Forester - yes, My Hermes will collect from a shed or outbuilding etc, and deliver to one as well, if given the details. This is a big help to anyone who's out at work. Obviously if you want a signature on delivery, the recipent needs to be in (and there's an extra charge for this). Ebay now list Hermes as a suggested courier in their drop-down list of postage options, so it seems to be well established.
I sent a frozen food hamper to a friend of mine (haggis, black pudding etc) and unfortunately he wasn't at home when they tried to deliver on a Friday. They didn't leave a calling card (and apparently with them you cannot pick up from a depot anyway). They wouldn't redeliver on a Saturday as that is a premium pre-pay service and delivery was eventually on Monday.
Needless to say the food had thawed out and my friend was wary of consuming it.
I telephoned to complain and got absolutely nowhere with it. I would not hesitate in never using them again!
Yes, you have to register with them the first time (I've only used them twice). You can pay by card or by PayPal. They then get you to print out a label (they search the postal database to make sure the address corresponds to the post code) which you attach to the package - this has their bar code on, so you do need to be able to print it out.
Got stung by Royal Mail this year. The missus bought an item for an elderly relative and it cost nearly twice the cost of the item to send the **** thing.
There is a good comparison site called Parcel2Go, which includes Collect+, Yodel and Hermes (amongst others) in their comparison. It saves you having to check out all the carriers individual sites.
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Forester - yes, My Hermes will collect from a shed or outbuilding etc, and deliver to one as well, if given the details. This is a big help to anyone who's out at work. Obviously if you want a signature on delivery, the recipent needs to be in (and there's an extra charge for this). Ebay now list Hermes as a suggested courier in their drop-down list of postage options, so it seems to be well established.
Thank you Green Magpie - very useful information.
good to know Green M thanks
One to avoid at all costs is Parcel Force!
I sent a frozen food hamper to a friend of mine (haggis, black pudding etc) and unfortunately he wasn't at home when they tried to deliver on a Friday. They didn't leave a calling card (and apparently with them you cannot pick up from a depot anyway). They wouldn't redeliver on a Saturday as that is a premium pre-pay service and delivery was eventually on Monday.
Needless to say the food had thawed out and my friend was wary of consuming it.
I telephoned to complain and got absolutely nowhere with it. I would not hesitate in never using them again!
Green Magpie - do you have to pre register with my hermes before using them?
Yes, you have to register with them the first time (I've only used them twice). You can pay by card or by PayPal. They then get you to print out a label (they search the postal database to make sure the address corresponds to the post code) which you attach to the package - this has their bar code on, so you do need to be able to print it out.
Green Magpie - I am going to PM you.
Oops - can't do that then!
Got stung by Royal Mail this year. The missus bought an item for an elderly relative and it cost nearly twice the cost of the item to send the **** thing.
There is a good comparison site called Parcel2Go, which includes Collect+, Yodel and Hermes (amongst others) in their comparison. It saves you having to check out all the carriers individual sites.
The link is here:
http://www.parcel2go.com/quickquote