[Req] Cheapest Parcel Post to UK

djfattony2000

Whats the cheapest way I can send a 5kg parcel to the UK. An post are looking at charging €36.

Anyone else have any other sugestions?

Hornet

I would expect that GLS is significantly cheaper than An post.

www.gls-ireland.com

Note: You have to bring your parcel to a parcel shop and that might be inconvenient for you (If you are outside Dublin, your chances of a parcel shop within reach are slim!).

GLS doesn't price parcels on weight, but on SIZE! So, have a look at the explanations they give. On the website follow the menu item "Parcel Shop" to find out about prices etc.

--Hornet

Edit:
Cassiel's that was posted in the same minute as my reply seems to bring you to a more up-to-date Parcel Shop List, so check that one out.

http://www.gls-group.eu/276-I-PORTAL-WEB/content/GLS/IE01/EN/500057_gls_ireland_parcel_shop_list.htm

Cassiel

GLS Parcel Shop

djfattony2000 wrote:

Whats the cheapest way I can send a 5kg parcel to the UK. An post are looking at charging €36.

Anyone else have any other sugestions?

blorg

Hornet wrote:

GLS doesn't price parcels on weight, but on SIZE!

Interesting, I'll be sure to use them next time I want to ship some uranium.

An Post's rates have certainly gone up, I remember they used to be a fraction of that to Britain around ten years ago (I seem to recall a max of 30kg costing around £15.)

Hornet

blorg wrote:

An Post's rates have certainly gone up, I remember they used to be a fraction of that to Britain around ten years ago (I seem to recall a max of 30kg costing around £15.)

An Post prices are mad! A friend of mine last year had to send a box (20kg) FROM Ireland to Germany and was charged EUR 98 by An Post. Another friend sent a box from Germany TO Ireland and paid in Germany around EUR 36.

With GLS it always seems to be cheaper!

--Hornet

Ruu_Old

Give Interlink a try.

djfattony2000

Nice one lads!

€20 with gls,

Cheers

parsi

djfattony2000 wrote:

Nice one lads!

€20 with gls,

Cheers

It's worth getting a few gls boxes and filling them with what you want and then weighing them. Gls boxes suit heavy packages but the An Post rates suit lighter packages..

lsedov

blorg wrote:

Interesting, I'll be sure to use them next time I want to ship some uranium.

Haha. Awesome, same here! Thanks for the tip, though.

I called GLS, before seeing this thread, and the girl on the other line said the only did business-to-business, kind of, that I'd have to be a company sending one or two parcels a day to use their services. Must've pushed the wrong button somewhere.

Good thing I found this thread!