Sending parcels

traindude

I'll be sending some parcels soon, home and abroad. I've never done this before. So what's the standard procedure, do I call an post and they collect it and I pay them there? Or how is it done?

Judgement Day

traindude wrote: »

I'll be sending some parcels soon, home and abroad. I've never done this before. So what's the standard procedure, do I call an post and they collect it and I pay them there? Or how is it done?

Bring your parcels to the post office, securely wrapped (expect the worst handling possible and allow for it), properly addressed (including your return address), with airmail stickers if for abroad plus the new security stickers - all the stickers etc. are available at the post office. An Post do not collect unless you are a business customer. It's very straightforward really.

Roger00

traindude wrote: »

I'll be sending some parcels soon, home and abroad. I've never done this before. So what's the standard procedure, do I call an post and they collect it and I pay them there? Or how is it done?

Check out parcel2go .com, very reasonably priced, night line couriers collect at your house. You will need to be able to weigh the parcel and print the documents from a PDF they email you if needed. I've used them a few times to send parcels to family in US, sent one about a month ago with them via fedex , it was collected at 11.30am and delivered in Nebraska two days later & €19 cheaper then an post, now that's what I call service.

Yggr of Asgard

Judgement Day wrote: »

An Post do not collect unless you are a business customer.

If you are in the greater Dublin area, AnPost does offer collection for domestic (republic of Ireland only) parcels from residential premises for 11€ (with next day delivery via Express Post with Signature & Insurance) as outline here.

Roger00 wrote: »

Check out parcel2go .com

I agree with Roger00, use parcel2go to get a price comparison and than once you have the price comparison go to the webpages of the individual carriers that you consider and check for a price there. I found that sometimes parcel2go prices are higher than what the individual company charges directly, mostly the case with GLS.

GLS also operates parcelshops where you can drop your parcels off for their service, but they also collect for an additional fee.

Also if you use different providers but want a good tracking tool so that than check out www.faranow.com which is free and offers tracking across providers, if you have an iPhone/iPad, I can recommend http://parcelapp.net/ which is great.

Judgement Day

dublin-texas I stand corrected. That domestic collection service in Dublin looks good value. I use Parcel2Go for large UK parcels but An Post for almost everything else.

Spocker

I use Fastway couriers for any parcels I need collected; you book and pay online, in advance, via www.postplus.ie - reasonably priced too.