Anyone from the UK?

martinez Posted 2011-10-25 5:51 PM (#347674) Subject: Anyone from the UK? Joined: September 2011 Posts: 260 Location: Spain Hi Guys Is anyone here from the UK? if so do you know of any reputable freight companies? I was looking at Parcelforce to have my guitar sent here to Spain, are there other/better options? Thanks :) sypolog Posted 2011-11-01 11:30 AM (#347675 - in reply to #347674) Subject: Re: Anyone from the UK? Joined: April 2009 Posts: 130 Location: London, UK I use Parcel2Go.com, who can get your package picked up from any UK address and sent via the freight company of your choice. Personally, I have always been happy with the DHL option. http://www.parcel2go.com/parceldelivery-euro.aspx martinez Posted 2011-11-01 12:06 PM (#347676 - in reply to #347674) Subject: Re: Anyone from the UK? Joined: September 2011 Posts: 260 Location: Spain Thanks that's a pretty cool site! martinez Posted 2011-11-01 12:13 PM (#347677 - in reply to #347674) Subject: Re: Anyone from the UK? Joined: September 2011 Posts: 260 Location: Spain Wow that's an incredible difference! Parcelforce quote me 88 pounds plus vat, on there it's 25!! I guess they get massive discounts for bulk orders or something dweezil Posted 2011-11-22 7:43 AM (#347678 - in reply to #347674) Subject: Re: Anyone from the UK? Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2336 Location: Brighty in Blighty Make sure you use a courier that is responsible for the entire transit, Parcelforce probably hand it off to a local courier once it's left the UK. I would use www.interparcel.co.uk and use their Insured UPS service. Good luck! martinez Posted 2011-11-23 5:41 AM (#347679 - in reply to #347674) Subject: Re: Anyone from the UK? Joined: September 2011 Posts: 260 Location: Spain Hi Dweezil, I've already done it mate, in the end I used parcelforce, it was ok, got here in one piece. dweezil Posted 2011-11-23 6:40 AM (#347680 - in reply to #347674) Subject: Re: Anyone from the UK? Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2336 Location: Brighty in Blighty Glad it all worked out. Wasn't saying that Parcelforce aren't reliable, the potential problem occurs if the guitar is damaged in transit. Parcelforce could blame the local courier and the local courier could blame Parcelforce. You will be left in the middle! As this was UK/Spain (all in Europe) there would be less issues probably compared to shipping to/from the US. I've been stuck between the rock and a hard place before and it was a MAJOR PAIN in the wossits! It did work out OK in the end but it was a nightmare few months! martinez Posted 2011-11-23 8:18 AM (#347681 - in reply to #347674) Subject: Re: Anyone from the UK? Joined: September 2011 Posts: 260 Location: Spain Cool website by the way man, you're a dealer then? I'll have a look when I want an Adamas!! You in the UK I take it?