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    Cheapest delivery?

    I need to send a hard drive to someone but at £7.00 it seems like a fair amount. Can anyone think of a cheaper way of shipping it within the UK? 1-2kg max and the box is about half a shoe box.


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    Re: Cheapest delivery?

    Courier are not going to be cheaper, £7 sound like special delivery charge. 1st class would be cheaper surely?

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    Re: Cheapest delivery?

    Iv found Royal mail to be the cheapest but i cant work out what to send it as. I think it would be sent as a packet (its dimensions are 240mm long, 50mm deep and 80mm) but the way the dimensions are laid out on their site is confusing me.

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    Re: Cheapest delivery?

    The site's dead simple, either your item falls within the listed dimensions, or at least one of the dimensions is greater than a packet size. Since your item is 50mm thick, it's a packet.

    Cost of 1st class postage, assuming an approximate 800g weight, is £3.25.

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    Re: Cheapest delivery?

    Price would crack up towards the £6-7 mark if you are nearer 2kg - could always Standard Parcel it for £4.55, though there's not a lot in it.

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    Re: Cheapest delivery?

    Could you not upload the HDD to the person over the internet

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    Re: Cheapest delivery?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ice Tea View Post
    Could you not upload the HDD to the person over the internet
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