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    Posted: 02 Oct 06 at 1:50pm

I have been trying to send a set of merlin sails to a buyer, but am not having mucht any success with couriers. Royal Mail/Parcel force will only take parcels less than 1.5m and most of fthe couriers don't cater for private individuals. Anybody got any ideas on who I could use?

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Originally posted by Noble Marine

The post office could arrange delivery of the parceI but I would suggest that you also compare prices with some courier firms.

Weigh the sails, add a bit on for the packaging, and make some calls.  The price will also vary depending on whether you want next day delivery, insurance etc.  Once you have found the best deal, use that when calculating the cost of postage and packaging to indicate on your eBay listing.

 

Use one of the Courier firms.  You can then get proof of "postage" and so will not be liable if someone says it did not turn up - Ebay is starting to get a little dodgy IMO for some things (hopefully not sailors and sailing kit sales, but you never know).
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The post office could arrange delivery of the parceI but I would suggest that you also compare prices with some courier firms.

Weigh the sails, add a bit on for the packaging, and make some calls.  The price will also vary depending on whether you want next day delivery, insurance etc.  Once you have found the best deal, use that when calculating the cost of postage and packaging to indicate on your eBay listing.
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Want to sell some Fireball sails on ebay. I keep seeing sails for sale
with £10.00 delivery. Can you just take your ?foot long sails down to
the post office and just mail them? Anyone done this? What did you
do?

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