23-10-2020, 08:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 23-10-2020, 08:45 AM by Murphyv310.)
Hi Gary.
I've never used wooden boxes nor felt the need to.
I've sent full TV sets, record players, radios and 78s, not only in a hobby situation but when working in business.
Most of the time I use Hermes for smaller and lighter items.
I've done parcel deliveries in the past when I closed the business when I was at the point of going bust. Being a courier you see what happens to parcels and how they are handled.
Remember that it is a very low paid job, typically between 45 & 60 pence for each parcel you deliver so speed is of essence, there is no time for any delay and you are or were not employed by the company so you pay fuel and other costs out of your 45 or 60p. Some work 12 hours a day and have to deliver 100 to 160 parcels a day to scratch a living. You can understand why things get thrown around. Again it's us that want it on the cheap. Ive received items from the specialists that cost 50 or 60 quid to send and the contents were damaged, but receive things from Hermes perfectly.
I received a 9 inch CRT from Frank in Ireland that didn't come by any special courier and was fine because it was packed properly in expanding foam, it also went from here to Poland and again arrived safely.
There are much better modern packing materials around now than before and I've found that with sensible precautions the right packing in the correct situations and common sense items will arrive un damaged, in my opinion all carriers are much of a muchness, the way they work is across the board. When the last items went back to Poland the first leg of the journey was Parcel Force and the guy just threw the big boxes in the van with no regard that I was watching, I chinned him about it and he said "you'll not like to see the rest of the journey then"!
So it's in our hands to do it right or not post at all.
The way the world is going with Covid19 and how we buy things now I really don't see an option if we are selling.
I've never used wooden boxes nor felt the need to.
I've sent full TV sets, record players, radios and 78s, not only in a hobby situation but when working in business.
Most of the time I use Hermes for smaller and lighter items.
I've done parcel deliveries in the past when I closed the business when I was at the point of going bust. Being a courier you see what happens to parcels and how they are handled.
Remember that it is a very low paid job, typically between 45 & 60 pence for each parcel you deliver so speed is of essence, there is no time for any delay and you are or were not employed by the company so you pay fuel and other costs out of your 45 or 60p. Some work 12 hours a day and have to deliver 100 to 160 parcels a day to scratch a living. You can understand why things get thrown around. Again it's us that want it on the cheap. Ive received items from the specialists that cost 50 or 60 quid to send and the contents were damaged, but receive things from Hermes perfectly.
I received a 9 inch CRT from Frank in Ireland that didn't come by any special courier and was fine because it was packed properly in expanding foam, it also went from here to Poland and again arrived safely.
There are much better modern packing materials around now than before and I've found that with sensible precautions the right packing in the correct situations and common sense items will arrive un damaged, in my opinion all carriers are much of a muchness, the way they work is across the board. When the last items went back to Poland the first leg of the journey was Parcel Force and the guy just threw the big boxes in the van with no regard that I was watching, I chinned him about it and he said "you'll not like to see the rest of the journey then"!
So it's in our hands to do it right or not post at all.
The way the world is going with Covid19 and how we buy things now I really don't see an option if we are selling.
