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Large tracked parcels

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5plusbonusball
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Large tracked parcels

Post by 5plusbonusball »

The business sellers are all getting to know that for a few pence more, that desk or car seat can get there on time by using RM tracked. We need a maximum size of 600 X 450 and max weight of 2 kilos to stop them.
Anything larger should go to our colleagues at parcelforce at a premium price.
RM seem to let anything through at any cost just to get that few more pence!
Taking a 22k cupboard in a combi is not fun!
Why are lino's paid full-time ??
chickenwittle
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Post by chickenwittle »

You won’t be delivering big parcels soon anyway.
SpacePhoenix
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Post by SpacePhoenix »

Don't know what the maximum size limit is meant to be for Tracked but for weight the limit is 30Kg
mrcurve
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Post by mrcurve »

Tracked 24 and 48

max L 61cm W 46cm D 46 cm

tubes and Rolls L 90cm

Oversized items from businesses can be challenged by Revenue Protection.

Often oversized items enter via Post offices mostly by ebay sellers.

Tracked returns have a larger size like the RV service (catalogue returns as an example) They are delivered on cages, back to the return address.
5plusbonusball
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Large tracked parcels

Post by 5plusbonusball »

Yet Joe public are limited to 2kilos and 600mm . Only businesses can buy tracked.
Anything bigger has to go with parcelforce at £12+
Now ebay link straight to hermes , ups, dhl etc and are only £6.49, I know what Joe public will choose!
Hemmoraeging money this firm.
Why are lino's paid full-time ??
scoobydo79
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Large tracked parcels

Post by scoobydo79 »

Had a huge parcel come this morning (Sunday) took 3 days and cost Me the princely sum of £4.00 with the courier
ted_e_bear
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Large tracked parcels

Post by ted_e_bear »

I know, let's suggest that they take all the large parcel work off us that we don't like to do, set up a different workforce to do them, give us loads of extra walking that we'll struggle with to compensate for the time we've lost......oh s**t too late !!
Route1
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Large tracked parcels

Post by Route1 »

SpacePhoenix wrote:Don't know what the maximum size limit is meant to be for Tracked but for weight the limit is 30Kg
Max length used to be 62cm but that might have moved to 120cm last Sept/Oct.