Parcel Motel Sligo

rusty999 wrote: »

I just cannot believe they are moving away from the town centre at pearse road which is well established, and out to the bundoran road away from town.
As {a former}--regular customer I wont be travelling out there.
Good while it lasted but there seems to be trouble coming down the line--probably brexit done it no good.

I agree with you I'm going to start using an post address pal, its easier for me to collect from Castle Street post office. Might still use pm for oversized items.

red sean wrote: »

Mullens Service stn is about the same distance from the centre of town as the 24hr on Pearse Rd.

It is, but it's not on a bad national main road. Its on the wrong side of the town for about 70% of people in Sligo. Then again it won't affect me as I haven't used it since they increased their prices.

Yeah, I could have got the nespresso capsules delivered to the Parcel Motel and saved money but having to cross to the far side of town to pick them up is the absolute worst.

Digiby wrote: »

Had to pick up a parcel from here this afternoon. It really is on the wrong side of town unfortunately.
I have a car so it doesn't matter a whole lot to me. I'm probably equal distance from where it was and where it is now but where it used to be was a least walkable for people in town. You can't walk out the Bundoran road to Mullens.

The problem with Mullen's is that it can be so busy, just trying to park can be difficult. And then exiting is an absolute nightmare at times. Most people will be turning back in towards town and you have to cross two busy lanes of traffic. I think it took me nearly 3 minutes wait for a gap to get out of there!

Totally agree, I had the exact same experience today. I used it about 5 times a week up until now and was handy for suppliers from Uk sending me stuff for my business but will be exploring my options now. Silly move in my opinion.

I agree. Cannings would have been perfect.

T-Bird wrote: »

I think the motel is marketing itself as a customer attraction as well as a collection place. They had a survey last year and some of the questions were asking if you would call into the shop whilst visiting the Motel.

I would have got petrol at Applegreens, wouldn't even think about it at Mullens' as they're consistently the most (or at least the 2nd most) expensive in town.

I would be using it approx 40-50 times per year -maybe more. Not happy with the location its been moved to and will avoid using it as much as possible.

an post addresspal. similar cost. pick up from post office of your choice. that be a good alternative ?

I agree that the new location is horrific, but what PM has over others is the ability to collect whenever you want 24 hours a day.

AddressPal and ParcelWizard only operate a 9 - 5 service really.

Also, I realised recently how flawed the AddressPal operation is when I was due to recieve a package and was on holidays. So PM is easy.. send your 4 digit code and mobile to a family member / friend and have them pick it up. But with AddressPal, when you recieve the notification of arrival - you've to print out a form attached to the email authorising a family member to collect said package, sign it and get it to a family member within 5 days (so hope you've access to a scanner) or the package will be returned to sender. Some highly flawed logic there!

Anyways, while AddressPal or ParcelWizard has probably taken a chunk of PM's business, I prefer PM for convenience if anything else.

Just got a letter in the door from An Post regarding a new service--or new to me anyway--called Delivery Box--a new way to receive letters packets and parcels apparently.
Don't have time right now but will be checking it out later on.

I wouldn't even be considering it as an option if parcel had not moved to such a daft location in Sligo.

Just a word of caution - An post will only deliver on post packages to the box. It is a two key system- they have one you the other.. Other delivery services can not access the unit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

It's an ill wind ..... and all that.

I live on the bundoran side of town. I'd only use it 3 or 4 times a year so a spin up Pearse Rd was no big deal. Parking at at Mullen's can be a pain from noon till two but other than that it's not too bad. There's always Supermac's car park. There's a pedestrian gap into Mullen's and it's a bit easier for turning back into town. Having said that, I'd hate to have to walk from Cranmore or Cairns Rd.