Whom to assign (online) for parcel pick-up in UK and deliver to Europe?

[ST1100]

Well, the header already gives it away 

I need a carrier whom I can contract online to pick up a parcel (carton roll, holding a bike livery kit for an ST1100) in West Sussex RH15 9TY and ship it to Vienna, Austria.
Already peeked at dhl.co.uk, where I could instruct such procedure (they even accept PayPal, Visa, MC, etc...), but 52 quid for a 2kg parcel seems a bit steep IMHO...

Somewhat cheaper should be avail., even DS sends items for about half that amount...

TIA!

cheers

[hairygit]

Try looking up  parcel to go online, they are a bit like a comparison website, give you loads of different carriers and prices to look through. Or try a firm called My Hermes, they do international carriage at very good prices, and they take PayPal as well.

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[SteveD CB500K0]

Go to www.interparcel.com - you get a large selection of "quotes" once you've entered the details.

I used to do that but Hermes was always the cheapest so now go with www.myhermes.co.uk every time*


* make sure you read the "prohibited contents" list as it is enormous and there's stuff on there that may catch you out!

[ST1100]

I used to do that but Hermes was always the cheapest so now go with www.myhermes.co.uk every time*

Thanx a bunch Steve!
GBP 16.85,- for pickup and delivery to Vienna by Hermes sounds much more like it!

I don't think that a plotter cut reflective day-glow foil-set falls into any prohibited group... 
As mentioned elsewhere have I recovered an old, badly vandalized '94 ST1100 and rebuild it to police spec (with yellow/amber strobes though) serving as a "marshalling" bike at gatherings, and am still tinkering on a livery for it.

Bluelite Graphics Ltd are very helpful in design and production, but doing domestic business their backing out on organizing the shipment.

Thanx again!

[JamesH]

If you get stuck, Burgess Hill is about 15 mins up the road from me so I can collect and ship to you if necessary. James

[ST1100]

Thanx James, very nice offer!
Might need to get back to you if the Hermes thing doesn't pan out.

[MCTID]

I have recently used parcel2go.com

On their website they show you the comparisons and offer quite a lot of choice...i.e. you might want to spend a tenner to get your gasket next day or it's maybe £2.50 if you aren't in a hurry.

Via the parcel2go.com website, I have used Hermes to collect stuff a few times and they have been excellent......and get my recommendation.

[Chris400F]

+1 from me for Hermes.
Never used the international service but have used a number of times for deliveries in the UK, always fine.

[matthewmosse]

I have used parcells2go a fair bit, genrally pretty good, think Dhl did the shipping to Germany both the items I sent at around £17 a couple of years ago, both items probably more like 10 kilo, landrover pto items so not exacly light or small.

[JamesH]

Yep - I also use parcel2go and they are excellent. Will be using them to get the K1 seat to Keith using UPS...