Cheap interstate courier/shipping

by **ford_nut** » February 4th, 2011, 10:12 am

Hey guys just wondering if anyone knows a cheap courier that ships interstate?

Cheers

by **AaronEF8** » February 4th, 2011, 10:20 am

Australia Post.
How big an item are you sending?

by **ford_nut** » February 4th, 2011, 10:45 am

Front and rear seats, so I'm not sure if that's too big for aus post?

by **Shum** » February 4th, 2011, 11:39 am

ford_nut wrote:too big for aus post?

Yep.. I'd suggest stacking them on a pallet and wrapping them up and send it with a freight company such as Toll, Border Express etc

by **Troutman** » February 4th, 2011, 11:44 am

Might want to give this mob a try:

http://www.smartsend.com.au/

by **Mickus** » February 4th, 2011, 12:00 pm

Im currently looking into this too, need to get a big home theatre system down from the Gold Coast to Melbourne!

by **HBWC** » February 4th, 2011, 12:12 pm

e-go,com is cheap as cheap use them for work regularly for interstate stuff

by **ford_nut** » February 4th, 2011, 12:23 pm

Cheapest I could find was $318 so will most likely not be getting them!

Thanks for your help guys!

by **Dumpsta** » February 4th, 2011, 12:26 pm

Transdirect I have found to be cheap and reliable.

by **AaronEF8** » February 4th, 2011, 12:33 pm

I'd recommend Pack & Send for the home theatre system, not that cheap, but they do a good job.

by **Shum** » February 4th, 2011, 12:44 pm

HBWC wrote:e-go,com is cheap as cheap use them for work regularly for interstate stuff

actually I recently bought an item off ebay and it came with http://www.e-go.com.au
I was really impressed with their service and i looked at some of their pricing and it's actually quite good

by **josh_ef** » February 4th, 2011, 1:23 pm

i use vic fast parcel direct

allways the cheapest

e.g v8 heads, extractors and inlet manifold from syd to melb was only 68 bucks

by **private9** » February 5th, 2011, 11:04 am

For direct to public couriers:
Pack and Send are great for fragile/valuable items
E-Go are very cheap but their service can be a bit sub-standard at times

by **heebyJeebies** » February 5th, 2011, 11:44 am

private9 wrote:E-Go are very cheap but their service can be a bit sub-standard at times

yeah, for example like trying to crack onto the wife when i wasnt home :evil:

by **AaronEF8** » February 5th, 2011, 4:17 pm

lol, classy.

If you pack the item onto a skid it'll be handled better, because it's fork loaded/unloaded, less chance of someone dropping it.
You'll probably get a better price if you have a mate who works somewhere that uses couriers a lot. I got a BTR and stall from Sydney to rural SA for $60 through someone elses TNT account.

I used to work at a Pack & Send for a bit, their passion for packing and sending is borderline scary.

by **Mickus** » February 5th, 2011, 7:43 pm

AaronEF8 wrote:I used to work at a Pack & Send for a bit, their passion for packing and sending is borderline scary.

So I take it you wouldn't recommend them then lol