Courier Recommendations?

[lcsmith]

Can any of you recommend a courier for pick ups anywhere in England with delivery to Aberdeen?

The local one I've been using for years has started subbing in APC who refuse to call and arrange a pick up date time, they just turn up and expect someone to be sitting at the door waiting....which is never the case then the whole things a disaster!

Much appreciated!

Cheers,
Leigh

[Christophski]

I always use parcel to go.com and they have been great so far

[martinws]

I always use paisley freight when its UK to UK. They have a lot of car part specific prices.

[lcsmith]

I've heard about Paisley Freight before and just been on their website and their prices look good

[cadiddy]

I can also recommend paisley freight, always been really good when I've used them, and priced well which is always a plus

[gavs20v]

I'll be upto Aberdeen in a few weeks ( coming from London ) I might be able to help dependant on what you want brought up the road

Gav

[shaun5]

royal mail for small parcels, switches etc (under 8cm thick)
parcel2go for items over 8cm wide, usually Yodel or Hermes
Paisley freight for things like bumpers and wheels

[andy10v]

I use Paisley Freight for large items. But you have the same problem, a collection day, 08:00-18:00, no specific time.

[JP]

Pretty much all of them are collection all day nowadays to keep costs to a minimum. I personally had bad experiences with parcel 2 go so use interparcel.com and their own priority service which is subbed to ups which are fantastic in my area. I got arrangements with the drivers that if I book the night before it will he ready for them at 8am as they come past mine on their way out from the depot to tgeir deliveries. If I book in the morning they come to me between 12 and 3.

[sidrick]

Pretty much all of them are collection all day nowadays to keep costs to a minimum. I personally had bad experiences with parcel 2 go so use interparcel.com and their own priority service which is subbed to ups which are fantastic in my area. I got arrangements with the drivers that if I book the night before it will he ready for them at 8am as they come past mine on their way out from the depot to tgeir deliveries. If I book in the morning they come to me between 12 and 3.

I also had a bad experience with parcel2go and was so disgusted with their (lack of) customer service/care that I refuse to use the again, and would advise others not to.

Similarly, I moved to parcelhero.com who also use UPS, and they have been immense. Great service and top notch customer care

[spink]

Parcelforce is the only company I know where you can specify a collection time window

You can send a bumper anywhere in the uk for £13 (shetlands etc maybe slightly more)

Downside is the customer service is ****ing diabolical if things go wrong

https://www.senditnow.com