Courier cost?

6679

I am looking to selling a few things online and I am pricing out the shipping. An Post is just too expensive to post things so I was looking at a courier. DPD is one which is pretty close to me. By using their conversion tool (W x L x H /6000) I got 0.5 of a Kilo but the item is in fact 5.5kgs so which one should I be looking on the list for? They said that it for any item up to 10kgs its €13 and I was wondering if this is correct? or is there some charge that I am missing.

I plan to ring them tomorrow just wondering if they wont be hiding some cost from me when I ring them up.

Also which is the cheapest courier to go with when delivering to the UK?

rubadub

Usually they have 2 ways to charge, volume or weight. e.g. if you have a massive empty box the size of a small car but it weighs 10kg, then you will be charged by volume. If you have a lead weight which is tiny but is 10kg then they charge you the 10kg weight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volumetric_weight

Volumetric weight, also known as Dimensional weight is used by postal companies and other freight industries and courier services around the world to invoice for the actual space that a parcel, package or pallet takes up in a vehicle or storage area. A vehicle can quickly become full of bulky, lightweight articles long before it reaches its capacity in weight which makes for inefficient use of space.

The basic procedure for calculating volumetric weight is:

find the smallest cuboid box that your consignment will fit in.
find the volume of this notional box in cubic centimetres.
divide this by 6,000: the answer is your volumetric weight in kilograms.


The result of this calculation is that if your consignment's density is one-sixth that of water or more, then its volumetric weight is less than the normal weight in kilograms, whereas if its density is less than one-sixth that of water, then its volumetric weight is more than its weight in kilograms. Transport and postal companies will charge based on the greater of these two calculations.

Increasingly, carriers, postal companies and warehouses are using dimensioners to calculate the volumetric weight of their parcels and pallets. Companies with large shipping departments use these systems to measure all outgoing items to ensure that they don't receive back charges from their carrier who invoices using the dimensional weight rate system.[1]

Note that the formula for pallets is different—for pallets you divide by 3,000, not 6,000, so the volumetric weight is twice as much.

Additionally, international express shipping companies such as DHL apply this formula but dividing by 5,000 instead of 6,000.

Sounds like yours is not bulky, can you link to the page with the €13 charge.

6679

Its actually €12 for anywhere in Ireland.

I emailed them for a price list as I couldnt find it online and they sent me the following PDF.