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Shipping furniture.

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  • 27-05-2019 3:42pm
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    recipio
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    Hello all.
    I'm thinking of starting a small business making one off bits of small furniture. I might even sell on #bay. The ideal scenario is a courier that will deliver door to door to the UK and the continent. ( using the Irish Postal service seems prohibitively expensive. ) A service based on weight not volume seems preferable.
    Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.:)


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    jamesbil
    Registered Users Posts: 662 ✭✭✭jamesbil


    Depends on the size of furniture.
    I send furniture to UK on almost a weekly basis and it is a real headache.
    It is always a pallet and boxed in 18mm chipboard. At least 1 a year will get damaged in transit or go missing for a few weeks.
    We are very limited here with shipping. I book online through Transland. I have asked other companies for prices but they are just not interested enough to quote or send a rep.
    Small boxes we do through parcel2go or similar, just make sure you box, box and double box! Couriers are savages..

    As for selling.. don't do ebay, you will only get people looking for the best for China prices, and then try to find fault to get a refund.
    Etsy can be good.
    Lately a lot of my business has come through Instagram.

    James


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