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Deecy
Guest
Does anyone have any recent experience of posting 12 foot 2 piece rods.From what I am told Parcelforce and the Royal Mail parcel system won't take them.Anyone with any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Frothey
Guest
go to the local carpet warehouse and get an old carpet tube, put the rods in and put loads of carrier bags at each end to act as a shock absorber
Use Interparcel - they use UPS so are pretty reliable....cheap too!
Use Interparcel - they use UPS so are pretty reliable....cheap too!
Deecy,
Two years ago I sent some tackle to a young match angler in Scotland and encountered the same problem.
The only method available was to use a courier company and that is VERY expensive.
I sent him a tackle box and a rod and a pole and it cost a shade over ?100
I suggest you search around the courier people, or possibly the railway companies?
Good luck.
Two years ago I sent some tackle to a young match angler in Scotland and encountered the same problem.
The only method available was to use a courier company and that is VERY expensive.
I sent him a tackle box and a rod and a pole and it cost a shade over ?100
I suggest you search around the courier people, or possibly the railway companies?
Good luck.
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Wolfman Woody
Guest
You can send a 12 foot rod through the post, no problem.
Unless it's going abroad, then there is a length restriction of soemthing like 1.3 metres and it's the airlines that won't handle them. The trouble is the Post office don't train their staff correctly so most of them get confused and just put a length limit on everything.
Trust me, I phoned up their headquarters one day and it even took them 4 hours to come back with the definitive answer on this. I've posted a pole in a 1.8 metre tube and received a rod in a 2 metre tube.
So what they're telling you is a load of old pony!!!
Unless it's going abroad, then there is a length restriction of soemthing like 1.3 metres and it's the airlines that won't handle them. The trouble is the Post office don't train their staff correctly so most of them get confused and just put a length limit on everything.
Trust me, I phoned up their headquarters one day and it even took them 4 hours to come back with the definitive answer on this. I've posted a pole in a 1.8 metre tube and received a rod in a 2 metre tube.
So what they're telling you is a load of old pony!!!
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Deecy
Guest
Thanks chaps,I too remember ParcelForce stating 1.3m was the max hence the question but as Joskin says no such mention now.
e Bay here I come.
e Bay here I come.
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matt thomas
Guest
yep i have bought rods from ebay and parcelforce have delivered,whatever you do don't use initial city link unless you want a five piece rod(yep that happened).use the thick tubes and wrap the rod top and bottom in bubblewrap and stuff some cardboard down when you put the rod in ,put parcel brown tape on top and bottom and place a printed label both sides saying "fragile fishing rods do not place heavy weights on these"
thats my advice
thats my advice
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tom riordan
Guest
copied this from parcelforce site:-
1.5m maximum parcel length, 3.0m maximum length and girth combined
I think malc was about right with his answer.
The 3mtres is 1.5m long X 2m in girth, That would make the diameter 636mm if my calculations are correct so a parcel roughley 1.5 long and just over 1/2 metre wide would be acceptable.
Our firm uses shittylink to get pipe out to us on site and they bring it out in 3m lengths, but I couldnt tell how much it costs.
1.5m maximum parcel length, 3.0m maximum length and girth combined
I think malc was about right with his answer.
The 3mtres is 1.5m long X 2m in girth, That would make the diameter 636mm if my calculations are correct so a parcel roughley 1.5 long and just over 1/2 metre wide would be acceptable.
Our firm uses shittylink to get pipe out to us on site and they bring it out in 3m lengths, but I couldnt tell how much it costs.
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paul williams 2
Guest
Pay the postage at the post office....if they say nought just leave the parcel with them....if they say the package is to long take it ( postage must be paid) to your local sorting office counter.....don't take the P and go over the top on length and they will take it and deliver it......they have done it for me.......use decent tubes and insure, it doesn't cost to much.
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Frothey
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or use just use interparcel online! cost me about ?12 insured last time.
had a century fmj delivered by citylink once....in 3 bits......thank god i'd made them insure it!
had a century fmj delivered by citylink once....in 3 bits......thank god i'd made them insure it!
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madpiker
Guest
my local tackle shop reckons that parcel force treat parcels a bit rough,eg,a pole was delivered with two sections broken into several pieces,the replacement arrived in even more bits!!!!!!!!
masterline sent me a rod by courier two years ago,i checked it before i signed for it,the tip was crushed about 6 inches from the top.the bloke that delivered it said "we`re not really equipped to carry rods,probably one of the heavy parcels in the back slipped and aquashed your rod".well if they are not equipped,then why do they take the parcels in the first place???????????
masterline sent me a rod by courier two years ago,i checked it before i signed for it,the tip was crushed about 6 inches from the top.the bloke that delivered it said "we`re not really equipped to carry rods,probably one of the heavy parcels in the back slipped and aquashed your rod".well if they are not equipped,then why do they take the parcels in the first place???????????