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Courier service / freight

thesoulyearns — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:32:13 GMT

Hi all,

Firstly, thanks for any help.

I want to send a big lot of items (around 30-40 things of varying small sizes, probably 8-10kg) that might be just a bit too big to fix in a box. Has anyone had experience in sending freight items like this and which service would you recommend? There appear to be a few options in the eBay Postage Centre that offer tracking an delivery confirmation - Temando, Inter Parcel and Smart Send.

Does AusPost or any of these companies offer a service where they can pick up all of these items from home? How would safe packaging work?

Thanks again...

Re: Courier service / freight

lyndal1838 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:54:50 GMT

There are Australia Post Couriers but I am not sure that they do Point to Point work for individuals (i.e. Not sure that they pick up from you and deliver direct to your customer). I believe you need to have an account with them.

I think your best bet may be Temando as that will give you a choice of courier services for each parcel.

Re: Courier service / freight

thesoulyearns — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:46:51 GMT

Thanks, lyndal. On second thought, I'll probably just separate them into a few different AusPost boxes and satchels/bags, instead of sending them altogether.

Do you know if AusPost has a vinyl/record-sized satchel that would fit a number of different records?

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shypansy — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:16:00 GMT

Are the items all going to the same place, sorry if I misread, but thats what I assume, you could easy send 30 or 40 records in one box, Au post has one that would be perfect, from memory its the B5 size, I sent 50+ LPs in one lot with no problem at all, heck of a lot cheaper than posting in small lots. no risk of damage either.

Re: Courier service / freight

davewil1964 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:32:55 GMT

A B4 box should fit LPs, but you run into the C&S maximum compensation limit of $100. Unless you state 'own packaging', which might cost a bit more but will allow insurance over $100.

Re: Courier service / freight

thesoulyearns — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:40:50 GMT

Thanks, shypansy. 🙂 Yeah, they were all originally going to be bundled and off to the potential buyer but now I'll just box them separately into two lots to make it easier. I only have a few records so would probably be better with a small satchel-type thing but I can check that out at the post office. The boxes will be for everything else. Thanks for your help, problem solved.

Re: Courier service / freight

thesoulyearns — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:43:24 GMT

Thanks, dave. I'll take the risk with compensation, even if it's a bit less than the sold price. Haven't had a problem with AusPost yet and aslong as it's sent Registered, it should be fine.

Re: Courier service / freight

davewil1964 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:48:49 GMT

If you can fit them in a B4 box C&S postage is around $17 for a max of 15kg. Add a buck for signature required and you have Paypal acceptable, trackable coverage of $100.

Which would generally mean unless AP lose it totally, you're covered.

Re: Courier service / freight

thesoulyearns — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:07:48 GMT

Thanks, dave. I'm not a member of Click & Send but that price does sound very good, especially if that's Australia wide.

Re: Courier service / freight

davewil1964 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:35:05 GMT

Join. It's free.

C&S is flat rate Australia wide

Re: Courier service / freight

oostuff4saleoo — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:42:18 GMT

try deliveranything.com.au

they are a new service

Re: Courier service / freight

lyndal1838 — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:01:14 GMT

Have you used them yourself?

Have they actually done any deliveries....it does not appear so from their website. And some of those drivers look a bit suspect...they do not even use their own names.

Not for me, I'm afraid.

Re: Courier service / freight

ozstockman — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 21:16:26 GMT

You can try and see if pack & send works for you. They are not showing up in Temando so you need to go to the Pack & Send website to check their rate.

I have just checked one parcel with its size and weight and their rate is less than the lowest one showing in Temando. They are asking $14.90 for 80x20x10cm package with weight of 2kg from VIC to WA while the cheapest one in Temando is $18.53 There is $13.52 in Temando with Couriers Please in a 5kg satchel but I have no idea why they offer it. I do not think you can fit 80cm long 20cm wide box into a 5kg satchel.

Re: Courier service / freight

keepitontheroad — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 06:14:53 GMT

Depending on where you are I suppose but I have used transdirect amny times and have never had a problem with them, transdirect.com.au. I am just trying to find how i can include their postage calculator in my listings atm