Best way to send seats

[Richard Mancini-howells]

I bought a pair of seats off eBay. The seller agreed to shrink wrap them and I organised a courier to collect last Friday. They picked them up that day.
Got an email yesterday saying they were rejecting the parcel and returning the parcel.
Does anybody know a better way of sending them without having to cover in bubble wrap and cardboard?

 

[Carl Brown]

Could always try using bin bags then shrink wrapping them

 

[Pingu]

You are "mid Wales". Where are the seats?

 

[Richard Mancini-howells]

Seats are in Bedford. Mid Wales (aberystwyth) is a lovely place to live but unfortunately miles from anywhere

 

[Richard Mancini-howells]

On a side note, does anybody know how much the drivers seat and base weigh?

 

[Dino D]

Paisley freight do seats (I’ve has a set delivered via then fine).
Also d wheels engines etc. So not a ‘normal’ courier.

 

[Richard Mancini-howells]

Paisley freight do seats (I’ve has a set delivered via then fine).
Also d wheels engines etc. So not a ‘normal’ courier.

They are the ones which rejected them 6 days after picking them up.
They were shrink wrapped.
Will see if the seller will cover them in cardboard for extra cash

 

[Grumps]

I'd just fetch them myself personally.

 

[Richard Mancini-howells]

I'd just fetch them myself personally.

It's 200 miles each way. And not the nicest seats lol

 

[philiper]

Place on pallet and then shrink wrapped

 

[Grumps]

It's 200 miles each way. And not the nicest seats lol

Maybe you ort to see if you can source any closer?

 

[Sean d]

The reason they have been rejected is that they are very heavy for a manual lift, as already suggested they need to be palletised

 

[t-tony]

Good info Sean, not ever seen that explanation mate, but obvious really. Thank you. Everything heavy that we get delivered at work always comes on pallets.

Tony.

 

[Stevo7682]

This may be worth a look into .
The full interior I currently have in my skoda 2 x front seats the rear seats centre console and 4 door cards guy I got them off of sent them by parcelforce and they brought them up ( they may not if they new they had airbags in them )

 

[Richard Mancini-howells]

Thanks for all the advice. Maximum weight limit is 30kg so I'm guessing it's under that each.
The reason it was rejected was because they said it needed bubble wrap and then covered in cardboard.
As I was only shrink wrapped they deemed them not packaged properly

 

[Pingu]

>25kg is a two man lift. This may be a reason for rejection.

It's 200 miles, so I'd expect it to cost £150 sameday, or around £50 as a backload.

I don't know how much it would cost to go through a network, as it would depend on where their depots are.

 

[Althulas]

No wonder I’m starting to suffer with my back and joints. I wished patients only weighed 25kg. The seats are just unerconomically shaped to lift so can’t blame delivery people with all the items they have to lug around.

 

[andyglym]

I packed up two seats in boxes filled with all sorts and sent them to the isle of Man, no issues and no pallets. About 20kg each I think.

Parcel2go.com

 

[Richard Mancini-howells]

It's £18.99 to send a seat. 30kg max. Think it's best I just get them packed as required by the courier