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Couriers to/from UK

  • 04-02-2021 9:32pm
    #1
    VG31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,473 ✭✭✭


    Anyone have experience of shipping to the UK since Brexit with UPS, TNT, An Post or any other courier? Were there any significant delays or customs issues?

    I normally use UPS but they seem to have a lot of Brexit related delays in the UK at present, at least from UK to Ireland.
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  • #2
    Blinked_Missed It
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭Blinked_Missed It


    Just contacted DPD Ireland over the phone (Barry the Bot wasn't much help online) to query how to send a parcel from a residential address in the ROI to mainland UK. Its a return for repair. They said they no longer offer that service.

    An Post quoted €23 or €30 tracked. Anyone know of other options which might be better value. Cheers.


  • #3
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,363 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Blinked_Missed It wrote: »
    Just contacted DPD Ireland over the phone (Barry the Bot wasn't much help online) to query how to send a parcel from a residential address in the ROI to mainland UK. Its a return for repair. They said they no longer offer that service.

    An Post quoted €23 or €30 tracked. Anyone know of other options which might be better value. Cheers.


    Check the UPS calculator on their site. It's always signifcantly cheaper for me when it comes to sending packages to NL or DE so I assume the UK would be the same?

    UPS Standard is the service I use. Takes around 5 days to deliver usually and they pick the package up from my house.


  • #4
    Blinked_Missed It
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭Blinked_Missed It


    Oat23 wrote: »
    Check the UPS calculator on their site. It's always signifcantly cheaper for me when it comes to sending packages to NL or DE so I assume the UK would be the same?

    UPS Standard is the service I use. Takes around 5 days to deliver usually and they pick the package up from my house.

    Thanks for the suggestion. I went with UPS as you suggested which ended up costing €21.79 so not much cheaper than An Post but every penny counts these days. Collection is tomorrow. They also accept items with Li-ion batteries for no extra charge which the projector being returned has built in. An Post rejected it outright when I went down to them. Thanks gain


  • #5
    Johnrlalor
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭Johnrlalor


    Anyone for a suggestion on how to get a phone returned to the UK (Amazon marketplace purchase).
    An Post told me they wont ship a phone.
    DPD & Fastway website wont allow me to generate shipping to the UK.
    Thanks


  • #6
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,007 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    UPS or DHL, not sure about FedEx

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=115265901


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  • #7
    silver2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    you need to know how to trade with the UK. Delays are not the delivery companies. its the senders who think nothing has changed and send packages as if the UK were still in the EU and likewise people here doing the same thing.

    I know I looked at continuing to deal with the UK, then looked at the paperwork and said feck that.

    I think that no matter what your turnover, you have to register for UK vat and make UK vat returns on all sales to the UK. Each parcel then must have the relevant declarations and your UK vat number on it.


  • #8
    VG31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,473 ✭✭✭VG31


    It's just semi-frequent private eBay sales, mostly for about €50 to €150 per item. I'd hardly need to be VAT registered as a private seller?

    Most of my sales came from the UK but not many will probably be willing the pay import charges anyway. I might have to stick with EU sales.


  • #9
    bassy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭bassy


    hey guys whats the cheapest courier or site to use to get a small parcel picked up in the uk and deliver to me here in ireland.

    box is about 1kg weight and about 1 foot square.


  • #10
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,007 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Parcel2go.com


  • #11
    bassy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭bassy


    whiterebel wrote: »
    Parcel2go.com

    there not allowing me to book it,as in when i click to get quote says not available.


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  • #12
    silver2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    Not really doable at present due to brexit issues. Only real alternative is to get the person in the UK to send it to anpost addresspal and for you to take it from there.

    You'll have to add vat + addresspal charges, but at least they'll do the customs entry for you


  • #13
    bassy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭bassy


    silver2020 wrote: »
    Not really doable at present due to brexit issues. Only real alternative is to get the person in the UK to send it to anpost addresspal and for you to take it from there.

    You'll have to add vat + addresspal charges, but at least they'll do the customs entry for you

    im not buying it from the person in the uk,the are just sending me a few satelite bits for free if i pay the shipping,so would i still be liable for tax/customs using addresspal ?.


  • #14
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,007 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    You'll probably struggle due to all the problems with brexit. You could get it delivered to AddressPal or see if UPS can do it.


  • #15
    silver2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    bassy wrote: »
    im not buying it from the person in the uk,the are just sending me a few satelite bits for free if i pay the shipping,so would i still be liable for tax/customs using addresspal ?.

    yes. They will have to put a value on the items and you will have to pay vat on this value + the shipping cost.


  • #16
    caesar
    Registered Users Posts: 747 ✭✭✭caesar


    Am I reading these posts correctly. Are we saying there is no one who can do pick up from a UK mainland address and deliver to Ireland due to Brexit. I've just bought something on eBay UK and it was local collection or arrange your own pick up. So obviously doing the former.

    I bought it full in the knowledge that I'd be potentially liable for VAT and import duties, but it's one of those things that's not easily purchased here. And before bidding ended, I read somewhere here https://www.moneyguideireland.com/irish-customs-duty-on-uk-online-purchases.html that second hand monitors may not be liable for either VAT, customs or both. Still, I went ahead and bought it. A quick quote on delivery from one of the courier websites suggested that delivery was available and it seemed reasonable too.

    But now confused to see couriers may in fact not be fulfilling personal delivers from residential UK addresses to Irish ones?

    I'll see what I find out when I contact a few but if anyone knows of any decent ones, that would be handy.


