Couriers to/from UK

VG31

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Tried them recently for a 5kg parcel to UK (50x40x30)..

Approx €25 IIRC..

:eek::eek:

Parcel2Go is just a booking site for couriers.

UPS is €18 for a parcel of that size and weight. I doubt you'll find anywhere cheaper than that.

TomOnBoard

con747 wrote: »

So who did you use? post the name if it was cheaper so the OP know's.

Eeeasy on there!

Didn't send it in the end! Customs Duty/added VAT over there made it non-viable.

con747

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Eeeasy on there!

Didn't send it in the end! Customs Duty/added VAT over there made it non-viable.

Wasn't being smart or anything, just meant if you sent it cheaper to post it!:)

TomOnBoard

con747 wrote: »

Wasn't being smart or anything, just meant if you sent it cheaper to post it!:)

No probs..

silver2020

Danick wrote: »

What is the cheapest way to send a parcel to the UK these days? I used to use parcel motel in the past but sending a parcel to UK is no longer an option - it's Ireland only in the send menu. I have Addresspal but I think that is just for receiving parcels. Any ideas greatly appreciated. I have to return an item to an ebay seller.

if its under 2kg and you can fit it in the size of a shoe box (small packet rate - length, width and depth no more than 90cm combined) - An Post will charge €14. A 5kg parcel will be €23

Make sure the contents have a stated value of under £39 and stated as a gift so that it does not attract extra uk charges


From gov.co.uk

The Gift allowance is £39 in value, gifts above this amount are liable to Import VAT. Customs Duty also becomes payable if the value of the goods is over £135.

To qualify as a gift:

the customs declaration must be completed correctly
the gift must be sent from a private person outside the UK to a private person(s) in the UK
there is no commercial or trade element and the gift has not been paid for either directly or indirectly by anyone in the UK
the gift is of an occasional nature only, for example, for a birthday or anniversary

Raven_k42

Afternoon all - hoping someone can offer some advice or suggestions. I'm looking to get some items couriered from Dublin to my brother in the UK. Just some items from a clear-out of our Mam's house, e.g. boxes of magazines, an old chair, a few paintings, etc. Sentimental only and of no value. Seems tailor-made for a "part load". Has anyone done anything similar...and could recommend how best to do this ?. Individual AnPost-type parcels not an option - I need someone to collect/deliver.

Many thanks,

K

andrewfaulk

TbH that’s a hard one at the moment.. A lot of freight companies steer clear of personal effects shipments price private individuals are willing to pay isn’t justified for the amount of work involved.. Doubly so with Brexit, the relative lack of customs experience in IE-U.K. operators and the backlog of import clearances into the U.K. after the expiry of the import customs exemptions that were in place for the first 6 months of the year

Also, so you are aware, for customs purposes there is no such thing as having no value..

Your best option would be to load up a car and go visit your brother or get him to do the same

whiterebel

Personal effects are a nightmare unless you get a specialised removal firm to do it. You can't insure it as a Freight Forwarder and they have no idea if it was in good or bad condition when they got it. We did a job like this years ago when I worked in that business, an MD of a large client rang me to pick up his daughter's personnel effects in West Cork and ship them to Germany. Our MD had given explicit instructions not to. MD gets on to MD and our guy decided, against his better judgment, to do it. He had been told that it was a load of old junk, and worthless. Half a 40' trailer worth of junk goes to Germany and the day it delivers we get an irate call that the "antique" cast iron range/stove had a leg broken, and it was now quite valuable, apparently. Queue much falling out between MDs, and my guy ringing me to tell me to ignore him if he countermanded his own instructions in future......😂

Raven_k42

Thanks guys - think a run over to Holyhead myself might be the answer !!. Prob not even a full car load. Might this avoid a more complex customs drama ?. Really is personal stuff only - 3 boxes of old Billboard magazines, LPs, etc.

Thanks,

K

ctbfashion

hi All,

just wondering what people find is the best option to send parcels to the Uk i find AN POST expensive. my item weights are usually 400g 800g or 1.2kg and would be envelopes or small parcels A4 size.

thanks in advance

seanin4711

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seanin4711

looking to buy a bike frame from UK

which is the best courier company to deal with door 2 door?

thanks

John

seanin4711

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119613257#Comment_119613257

anyone move anything recently from Uk to Ireland?

seanin4711

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116372193#Comment_116372193

how do i determine VAT etc on an item sent from a family member?thanks

whiterebel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119621519#Comment_119621519

See first post here: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055862554/new-import-duty-vat-thread-read-post-1-for-rules#latest

Electric Nitwit

Does anyone know of a courier who would collect a very large (2m, 60kg) item from the mainland and bring it to the North?

Ideally to their own warehouse around Newry so I could collect it myself

Looking at all the major companies, they seem to have a 25kg limit

mp3ireland2

I've to return defective headphones to amazon. Normally it's just a freepost job to portlaoise but as these have lithium batteries an post don't take them. Amazon will only refund postage up to £9…..I'm struggling to find any way to ship them for less than €23….they are only worth £33. Anybody know of an economical way to ship them?

The ferry to and from UK only €12 each way at the moment, could make a day of it :-D

drury..

MOD <SNIP> Read the forum charter please.

thebiglad

I've returned items a few times where postage is over €9, just email them the proof of payment and they will reimburse. Typically if your postage cost is below €9 they just send you €9 without need of proof when the reimburse the item.

I got an item on warehouse which was junk and basically needed to be scrapped, return postage was over €30 - they insisted on return but, fully refunded me - they seem to correlate postage costs as an unnecessary expense else they'd have drop off locations and just get their own drivers to collect on their routes.

thebiglad

MOD <SNIP> Read the forum charter please.

It's likely An Post send the parcel back by road/ferry rather than air anyhow and, I thought it was air for the restriction on lithium batteries.

mp3ireland2

Yeah i contacted them on chat and they said they'd reimburse the whole amount.

Crazy the price to ship such a small package to the UK!

It's the second set of these headphones I've had to return, shoudln't have given them a second chance! I knew somebody going up north the last time so they posted them there.

mp3ireland2

MOD <SNIP> Read the forum charter please.

JVince

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122023913#Comment_122023913

An post send everything by air.

When Amazon are delivering by an post, Amazon send a truck from the UK to an post in parkwest, thus avoiding the international ban on batteries going by air on passenger aircraft without special conditions.

DPD send items by road/sea.

Frankly Amazon should have a returns system locally here.

Ezeoul

Twice I've had items to return to Amazon with lithum batteries.

I got onto Amazon customer service chat and advised them that my local post office refused to accept the items, and I wasn't paying for a courier, due to having issues with getting reimbursement for postage from them in the past. (true).

Both times, they gave me a full refund and let me keep the items.