cheap parcels from UK to France. £11.50 = 30 kg.!!
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We have used this service as well but there are a few caveats.
The 30KG limit isn't necessarily 30KG, they have a formula that relates to the size of the package as well as the weight.
We had a parcel sent from the UK with some food items not available here. Despite being well packed, a jar of pickled onions broke. This brought the whole thing to a halt and the parcel sat for 10 days in the Perpignan depot.
Eventually they asked us for a list of contents to see if the damaged item was covered by insurance, it then took a lot of persuading that we weren't bothered - we just wanted it delivered.
Having said that, every other consignment has gone well
The 30KG limit isn't necessarily 30KG, they have a formula that relates to the size of the package as well as the weight.
We had a parcel sent from the UK with some food items not available here. Despite being well packed, a jar of pickled onions broke. This brought the whole thing to a halt and the parcel sat for 10 days in the Perpignan depot.
Eventually they asked us for a list of contents to see if the damaged item was covered by insurance, it then took a lot of persuading that we weren't bothered - we just wanted it delivered.
Having said that, every other consignment has gone well
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..........And then dieliver to the wrong housecollioure_bee wrote:Depends where you are Pole. On Saturdays I would only take stuff out with a Saturday delivery sticker on it. (bloody jobsworth lol)
So if you were on my route it wouldn't be! Maybe you have a driver that likes an easy Monday so gets shot of as much as poss on Saturday
Pol , I have friends in denmark due in ourvillage any day now, If your parcel has booze in it , say goodbye now
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unless it is with TNT, then they will return to sender............without leaving an avis de passagecollioure_bee wrote:If you aren't in, they'll leave an avis de passage either saying they'll deliver Tuesday or they have left it at the local Post Office.
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I have also used this service only last week and would highly recommend it. I haven't read all the posts so far so forgive me if I'm repeating what other people have said but it does state on their website that goods packed should be able to withstand being dropped from hand height. This explains the unfortunate fate of the pickled onions - I think jars are probably a no no.
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Aren't we getting confused with Percy the Pickled Onion here?polremy wrote:wot? with a nancy name like Percy?cufc wrote:NOOOOOO!!
Gotta be a lass involved! Fancy wrapping paper's turned his head!!
Perhaps he fancied a pickled onion with the pints of Carlsberg and Tuborg he's no doubt quaffing in one of those funny bars down the Nyhavn ?
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Well i am sorry poll, my mate turned up from denmark, and he has come only a stones throw from Copenhagen, he has not got your percy........sorry parcel.
Hans could have written a book on this one.
many years ago I went to Morrocco for a weeks holiday via manchester airport, my suitcase had a much better time , it went to Faro, Zurich, paris and then on to Morroco..........but only when I was back at work !
Hans could have written a book on this one.
many years ago I went to Morrocco for a weeks holiday via manchester airport, my suitcase had a much better time , it went to Faro, Zurich, paris and then on to Morroco..........but only when I was back at work !
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No Kate,you are not imagining it.Kate wrote:Didn't there used to be a film called Percy about a man who tries to find the owner of his willy transplant - or have I gone a bit heavy on the pre-apero apero??
A true cinematic masterpiece. Real art ,right up there with the work of Fellini and that other Italian bloke......
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