  • #17
    tiegan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭tiegan


    I have been using to parcel2go to pick up/drop off from the uk to Ireland. They were not operating in January to get systems in place - It works very well. Got parcel dropped off on Friday, got text on Saturday with link for VAT owing and 5euro handling fee. Link to pay is straightforward, and received parcel today - DPD are back to operating how they were before Brexit, just added VAT and handling. Addresspal are worse than useless, and UPS worse again.


  • #18
    bassy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭bassy


    tiegan wrote: »
    I have been using to parcel2go to pick up/drop off from the uk to Ireland. They were not operating in January to get systems in place - It works very well. Got parcel dropped off on Friday, got text on Saturday with link for VAT owing and 5euro handling fee. Link to pay is straightforward, and received parcel today - DPD are back to operating how they were before Brexit, just added VAT and handling. Addresspal are worse than useless, and UPS worse again.

    parcel2go not working for me when i put in uk to ireland with weight and box dimensions,when i click on get quote i get The service is not available between the selected locations.
    Please check that you have selected the correct collection and delivery countries.


  • #19
    tiegan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭tiegan


    bassy wrote: »
    parcel2go not working for me when i put in uk to ireland with weight and box dimensions,when i click on get quote i get The service is not available between the selected locations.
    Please check that you have selected the correct collection and delivery countries.
    How big is the parcel?


  • #20
    bassy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭bassy


    tiegan wrote: »
    How big is the parcel?

    parcel has to be picked up in wales and the only mention uk mainland and scottish highlands and islands but no sign of wales.


    parcet is about 1 and a half foot long by a foot wide and 6 inches high.


  • #21
    tiegan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭tiegan


    bassy wrote: »
    parcel has to be picked up in wales and the only mention uk mainland and scottish highlands and islands but no sign of wales.


    parcet is about 1 and a half foot long by a foot wide and 6 inches high.
    I just tried to book a parcel from Wales with the probs - I just used UK mainland and then used the collection address as Wales and no probs.


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  • #22
    bassy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭bassy


    tiegan wrote: »
    I just tried to book a parcel from Wales with the probs - I just used UK mainland and then used the collection address as Wales and no probs.

    on parcel2go ?


  • #23
    tiegan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭tiegan


    bassy wrote: »
    on parcel2go ?

    Yes


  • #24
    bassy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭bassy


    tiegan wrote: »
    Yes

    Ok will try again thanks


  • #25
    grimeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 394 ✭✭grimeire


    Im was also having the same issue on parcel2go when i select UK mainland to ireland. When i reduced the size of the parcel it worked fine.

    What was the custom fees like with parcel2go? Did they open the item and use its value to determine custom fees or did they request a receipt or something?


  • #26
    tiegan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭tiegan


    grimeire wrote: »
    Im was also having the same issue on parcel2go when i select UK mainland to ireland. When i reduced the size of the parcel it worked fine.

    What was the custom fees like with parcel2go? Did they open the item and use its value to determine custom fees or did they request a receipt or something?

    I use parcel2go - I always select DPD as drop off or collection. They have a very simple process. Once DPD has received parcel they send you a text with a link to pay. When you book DPD they ask for the value of the parcel - so they charge you VAT and their handling fee of 5 euro. I don't want to say the wrong thing here, but I am a bit "shy" with stating the actual price, and so far they have not opened one box, and took my valuation at my word. UPS are a disaster, addresspal worse. I have found this method to work very well for the last two months. Hope this helps!!


  • #27
    grimeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 394 ✭✭grimeire


    tiegan wrote: »
    I use parcel2go




    Thank you. will definitely try them the next time.


    Out of curiosity have you used this on ebay, I used to buy most things from ebay and I am wondering were most of the sellers Ok with you using your own courier?


  • #28
    Danick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭Danick


    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.


  • #29
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭con747


    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.

    https://www.parcel2go.com/ie/ Used them before and found them ok.

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



  • #30
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭TomOnBoard


    con747 wrote: »
    https://www.parcel2go.com/ie/ Used them before and found them ok.

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

    Approx €25 IIRC..

    :eek::eek:


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  • #31
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭con747


    TomOnBoard wrote: »
    Tried them recently for a 5kg parcel to UK (50x40x30)..

    Approx €25 IIRC..

    :eek::eek:

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

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



  • #32
    VG31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,473 ✭✭✭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.


  • #33
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭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.


  • #34
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭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!:)

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



  • #35
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭TomOnBoard


    con747 wrote: »
    Wasn't being smart or anything, just meant if you sent it cheaper to post it!:)

    No probs..


  • #36
    silver2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭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


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  • #37
    Raven_k42
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭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



  • #38
    andrewfaulk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 438 ✭✭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



  • #39
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,007 Mod ✭✭✭✭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......😂



  • #40
    Raven_k42
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭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



  • #41
    ctbfashion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭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



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  • #42
    seanin4711
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,169 ✭✭✭seanin4711


    11



  • #43
    seanin4711
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,169 ✭✭✭seanin4711


    looking to buy a bike frame from UK

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

    thanks

    John



  • #44
    seanin4711
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,169 ✭✭✭seanin4711


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

    anyone move anything recently from Uk to Ireland?



  • #45
    seanin4711
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,169 ✭✭✭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



  • #46
    whiterebel
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    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



  • #47
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭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



  • #48
    mp3ireland2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,811 ✭✭✭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



  • #49
    drury..
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭drury..


    MOD <SNIP> Read the forum charter please.

    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #50
    thebiglad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭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.



  • #51
    thebiglad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭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.

    Post edited by whiterebel on


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