DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
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Handy if you want to ship stuff regularly.... get the couriers to bid on delivering your goods. If nothing else ...it give you a tool to barter with your regular provider.
http://www.anyvan.com/ 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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 17th Feb 2010 10:35 am |
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tanters
Member Since: 24 Oct 2007
Location: Oireland
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Worth remembering: 
'It is up to the customer to enquire about insurance levels before accepting a bid. ' A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
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| 17th Feb 2010 10:44 am |
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bigdave
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Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: Cornwall
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You also need to check the level of Goods In Transit insurance if your sending high value items.
Also check what happens if your delivery point isnt in, will they provide back up and at what cost.
Proof of delivery???? Tracking details?
Just a bit of friendly advice.
Dave All things shipping, storage, transport. UK and worldwide.
E-mail info@md-couriers.co.uk
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| 17th Feb 2010 12:37 pm |
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DigitalJunior
Member Since: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Cumbria
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Personally I couldn't be bothered asking for bids each time. I use a online courier that saves all my details, I just input delivery address. Same bloke comes every time and he knows if we are not in where the parcels will be.
He also meets me at local LR dealer to swap parcels over
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| 17th Feb 2010 12:47 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
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Good advice Dave If you look at this randomly selected courier off the site you can see that they have an opportunity to state insurances etc and you can also see their feedback.
http://www.anyvan.com/view-profile/leehey
It's not for everyone ...particularly if you want the stuff moved immediately ..but I do think it gives you an idear of what the market rates are. 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 17th Feb 2010 12:49 pm |
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