When did postage get completely insane?

[weeksy]

Sold an MTB frame and thought I'd split delivery with buyer at about £15 each.

To have it sent to insured value of £1700 was £80!

Wtf

[Count Steer]

Who did you send it with?

[weeksy]

I didn't.

All were roughly the same, DHL, parcelforce, DPD etc.

[rusty]

The postage itself is reasonably priced, it’s the insurance for higher value items that’s ridiculous.

If you were to post something Special Delivery you could insure it for a couple of thousand pounds value for only two or three pounds more but with a larger parcel it costs four or five times as much. It doesn’t make sense.

I just posted a hardtail frame with Parcel Force and it was only about £22 or so. Thankfully I paid for the extra cover for it as they’ve lost it and are next to impossible to contact about it.

[Count Steer]

Pretty shocking. Was it to do with value or just that it's an awkward size/shape?

I guess we get used to 'free' postage - until we have to send something.

[weeksy]

Pretty shocking. Was it to do with value or just that it's an awkward size/shape?

I guess we get used to 'free' postage - until we have to send something.

As above, it was a slight combination of both, but mostly the value that was the issue. If i left it at £50 it was about £20-25 to post it... but i'm not prepared to send a £2000 frame not insured value.

We'll see today if the buyer comes back to me and wants to cover the extra £50 on top of what the price was we agreed on.

[cheb]

Why is anyone surprised about the cost of insurance? Look at any number of complaints about couriers.

[weeksy]

Why is anyone surprised about the cost of insurance? Look at any number of complaints about couriers.

I wasn't surprised that there's an associated cost... more the cost was so large !

[Mr Moofo]

About 4 years ago
There is anomalies … small parcels seem to be really cheap. Anything bigger that that becomes really expensive

You just have to shop around couriers - but there are some real rogues out there (as i found out)

[weeksy]

About 4 years ago
There is anomalies … small parcels seem to be really cheap. Anything bigger that that becomes really expensive

You just have to shop around couriers - but there are some real rogues out there (as i found out)

I'm inclined that within reason i'll end up driving/meeting instead rather than posting it... Posting just seems a massive hassle and it's not like i'm desperate to shift it.

[Skub]

Sold an MTB frame and thought I'd split delivery with buyer at about £15 each.

To have it sent to insured value of £1700 was £80!

Wtf

We regularly send heavy-ish boxes to Australia for less than that. P&P prices can be really random at times. Fuckers like Demon Tweeks lump on the postage to N.I. I make a point of not using places like that.

[Rockburner]

Why is anyone surprised about the cost of insurance? Look at any number of complaints about couriers.

I wasn't surprised that there's an associated cost... more the cost was so large !

Insurance companies have to keep the shareholders happy.....

[Slenver]

I've not used them, so do your own due diligence, but this service was recommended by a website for buying/selling watches. Seems good and prices are way, way lower.

Basically they just cover the insurance separately, you post using the basic PO (or whatever) service.

[Mr Moofo]

Do not use Parcels Compare

[cheb]

Why is anyone surprised about the cost of insurance? Look at any number of complaints about couriers.

I wasn't surprised that there's an associated cost... more the cost was so large !

See my comment about couriers