Courier service / freight

[thesoulyearns]

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...

[lyndal1838]

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.

[thesoulyearns]

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?

[shypansy]

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.

[davewil1964]

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.

[thesoulyearns]

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.

[thesoulyearns]

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.

[davewil1964]

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.

[thesoulyearns]

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

[davewil1964]

Join. It's free.

C&S is flat rate Australia wide