How do you mail sails?
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Topic: How do you mail sails?
Posted By: milkman
Subject: How do you mail sails?
Date Posted: 28 Feb 06 at 10:32pm
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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? Cheers Marko |
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Posted By: Noble Marine
Date Posted: 01 Mar 06 at 9:42am
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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. ------------- http://www.noblemarine.co.uk" rel="nofollow - Boat Insurance from Noble Marine http://www.facebook.com/noblemarine" rel="nofollow - Noble Marine on Facebook . |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 01 Mar 06 at 12:57pm
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). ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Steve H
Date Posted: 02 Oct 06 at 1:50pm
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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? Thank |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 02 Oct 06 at 6:45pm
| I got a new rig (two piece mast as well as sails) sent from New Zealand by DHL a few years ago. Business sender though. |
Posted By: Paramedic
Date Posted: 04 Oct 06 at 7:19am
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Go to your friendly local chandler and get them to do it for you. Yes it's more expensive, but you won't have to wait in for a courier, they will pack it for you and the buyer is paying postage anyway - it's not as if fireball sails turn up on ebay often! |
Posted By: catmandoo
Date Posted: 04 Oct 06 at 11:11am
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http://www.parcelfreight.co.uk - www.parcelfreight.co.uk
Do over 1.5m and deal with individuals (i think ???), worth a call ------------- |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 11 Dec 06 at 8:52pm
I'm looking for a company to delivery a mast. Any ideas? (the link above doesn't work) Alternatively if anyone fancies bring a Contender mast from Bournemouth to Darlington (or anywhere in the midlands would be a help) I'll make it worth their while. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 11 Dec 06 at 9:10pm
DHL got me a rig from New Zealand to Epsom. The local delivery office complained about it being too long for their local delivery vans so they had to send one of the artics. That rig had a separate topmast though. |
Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 11 Dec 06 at 9:17pm
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When I sent my Finn main to North for a repair they told me just to fold it up and put it in a box. Obviously I took the battens out. When it came back it was beautifully flaked and folded.... |
Posted By: catmandoo
Date Posted: 12 Dec 06 at 2:59pm
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sorry was actually http://www.parcelflight.co.uk - www.parcelflight.co.uk
Delivered sail to croatia for me , cheapest and near enough only ones to take over 1.5 m .
it actually went by fedex too !!, they would have charged about £200 direct , parcelflight £44.00 ------------- |
Posted By: redders
Date Posted: 13 Dec 06 at 11:21am
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You can try Interlink Express. They will deal with private individuals and you can pay by credit card. Be aware tho that they have a max length of 3 mtrs and any parcel between 2 mtrs and 3 mtrs is classed as freight and will be charged as so or a £15 surcharge added. The local depot may take cash on collection but check with them first and get a quote. You will need dimensions and the actual weight. There are restrictions on international parcels but 1.5mtrs to Europe should not be a problem. http://www.interlinkexpress.com/ - http://www.interlinkexpress.com/ pm if you want help Redders ------------- The older I get the faster I was! |
Posted By: far canal
Date Posted: 13 Dec 06 at 12:36pm
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Just remembered , as I was behind one of their lorries , Drummond Distribution, used to use them many moons ago through business , they were very good and very good prices too for moving stuff around uk , they collected and delivered two moths and masts for me , in one piece !!!
As I say was quite a while ago , company grown quite a bit since then but seem to be same family business I used .They specialised in shifting "anything " at all rather than just nice neat packages most couriers prefer
worth a call at least http://www.drummond-distribution.co.uk - www.drummond-distribution.co.uk |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 13 Dec 06 at 1:00pm
Great website with a really simple quotation page. Great if I want to send my mast to Mainland Europe (£39 to France) however they don't deliver anything over 1.5m within UK I'll keep looking. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
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