Whats the best way to ship and interior?

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Hani
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:00 pm

Hi was wondering what is the cheapest method of sending a set of seats and door cards up north from bristol to newcastle.
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:12 pm

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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:24 pm

Do you pack them up? What dimesions would you use? Do you send them as multiple packages?
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:31 pm

I advise you to phone them up.
and they will advise you of what to do and how much it will cost!

you will need to pack them up individually yourself.
then just get a tape measure and a set of bathroom scales

input data, pay, wait for collection.
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:49 pm

just use parcel2go`s pallet service.
next day delivery is about Ԛ£50

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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:14 pm

Put the interior on a ship :mad:
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:08 pm

Cross country ship sounds good.

Were can I get a pallet?(from a skip?) How do you secure things to it?
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:02 pm

Hani wrote:Cross country ship sounds good.

Were can I get a pallet?(from a skip?) How do you secure things to it?
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:23 pm

How long ago did parcel2go add a pallet service?

(BTW Ԛ£55+VAT)
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:31 pm

i last used their pallet service about a year ago
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Post Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:37 pm

Load on to pallet..........secure with banding wire/nylon strip,......shrink wrapr/pallet wrap........load onto boat/ship with flt (fork lift truck or pallet truck.then deliver... !!!
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Post Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:40 am

It's only 125 miles each way - borrow a van or something and it's only gonna cost you Ԛ£25 in fuel :mad:
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Post Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:28 am

its actually 600miles in total. Were can i get shrink wrap and the wire straps from?
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Post Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:09 pm

D'oh....wrong Newcastle :oops:
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Post Sun Jun 12, 2005 1:32 am

there are two? Man I must be terrrible a geography.
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Post Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:04 pm

There's 2 (or 3 8O) in England yeah....

I was thinking about the one near Stoke on Trent I think :mad:
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