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myHermes won't take firearms (weapons), Royal Mail and Parcel Force will as will TNT.

...what have I done to deserve that?...

Dougan wrote:...what have I done to deserve that?...

...the guinea pigs paid for the job, they're keeping the reason to themselves

:lol: :lol: :lol:

...tell them I'm only joking - I'd never harm the poor little things...unless I was starving; obviously... razz

saddler wrote: IF someone needs an item quickly I tend to still use Royal Mail...if there's no rush & the customer is in the UK I use MyHerms.

How will you send your Kroil?
myHermes, and Royal Mail both say it is prohibited.

He drinks it first....

Mattnall wrote:myHermes won't take firearms (weapons), Royal Mail and Parcel Force will as will TNT.

Pretty sure TNT does not offer compensation, RM and the Farce does.

saddler wrote:

Alpha1 wrote:Is it not cheaper to use a company like Hermes. I normally use them for shipping stuff but then I am not a dealer. Or is there a problem with using that type of company..

Only problem is olde-worlde attitudes & fear of the unknown

A BIG firm I get leather from are about to switch exclusively to Hermes as they've noticed a HUGE drop in Royal Mail PLC standards and a polar opposite change in PLC prices...
Voting with their cheque book & giving RM PLC the archers salute

It IS the way things will go...market forces at work: adapt or die

MyHermes is not that fast nor cheap to be honest and that is why I keep using our courier for non firearms stuff.
This is for a parcel between 2-5 kg.
If we need more than £50 compensation, eg £100 then we add £2.20 to the parcel price of £5.48 and of course we need a signature so another £1, it is just like Ryanair tongueout

Total at this stage is £8.68

That is actually close to the price we pay with our courier, standard compensation is £60, weight limit is 30kg and it is a 24 hour delivery service.

I understand that people out there think they being ripped off, but do they also refuse to pay or moan such huge amounts about paying £20 for a meal in a restaurant that cost maybe £5 to put together.

you order the bits, postage is displayed, buy or dont buy. you have the choice

I know the feeling though, I went on a website yesterday for 2 springs for the auto open bootlid on my car, think they were 97p each, but get to checkout and once they added carriage and then vat to the lot, over £10, so I swallowed hadr and closed the screen LOL, will just lift the bootlid myself in future like I have for a while :)

MyHermes is far too slow for my liking. I like the idea behind it, but it's just not fast enough sadly.

Looking at moving to DPD, as I've had brilliant service from them on the receiving end (realtime delivery tracking when its out for delivery, being sent a text to tell me an hours time window, ability to reply with special instructions of where to leave the parcel etc) just need to weigh up the costs, and sort out how I'll handle the collections as my shop is my part time business, while I work 60 miles away in London...