Work Related:Need to get a glass delivered from Liverpool to

[ironictwist]

Suffolk. Tomorrow.

The downside is, I can't afford to pay a huge amount on a dedicated vehicle. Our glass company can only get it there Monday earliest. They NEED it there tomorrow! If it was local, I'd pick it up in my Astra & take it there myself but from Worthing, Sussex to Liverpool then down to Suffolk = a very long day. Plus it would involve me taking a day off & losing a days wages @ 2 jobs.

Any suggestions? Last quote we had was £350 quid, I'm gonna ask a few courier pals I have but open to other options chaps & chapette's

Thanks.

[Simpo Two]

Any reason why Royal Mail Special Delivery can't do it? Is it too big?

Post it today and it will be there tomorrow.

[Hoppy2008]

ironictwist said:

Suffolk. Tomorrow.

The downside is, I can't afford to pay a huge amount on a dedicated vehicle. Our glass company can only get it there Monday earliest. They NEED it there tomorrow! If it was local, I'd pick it up in my Astra & take it there myself but from Worthing, Sussex to Liverpool then down to Suffolk = a very long day. Plus it would involve me taking a day off & losing a days wages @ 2 jobs.

Any suggestions? Last quote we had was £350 quid, I'm gonna ask a few courier pals I have but open to other options chaps & chapette's

Thanks.

Im driving from Liverpool to Suffolk tonight.

[Chainguy]

Sounds like you're looking for afavour from the PH community?

As for £350, have you seen the price of fuel lately and the MPG of a decent V8?

[ironictwist]

Hoppy2008 said:

ironictwist said:

Suffolk. Tomorrow.

The downside is, I can't afford to pay a huge amount on a dedicated vehicle. Our glass company can only get it there Monday earliest. They NEED it there tomorrow! If it was local, I'd pick it up in my Astra & take it there myself but from Worthing, Sussex to Liverpool then down to Suffolk = a very long day. Plus it would involve me taking a day off & losing a days wages @ 2 jobs.

Any suggestions? Last quote we had was £350 quid, I'm gonna ask a few courier pals I have but open to other options chaps & chapette's

Thanks.

Im driving from Liverpool to Suffolk tonight.

Seriously?!

[BigBazza]

Elaborate a bit on the item - it is plate glass or a glass item and how big/fragile is it?

[BigBazza]

ironictwist said:

Hoppy2008 said:

ironictwist said:

Suffolk. Tomorrow.

The downside is, I can't afford to pay a huge amount on a dedicated vehicle. Our glass company can only get it there Monday earliest. They NEED it there tomorrow! If it was local, I'd pick it up in my Astra & take it there myself but from Worthing, Sussex to Liverpool then down to Suffolk = a very long day. Plus it would involve me taking a day off & losing a days wages @ 2 jobs.

Any suggestions? Last quote we had was £350 quid, I'm gonna ask a few courier pals I have but open to other options chaps & chapette's

Thanks.

Im driving from Liverpool to Suffolk tonight.

Seriously?!

Can i have one guess?

[RRH]

We used http://www.prestoncouriers.co.uk/index.php yesterday to get a parcel from Southport to the centre of London- same day. They charged £207 and were very helpful.

Hope this helps.
Simon

[Hoppy2008]

BigBazza said:

ironictwist said:

Hoppy2008 said:

ironictwist said:

Suffolk. Tomorrow.

The downside is, I can't afford to pay a huge amount on a dedicated vehicle. Our glass company can only get it there Monday earliest. They NEED it there tomorrow! If it was local, I'd pick it up in my Astra & take it there myself but from Worthing, Sussex to Liverpool then down to Suffolk = a very long day. Plus it would involve me taking a day off & losing a days wages @ 2 jobs.

Any suggestions? Last quote we had was £350 quid, I'm gonna ask a few courier pals I have but open to other options chaps & chapette's

Thanks.

Im driving from Liverpool to Suffolk tonight.

Seriously?!

Can i have one guess?

Yes

[ironictwist]

Chainguy said:

Sounds like you're looking for afavour from the PH community?

As for £350, have you seen the price of fuel lately and the MPG of a decent V8?

Well, I'm gonna fit the bill out of my own pocket so I need it to be reasonable. It's a 250 mile trip...@ my courier friends rate it works out about £300. I know he can trim that down for me when I speak to him later but If I can do it cheaper then that'd be great.

Regarding Royal Mail, don't trust them with something as fragile as glass + no real certainty it will get there when I need it to.

[Chainguy]

That Preston couroer bunch must be cheap. Last time I had something expressed that sort of distance (okay it was heavy, a gearbox) it was over £300!

[ironictwist]

RRH said:

We used http://www.prestoncouriers.co.uk/index.php yesterday to get a parcel from Southport to the centre of London- same day. They charged £207 and were very helpful.

Hope this helps.
Simon

Thanks for that, very friendly chap. I'll keep them in mind for future for sure. Unfortunately they're looking at £300 inc VAT too.

[BigBazza]

what exactly is it you are trying to get moved?

[Chainguy]

ironictwist said:

RRH said:

We used http://www.prestoncouriers.co.uk/index.php yesterday to get a parcel from Southport to the centre of London- same day. They charged £207 and were very helpful.

Hope this helps.
Simon

Thanks for that, very friendly chap. I'll keep them in mind for future for sure. Unfortunately they're looking at £300 inc VAT too.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you looking to pay?

Interested as I thought that £300+ I paid last year was steep, but I thought that was the going rate and I was just tight!

[Taita]

If it fits in the back of Fiesta, I can get it there Friday evening for £50 and petrol money (its a 1.2 so gets decent mpg)

[ironictwist]

Chainguy said:

ironictwist said:

RRH said:

We used http://www.prestoncouriers.co.uk/index.php yesterday to get a parcel from Southport to the centre of London- same day. They charged £207 and were very helpful.

Hope this helps.
Simon

Thanks for that, very friendly chap. I'll keep them in mind for future for sure. Unfortunately they're looking at £300 inc VAT too.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you looking to pay?

Interested as I thought that £300+ I paid last year was steep, but I thought that was the going rate and I was just tight!

£200 max really.

[Chainguy]

£200? Fair play. I don't disagree with that.

[ironictwist]

BigBazza said:

what exactly is it you are trying to get moved?

2 Glass panels with the following dimensions:

935x770mm
775x770mm

Taita said:

If it fits in the back of Fiesta, I can get it there Friday evening for £50 and petrol money (its a 1.2 so gets decent mpg)

It MAY fit, you'd have to check. if so, I'd be really tempted to go with you on this.

[Taita]

ironictwist said:

BigBazza said:

what exactly is it you are trying to get moved?

2 Glass panels with the following dimensions:

935x770mm
775x770mm

Taita said:

If it fits in the back of Fiesta, I can get it there Friday evening for £50 and petrol money (its a 1.2 so gets decent mpg)

It MAY fit, you'd have to check. if so, I'd be really tempted to go with you on this.

A glass? How fking big are your pints or am I missing something?

[Chainguy]

Taita said:

ironictwist said:

BigBazza said:

what exactly is it you are trying to get moved?

2 Glass panels with the following dimensions:

935x770mm
775x770mm

Taita said:

If it fits in the back of Fiesta, I can get it there Friday evening for £50 and petrol money (its a 1.2 so gets decent mpg)

It MAY fit, you'd have to check. if so, I'd be really tempted to go with you on this.

A glass? How fking big are your pints or am I missing something?

I can picture the comedy when Taita turns up to pick up his cargo, expecting...