Parcelforce UK - who do they use here ?

Discodog

I am considering buying an ebay item from the UK. The seller would send it via Parcelforce (Royal Mail Parcels). Does anyone who they use to deliver here ? AnPost ?

PommieBast

Discodog wrote: »

I am considering buying an ebay item from the UK. The seller would send it via Parcelforce (Royal Mail Parcels). Does anyone who they use to deliver here ? AnPost ?

Not sure about the ParcelForce brand specifically, but letters and small packages sent to me in the past via Royal Mail were delivered by AnPost.

whiterebel

https://www.boards.ie/search/submit/?forum=144&subforums=1&sort=newest&date_to=&date_from=&query=Parcelforce

VG31

GLS

SPDUB

PommieBast wrote: »

Not sure about the ParcelForce brand specifically, but letters and small packages sent to me in the past via Royal Mail were delivered by AnPost.

Someone I know got 5 largish parcels from Parcelforce delivered by An Post last week

Discodog

SPDUB wrote: »

Someone I know got 5 largish parcels from Parcelforce delivered by An Post last week

Here's hoping. Couriers are a pain for me.

Timfy

We're out in the sticks and so far everything from Parcelforce has been delivered by a local small courier company, via GLS

Discodog

The seller quoted me £70 via Parcel Force. I just sent him a screenshot from Parcels2go showing it as £25

DPD is only £14

AndrewJRenko

I have a package coming via Parcelforce that is showing as "DUBLIN PARCELS INBOUND Tracked in destination country" since Wednesday with no further update. There may well be VAT due. Any idea who I could be talking to in order to nudge things along?

PommieBast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117719414#Comment_117719414

Have they not given you a tracking number for the local delivery firm? It is probably still making its way thru customs which unfortunately can take several days :(

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117720316#Comment_117720316

I have a Parcel Force tracking number, nothing else

PommieBast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117721169#Comment_117721169

Could try putting it into 17track and seeing if that brings up the Irish carrier.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117721495#Comment_117721495

Thanks for the suggestion, but no, it's not finding it.

PommieBast

Best guess is that it is taking its time to clear customs and it is just a waiting game. I've heard that orders below €150 have had particularly bad delays.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117722984#Comment_117722984

That could be it. I put the tracking reference into An Post parcel tracker and they have it, showing as 'we have your parcel' on the same date as Parcel Force showed it as being in Dublin.

Any idea if we're typically talking days or weeks?

PommieBast

Back in May it took AnPost a bit over a week to deliver a package to me (from Australia) once it had appeared on their tracking system.

AndrewJRenko

Latest update from An Post tracking - does 'sorted' mean that it's all sorted, or sorted onto a route or what?

10 August 2021 15:50

Your delivery has been sorted

10 August 2021 15:50

We have your delivery

PommieBast

Not sure. Best guess is that it has at least cleared customs.

AndrewJRenko

Just to say that the package was delivered today, without any mention of VAT. It had a proper commercial invoice in the paperwork, which also has no mention of VAT at all.

So it looks like I got away with not paying any VAT to anyone, Irish or UK.

PommieBast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117766326#Comment_117766326

Nice to hear it finally arrived :)

I have had things slip through the net once or twice in the past. Guess it down to the mood of the customs agent on duty at the time.