Thinking of sending a CTM 644 via courier?

[chinnyhill10]

Just a little bit of info gleaned from sending a CTM 644 via courier this week.


Monitor weighs 11KG and you'll need about 2KG of packaging.


Best deal for delivery with a reputable courier was £13 via UPS. Cheaper deals can be had but do you really want to ship it via one of the budget couriers where people take no care of the parcels and drive their own cars?


UPS collected it within 90 minutes of me making the booking and delivered the next day even though I'd paid for 48 hour delivery. Delivery arrived intact and working.


You'll need alot of bubble wrap and a decent amount of polystyrene (the poly is essential for the base and I also put some on the sides then padded with bubble wrap).


Take note Ebay sellers charging ridiculous fees or claiming they will only do collection as the monitor is too heavy to send.

[Bryce]

I sent a GT65 to Radu14m in Romania via DHL and it arrived in perfect condition. Can't remember what it cost, but it wasn't cheap. I packed it really tightly in bubble wrap. I could have drop-kicked it over and it would have survived

Saving on wrapping is pointless. What good is it saving €5, but ending up with a broken monitor?

Bryce.

[roy bates]

you guys will like this...

if i send anything over 10kg i surround it with 2-3 inch's of foam in two boxes(ive actually done this few times).and put a piece of mdf over the screen if its a monitor.

sounds extreme?...well a monitor is pretty hard to fix if someone smashes the tube.

[chinnyhill10]

you guys will like this...

if i send anything over 10kg i surround it with 2-3 inch's of foam in two boxes(ive actually done this few times).and put a piece of mdf over the screen if its a monitor.

sounds extreme?...well a monitor is pretty hard to fix if someone smashes the tube.

Something over the screen is a good idea although not sure about MDF directly in contact. I'd put the MDF inside the box but then polys between the MDF and the screen itself.


Foam also sounds like a good idea. The key is good packaging and a decent courier company. We've all heard the stories over Christmas of two disreputable UK courier companies who use self employed drivers throwing parcels over walls, etc!


I could have sent it via ('My Herpes' - Ed) and saved a fiver but it would have been bashed to hell and back. I have an MSX arriving via them any day. Seller charged me a tenner postage and then went for the cheapest nastiest courier possible!

[roy bates]

with couriers ill add this,always go for signed for...this is for a very good reason someone has to be accountable for it.

then its really hard for them to chuck it over fences.although it wont stop them from playing footy with it at the depo though:)

[chinnyhill10]

with couriers ill add this,always go for signed for...this is for a very good reason someone has to be accountable for it.

then its really hard for them to chuck it over fences.although it wont stop them from playing footy with it at the depo though:)

Which is the problem with the cheaper couriers. They are under enormous time pressure so stuff gets thrown about, and manhandled.


And of course, the whole problem of the self employed couriers using their own cars and getting paid just 45p per delivery. They simply don't have time to care.

[roy bates]

Which is the problem with the cheaper couriers. They are under enormous time pressure so stuff gets thrown about, and manhandled.


And of course, the whole problem of the self employed couriers using their own cars and getting paid just 45p per delivery. They simply don't have time to care.

i cant really argue with that:)

although i have used hermes alot and never had a problem(i have sent a monitor back after a repair using them)..its a must to add lots of packaging/padding anyway if you care about the condition of the goods in transit.

[Gryzor]

Got three separate packages with three arcade marquee repros from ArcadeArt last week, sent with the UK poss. It looked indeed like they did quality testing: one had a whole corned bashed in, the second had a hole and the third looked like someone sat on it. Miraculously, all three (framed) marquees survived... So a little good packaging can go a long way.