bodies in post

[jonnyb]

hi guys no pics but a question to those who post shells in post or courier.
i had a guy from australia telling me that he has had shells posted to him for £4. im in uk and spent hours getting prices the cheapest being £29.70. i thought that was reasonable considering its going across the world, but clearly not. it usually costs £4-5 1st class recorded to get shells moved about in uk

please leave your ideas,

[hammerhead]

posting shells in the uk ars roughly £3-£5 for firstclass in the uk i had to send a baja shell to ireland(south) and it cost me £9.50 ish and you cant even track it once its left the uk couriour would be best bet but sure as hell wont be £4 lol

[jonmiller]

What shell/s?

single shell in a jiffy bag, yeh, probably. deffinately not recommended for painted shells.

did he say where from? perhaps he had them posted from the US..

[DCM]

Agree with Jon, once they are painted though, they need to be expedited, and that just costs!

[jonnyb]

Originally Posted by jonmiller

What shell/s?

single shell in a jiffy bag, yeh, probably. deffinately not recommended for painted shells.

did he say where from? perhaps he had them posted from the US..

i think he got them from uk , shells are painted , as you know once put in correct size container, which isnt all that big or heavy , best price i got was from a friend who runs his own courier, he tells me to find out who did it £4 and he will use them and retire, lol, this is a one off as i had no intention of sending shells but because i was involved in trying to find a courier i couldnt find ANYone to do it for under £30 (dhl) so if anyone has names of firms that can beat this please post , this will be most helpful in future. its fair to say i wouldnt pay £30 for postage for 2 shells painted or not!

[racingdwarf]

He's pulling your leg, you will strugle to send an A4 envelope to Aus for £4, I sent a kyosho MP9 out there last year, £75 surface, 6 weeks plus to get there with no tracking, with tracking would be £120ish airmail, but the chap wouldn't pay that much....it took over two months to get there in the end

[jonmiller]

shouldn't be anymore than about £9 for a couple of shells standard airmail.

reason i asked what they were is it is affected by size and weight.

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/c...iaId=118600858

once over 2kg it goes way up. also, once over the size limitation it goes way up. which is a combined measurement of 90cm(l+w+h)