2pm which is nice).
  • chadders81
    chadders81 Posts: 744
    Interparcel are good. They seem to use UPS and you can specify collection time etc.
  • LeDomestiqueTours
    LeDomestiqueTours Posts: 56
    We used Parcel2go to ship some wheels and that was very cheap at around £10 fully insured.
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    Thanks for the replies guys. Tried a couple and quotes coming out over £50 still, will try a few more this evening.

    Cheers.
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    we use DPD an Aramex

    prices generally go on the size an not weight

    ive sent car wheels and tyres for about £35 on a pallet before now so £50 sounds pretty steep
    Keeping it classy since '83

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