whiterebel wrote: » Someone put up a courier in the North that does the same a PM used todo, but I can't remember where the thread was. I don't think anyone had used them. You could try a Google search.
tDw6u1bj wrote: » I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but does there exist a service where you can have something delivered to something like a parcel motel locker in NI and just go there and collect it yourself? The closest thing I'm aware of is that ebay click&collect will deliver stuff to argos in NI and let you collect it from there.
timmyntc wrote: » https://www.postalpickup.co.uk/
galway008 wrote: » https://www.facebook.com/borderparcelmotel/
irish_goat wrote: » You can have parcels delivered to Spar and collect there.https://www.spar-ni.co.uk/services/in-store/parcel-collection-services
Mr321 wrote: » Good thread but the Spar option seems to be very limited to the amount that offer the parcel collection?
tDw6u1bj wrote: » Taking a deeper look there doesn't seem to be much info and I can't find anywhere that it says if a place does or doesn't do parcel collect. There's reference to "Collect +" in some places, but that looks like a different service.
Mr321 wrote: » You can filter it to just the parcel collect and type the county in but it was to good to be try.
Mr321 wrote: » Any further up and you would have the price of the postage spent on fuel as to delivered and custom taxes to your own door
tDw6u1bj wrote: » I don't think that's correct. You can only filter for collect plus (part of yodel), which appears to be different from their parcel collection service. There's so little info that it's hard to say for sure though. Problem isn't customs charges, it's some stuff not being delivered to ireland
F.nelson wrote: » I work in Fermanagh but Live in Donegal, it doesnt suit for me to deliver Items to work but is there any parcel collection lockers where I could collect parcels and not have to pay the high fees the likes of ebay are now charging
Are there any parcel motel like services in Northern Ireland so that I could order stuff from the UK to be delivered to a 'parcel motel' in Newry for example and then just go there, collect it and drive back home to ROI.
I came across just that the other day by accident. Seems it was set up by a couple of ex Parcel Motel employees, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was called, a pretty silly name anyway. Sorry I can't be of more help.
EDIT: I found it ... https://www.oohpod.com/ Told you it was a daft name!
Not really. On top of that, a lot of companies that previously offered free UK delivery now have different rates for NI as there has been increased cost.
However you might get lucky depending on who you buy from. If the company uses RM you can (in some cases) specify a local post office to deliver to or if they use Hermes or Collect+ you can collect in a local shop.
Use amazon collection points.
This looks exactly like what I need, their lockers are just over the border too. So many companies in the UK just flat out refuse to ship to ROI any more due An Posts ridiculous handling of packages from outside the EU
2 recent threads with a few handy services:
Hello all,
Just wondering if there's an alternative to parcel motel or address pal (where you use a virtual UK address and is then sent on to you're Irish address)?
Thanks!
