I trusted this company with my DT when I got it sent up to bradderscost me £85
: http://www.southcoastbiketransport.co.uk/About-Us.html , Communication, service, price everything was spot on, and the cheapest quote I could find, I'm sure they'd transport a SM setup if you contacted them asking.
Found them through shiply.com, and through them they have delivered a lot of bikes, 400+ positive feedback, seems no one has been unhappy with the service
But otherwise, register and post on shiply.com,see the quotes you get back and just check there feedback obviously
-- Edited by reef on Wednesday 6th of February 2013 07:38:47 PM
Need some advice on which couriers you guys trust really, got myself an SM setup need to sort courier myself, also how much would DTX wheels, tyres and caliper weigh roughly?
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between 10 to 15 kilos my hermes that will work out about £11.28 signed for too myhermes FTW
-- Edited by Ralzy on Wednesday 6th of February 2013 09:01:36 PM
Need some advice on which couriers you guys trust really, got myself an SM setup need to sort courier myself, also how much would DTX wheels, tyres and caliper weigh roughly?
Myhermes mate use them all the while never failed me yet I`m sending a frame out tomorrow with them so I do trust them same as Norfe will agree they are good aswell great on prices too
Myhermes are cheap but they are bloody awful, takes ages to come then they are delivered by random people with their own cars. One woman drove her 4x4 into my drive tried to do a 3 point turn and destroyed the wall.
Also had stuff shoved in my letter box by them, because they can't be arsed to put a card in luckily nothing I've bought had been too damaged by them.
Sent 500+ items by city link in the last few years only ever had 2 issues which were both sorted in a a few days 'items went missing'
Other than that they pretty much deliver next day (weekdays only)
But I'm speaking from a business view where I need to get items to buyers as quick and as reliable as possible, yes myhermes is cheaper but are all over the place when it comes to timing. Sorry but 'deliver within 5 days' just isn't acceptable when dealing with customers. If it takes 2 days dispatch and goes over the weekend then you can easily expect well over a week to 10 days for it to arrive.
I would use parcel monkey, generally cheaper than parcel2go but again if it weighs a lot then another courier may be able to offer it cheaper. Parcel2go tend to deal with a wider variety.
Sorry for the mini rant, got to remember couriers will treat items like complete crap so literally wrap it like you expecting it to get smashed up otherwise it will be guaranteed to get damaged.
I`ve just had a parcel delivered via city link only last week via e-bay. I was in the back at the time didn`t hear the my door bell the courier did leave a note but threw the parcel over my back fence which landed on my concrete paving slabs it was only a 2 bottles of 2T oil but the delivery driver didn`t know what was in the box so if it was a fragile item it could of quite easily of been damaged to me all couriers can be careless it just depends on the person you get that day. When you book up with myhermes your items are insured properly for the amount of the value you state your item is worth up to the value of £200. So how can you say they are not insured properly Stillbroke ? And just to clarify one last thing the couriers do use their own transport (Cars mainly) my courier who is a lady is the same person who collects my items all the while I have sent 50 parcels out this month without any issues. The people who work for my hermes are designated the same rounds just the same as most other companies they just use there own vehicles which is no great shakes to me my main concern is that my item will arrive safely and will be insured
-- Edited by Ralzy on Thursday 7th of February 2013 03:08:59 PM
I will do so are you saying that myhermes are not giving insurance then as from what your suggesting is that myhermes are committing fraud with false information on their website? As they are offering insurance coverage
-- Edited by Ralzy on Thursday 7th of February 2013 04:22:18 PM
-- Edited by Ralzy on Thursday 7th of February 2013 06:46:46 PM
Myhermes courier is collecting again tommorow I will ask her about trainning and let you know what she says Harry. But to be honest I don`t see what trainning any delivery driver really needs to collect and item from A and to Drop off to B its hardly rocket science or defusing a bomb is it lol
-- Edited by Ralzy on Thursday 7th of February 2013 06:52:10 PM
harrys right about the hermes randomers none of them are insured properly either i used to do some work for shiply all you had to do was quote on a parcel and if you won the quote then youd pick up and deliver i had no insurances and i wasnt vetted at all i was did get paid to take a gold ring to india all my air travel and hotel was paid for plus th £500 for taking the ring FTW
Thats right callum When I was in the picture framing suppling business years ago with my bro who owned the business he used to test the dispatch staffs parcels that they had packed from time to time he used to pick up the boxes and throw them as hard as he could at the wall to test on how well they had been packed if they didn`t survive the wall test the staff would be get a bollucking ha
-- Edited by Ralzy on Thursday 7th of February 2013 11:00:28 PM
But where as other couriers will be fully trained, in full time employment and know what they are doing by the sounds of it myhermes just use anyone who wants a few extra in their pocket. Bit like delivering pizzas for the local take away and just using your own car.
Probably only get told the basics then push them on their way.
No not really the majority of it is common sense. I think the main issue is them probably being freelanced so not really caring about their job. Nothing worst then someone treating your parcel like crap because it doesn't affect them.
No not really the majority of it is common sense. I think the main issue is them probably being freelanced so not really caring about their job. Nothing worst then someone treating your parcel like crap because it doesn't affect them.
Ive used myhermes many times. Spot on everytime. The bloke ive got is excellent. Have a good chat. No problems with items. If its well wrapped then you can launch it as much as you like.
So long as ace venturer doesnt turn up you'll be alright IMO
Myhermes mate use them all the while never failed me yet I`m sending a frame out tomorrow with them so I do trust them same as Norfe will agree they are good aswell great on prices too 
