An post- swiftpost

Our man in Havana

I posted a letter by swiftpost yesterday. It cost a whopping €4.30 :mad:

Thats 9 times the price of a 48c stamp. Outragous.

How do they justify the cost?

parsi

Something to do with the fact that they guarantee it will arrive next-day ?

Then again you don't have to use it if you don't want to , it's not as if it's compulsory.

How much would DHL charge to deliver the letter next day ?

rondjon

Bond-007 wrote:

I posted a letter by swiftpost yesterday. It cost a whopping €4.30 :mad:

Thats 9 times the price of a 48c stamp. Outragous.

How do they justify the cost?

What a ridiculous post!!!!

How do they justify the cost??? It's all in the name..... duh!!!!

byte

I do remember Swiftpost being a fair bit cheaper than that, but meh! I paid €3.80 to send a registered letter, so maybe try reged letters instead of Swiftpost in future... better value for yer buck.

drdre

you paid that much because its swiftpost.:rolleyes:

ednwireland

and if you use dhl in country areas and anything goes wrong they just return the package just had that problem when the phone number was wrong they didnt try to deliver it (despite delivering numerous packages before) they just returned it b*stards luckily i got my money back

Our man in Havana

How much was DHL?

Spocker

byte wrote:

so maybe try reged letters instead of Swiftpost in future... better value for yer buck.

True, but just remember that registration only guarentees a payment in the event of loss, not express delivery whereas swiftpost only guarentees next working day delivery, no payment in the event of loss

Our man in Havana

Dr. Spock wrote:

True, but just remember that registration only guarentees a payment in the event of loss, not express delivery whereas swiftpost only guarentees next working day delivery, no payment in the event of loss

Refund of fee paid if lost or late. There is no gaurantee of next day delivery.

monkeyfudge

I used to be a graphic designer so regularly I'd have to get a job to a printer by the next day(This was in the days before broadband). I'd have to use Swiftpost, but they mange to deliver late quite a bit. I'd say you'd have just as much luck with the regular post... I don't really care about getting my €4.30 back.. I just want the thing delivered on time which they failed to do on several occasions, and it never seem to be an straight forward procedure to claim back your money if they delivered late. I certainly never felt it was worth the hassle.

shortys94

with swift post you can track online:) and the package is usually insured:)

Our man in Havana

No insurance with swiftpost, only insurance with registered mail.

shortys94

my god! it is a rip off then, as they told me it was insured when sending a package