Postage costs

[yello]

To sort your own courier. It’s fairly standard. We don’t ship outside uk. Customers arrange their own couriers to collect directly from us.

I wouldn't want the hassle, certainly not for a one off thing. Maybe if I had a courier account, it was a regular thing, etc. Tbh, I wasn't even thinking that far, It just struck me as amusing, not being 'in the know' as it were.

 

[bluenotebob]

I thought the 'arrange pickup' bit was amusing, intentional or otherwise.

No - what they're offering you is an alternative delivery/collection point - probably in a small town close to you.

This option for courier deliveries has existed in France for several years.

It's cheaper - and you don't have to stay at home for the courier. You can collect the package at your convenience.

I sometimes wonder if we live in the same country @yello

 

[markemark]

I wouldn't want the hassle, certainly not for a one off thing. Maybe if I had a courier account, it was a regular thing, etc. Tbh, I wasn't even thinking that far, It just struck me as amusing, not being 'in the know' as it were.

You don’t want the hassle. I agree. The company probably also doesn’t want the hassle. Hence they use a service that integrates well, is efficient, doesn’t mess their customers around and meets their needs. Typically this isn’t the cheapest.

 

[yello]

This option for courier deliveries has existed in France for several years.

I'm sure there are lots of things that exist in France that I don't know about. And elsewhere too for that matter. I don't profess to know everything.

The remark genuinely amused me, end of. I had images of me pedalling off to somewhere in Germany to pick up a £3 spring and washer

 

[Pat "5mph"]

This option for courier deliveries has existed in France for several years.

Here in the UK too.
Sometimes your parcel is randomly delivered to a collection point at the courier's whim

 

[PeteXXX]

MrsPete sent off a free competition entry thingie that she got when she bought a pair of shoes a couple of months ago. It was a Freepost address otherwise she would not have bothered..

This morning, it was returned by the postman through the letterbox, with a sticker on the front saying £5 was owed for non-payment of postage. No money was asked for (or would it have been given even if it had!)
It got shredded..

 

[annedonnelly]

Here in the UK too.
Sometimes your parcel is randomly delivered to a collection point at the courier's whim

Or randomly dumped at someone else's house judging by the regular FB posts round here.