Anyone know of a good firm that does mail ordering for
childs car seats - looked up the models and the Beta
Delux/Classic seems to fit the bill - £57 to £60 is the
prices I have found but the most expensive firm also charges
£17 carriage on the seat alone, the cheapest firm is free
delivery UK > mainland but I live in Orkney and they have
quoted £30 charges for parcel force ar ANC. The alternative
is to buy from Argos who advertise one for £39 plus £17.95
for a kiddies helmet and get it delivered to a mainland
address and then have it sent by post if possible. An idea
of the boxed size and weight of the seat would be handy to
see if post would accept it. - TIA - Mick
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We have used this one in the past and it has been fine:
http://www.bikewizard.co.uk/main/85/_/Standard+Child+Seats
They quote free delivery for UK mainland but I don't know what they would charge for Orkney.
As a general point, can you not find someone who is doing the crossing in the next few days. Then, get your parcel delivered to Thurso Post Office, and ask them to pick it up and bring it across. Speaking as a mainlander I have no practical experience of this but would it not be one way of avoiding the extra charge?
Ian
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To answer the rest of your question:
For the model I mentioned, not sure of the exact dimensions but the package would be approx. 50cm X 50cm X 100cm and weighing about 6 or 7 kg.
Royal Mail will accept parcel of any size/weight - you pay by the gram - not sure what the rates for Orkney would be, though.
Parcelforce website quotes same rates for Orkney as for mainland (but not sure if I believe that) They quote GBP13 for 3-day delivery of a 7kg parcel.
As I said before, you can have the item deliverd to a Post Office (with your name on it) and, if you can find a helpful (and reliable) person to pick it up and stick it in their car/var/whatever then you have saved a bit of money.
Ian
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To answer the rest of your question:
For the model I mentioned, not sure of the exact
dimensions but the package would be approx. 50cm X 50cm X
100cm and weighing about 6 or 7 kg.Royal Mail will accept parcel of any size/weight - you
pay by the gram - not sure what the rates for Orkney
would be, though.Parcelforce website quotes same rates for Orkney as for
mainland (but not sure if I believe that) They quote GBP13
for 3-day delivery of a 7kg parcel.As I said before, you can have the item deliverd to a
Post Office (with your name on it) and, if you can find
a helpful (and reliable) person to pick it up and stick
it in their car/var/whatever then you have saved a bit
of money.Ian
Thanks for the advice Ian. I'll ask around and if anyone
is going over we should be ok with Thurso post office.
Thanks - Mick
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