Couriers for ebay item collection

[whoopie 10]

Anyone used a courier to pick up large item. How much is the rough cost, and could you recommend one please? need a collection from kent.

[sidbobs 10]

I used Paisley Freight to pick up a set of wheels with tyres on from near bristol to here in sheffield, cost around 35 quid and they were here the day after they were collected.

[mecheng46 10]

Try http://www.shiply.com/ and http://www.p4d.co.uk/

[Itrytoplease 10]

Shiply is an auction site for the transport industry, you tell them what you want to move or collect, where to/from and they bid on what they will do it for, you can pick the lowest or highest price or somewhere inbetween. Great site! if it's an E/Bay item - putting in the auction number will auto fill the What boxes.

[ronthenekred 10]

I think ebay is down at mo and causing havoc.

[Nagel 10]

I use http://www.parcel2go.co.uk

 

You get the best price from a variety of couriers and you can use the site to price a delivery in advance of sending it.

[Janus 28]

What sort of weighing scales do you people use for weighing your large items?

 

I had some of the digital scales. They were sort of ok for weighing myself, but I felt they were not accurate enough for obtaining the weight of a parcel I was pricing up. Reason being that the reading would jump around a bit and the scales would only display to the nearest ½ kilo. With the conventional scales you can see exactly where the needle is pointing, but of course that is only good if the scales are accurate.

 

Any thoughts on scales for large or heavy items?

Edited September 14, 2014 by Janus

[davyboy 19]

I had a table, won by a bidder in torquay, picked up from Kent by a courier and I think it cost him between 50 and 70 pounds

[alarmingmark 32]

Post on jobs see if anybody is going down that way ! I got some furniture picked up cheaper by a courior on here " 2 men 1 van " was spot on ! They where taking some stuff down to London and coming back empty?

[allsystem 10]

parcel monkey is good , 30 kgs for around £10 door to door