oobster Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Got to try to arrange a courier 2moro to bring a set of 4 wheels & tyres up from derbyshire..... approx. weight would be helpful, as would contact details of any decent couriers Link to comment
wrxmania Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Weigh a WRX one? I have been told by my local fitter that, although heavy, the WRX wheels are lighter than the STI ones, which he described as "bl**dy heavy" (technical description ). Brian Link to comment
wrxmania Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Meant to say - I don't have scales or I'd weigh one of my spares for you. Brian Link to comment
oobster Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 i dont have scales either! Any advice on whcih couriers to try? Link to comment
wrxmania Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Avoid the biggest, most well known parcel delivery force who are royally incompetent - I have used them MANY times and in the 7 different written letters of complaint on seperate occasions and one to trading standards about their service I have never, not once received a reply. I used them 22 times last year and they failed to uplift at the correct time always and most of the time did not uplift at all when booked - most of the time I had to take the item to the depot ("we couldn't find the address", "he is having his tea", "he is just coming now" (at 6:30 PM - yeah right), "There was a problem with the van", etc. 50% of the time the stuff arrived to me or the destination late for timed deliveries and they are SEVERELY overpriced when it comes to insurance and charges for non-VAT registered customers (ie the ordinary user). I have claimed back the delivery charge several times and on a few occasions they have "supended insurance guarantees due to adverse weather". All in my personal opinion - these are not the views of SIDC, its elected members, staff or other forum users. Ask Grant aka TheSquirrel555 what the situation is - he works forDHL. Brian Link to comment
oobster Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 anyone else help me out? Link to comment
martin_brown Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 depends on the tyre mate, i just weighed one for you with a michelin pliot tyre and it was 20kg on the button, if it's bridgestone with the heavier sidewall that may take it up to 22kg but should be no more than that. personally i've been lucky with royal snail - if you can sneak the parcel under the 20kg then it can go their standard parcel rate which is only£11 for 20kg. I'm guessing these will probably be more so you could be looking at around £50-60 for their parcelforce 48 hour job. If you can put it thro a business then TNT are quite cheap - got a friend with a business? i hope that helps Martin Link to comment
oobster Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 martin - your a star, thanks very much Link to comment
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