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Shipping a PC to the UK

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  • 17-11-2014 7:50pm
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    VenomIreland
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    My friend moved to Southampton earlier this year and is looking to get his PC shipped over. I understand about removing the cooler, GPU and drives, but I'm not sure where to get a quote from. Are wiseloads.com reputable or is there anywhere else that could ship it relatively cheaply? It'd be 2 boxes, weighing maximum 15 kilos in total.


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    #2
    VenomIreland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭VenomIreland


    Still looking for advice on this, haven't had time to ring up couriers and find out.


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    .G.
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    That's the only way you'll find out. Or bang off an email to a few off them and see what you get back. Shipping anything from here to the UK seems to be a lot more expensive than it appears to be to do it the other way around!


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    JabbaTheHut
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    Not sure if this will help, but I shipped a 10 kg box to Nottingham last week with GLS couriers for €20. Took 2 days. Actually, the speed of the delivery was not important, but An Post wanted €47 to do the same thing, in their own time. The package I sent was 23cm by 25 cm, by 36cm. I was charged by size and weight, but even though the package was 9 kg, I know that it could have been more for the same price. At that rate, I wouldn't break up the PC, but rather send it off complete.

    It's worth your while having a look around to see who will ship for the best value. Tbh, I assumed AnPost would do better than any courier, but I was wrong

    Here's a site that'll give you a good estimate without having to pick up the phone. Maybe for finer details, you could then call them. http://www.parcel.ie/


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    VenomIreland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭VenomIreland


    JabbaTheHut wrote: »
    Not sure if this will help, but I shipped a 10 kg box to Nottingham last week with GLS couriers for €20. Took 2 days. Actually, the speed of the delivery was not important, but An Post wanted €47 to do the same thing, in their own time. The package I sent was 23cm by 25 cm, by 36cm. I was charged by size and weight, but even though the package was 9 kg, I know that it could have been more for the same price. At that rate, I wouldn't break up the PC, but rather send it off complete.

    It's worth your while having a look around to see who will ship for the best value. Tbh, I assumed AnPost would do better than any courier, but I was wrong

    Here's a site that'll give you a good estimate without having to pick up the phone. Maybe for finer details, you could then call them. http://www.parcel.ie/

    Had a look at GLS and they seem to have decent prices, I wouldn't want to ship the PC fully assembled though unless I knew it would be 100% safe.


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