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144 posts tagged delivery
Delivering beauty products: courier, local or collection
Ask the courier about aerosols, and assume the parcel will be hot.
Delivering baby and child items: courier, local or collection
Prams and cots are a size problem. Clothing is not. Decide per item.
Delivering an estate lot: courier, local or collection
Weigh the packed box. This is the category where that sentence saves the most money.
Delivering outdoor gear: courier, local or collection
Bulky rather than fragile — and there is one thing you must not post at all.
Delivering sports equipment: courier, local or collection
Length and weight both cost money here, and most sellers only think about one of them.
Delivering furniture and homeware: courier, local or collection
A wardrobe is not a parcel. Decide which half of this category you are in before the show.
Delivering womenswear: courier, local or collection
Easy to post, except for the pieces with work on them — those want a box.
Delivering menswear: courier, local or collection
Light, compressible and forgiving. The only real decision is what a lot weighs.
Delivering electronics: courier, local or collection
The battery decides the method. Ask the courier before you promise a price.
Delivering bags: courier, local or collection
Light, bulky and shape-sensitive. The box is bigger than you think and that is the whole cost.
Delivering collectibles: courier, local or collection
Measure the packed box, not the object. That one habit prevents most of the losses here.
Delivering manga and figures: courier, local or collection
Books get heavy fast and figures get large fast. Different problems, same show.
Delivering minerals and crystals: courier, local or collection
Dense, brittle and heavier than the photograph suggests. Weigh before you quote.
Delivering handmade work: courier, local or collection
Fired, carved and lacquered work chips at the edges. Double-boxing is the answer, and it has a cost.
Delivering artwork: courier, local or collection
Unframed travels. Framed is a decision, and usually the wrong one.
Delivering antiques: courier, local or collection
The most fragile category on the site, and the one where collection is most often the right answer.
Delivering film posters: courier, local or collection
A tube is light and long. A folded sheet is flat and fragile. Price them differently.
Delivering cricket memorabilia: courier, local or collection
A bat is a length surcharge waiting to happen. Check before you quote, not after.
Delivering sports memorabilia: courier, local or collection
Shirts post easily, frames should not post at all, and bats are a length problem.
Delivering sports cards: courier, local or collection
The cheapest parcels on the site, and the ones where a wrong rate rule does the most damage.
Delivering toys and collectibles: courier, local or collection
The box is the item, which makes the parcel bigger than the thing inside it.
Delivering video games: courier, local or collection
Games post easily. Consoles are a different parcel and a different decision.
Delivering records: courier, local or collection
Flat, heavy, and warped by a hot van. The method matters less than the timing.
Delivering books and films: courier, local or collection
Heavier than anyone expects, and the category where a flat rate hurts most.
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