Thanks Phil, I emailed them just waiting to hear back. There were no prices though on the site at all

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You'll have to negotiate the tariff with them The factors that will come into play are.

• The average number of consignments you send per collection.
• The frequency of your collections, i.e. daily, twice a week etc.
• The collection window you specify and how convent it is for them e.g. between 5pm & 5.30pm or any time in the afternoon.
• The average weight of each consignment.
• The service levels you use.
• Your location relative to the main business districts in your area.
• The ratio of personal to business delivery addresses. It works out cheaper on average for the carrier to deliver to a business address than a residential address because they are likely to have several deliveries in each business area if not to the same address. Also, businesses are likely to have someone there to sign for the delivery unlike residential addresses where the redelivery rate is much higher and the addresses tend to be more spaced out taking more time for each drop.

You're at a disadvantage with the last point as most, if not all of your deliveries are likely to be to residential addresses. They might not tell you about all of the factors mentioned above but I've worked for both Parceline and City Link and it was the exactly the same with both companies.

As with most other business negotiations, don't accept their first tariff, they will usually drop the price if you barter with them though your bargaining position depends on how much you send.

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Lawrence

Thanks for that Lawrence.
Just wait until I am sending out hundreds a day they will come looking for me then
I shall wait and see what they come up with.

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