Cheapest parcel companies between France and The UK

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Good evening

I was wondering what parcel companies people used to send items back to The UK from France? I have booked one I saw on the internet called Ecoparcels.EU seemed quite reasonable at 19.00 EUR for 15kg. When my parents send parcels the other way it usually costs 20 quid for 20kg.

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Parcels are priced by volume as well as weight so the price for 15kg might vary according to what the item actually is and how large.

I use Interparcel, though I have not used them between France and the UK, they use a range of couriers and you can choose which service.

The cheapest they offer for UK->France on a 15kg 50x40x30cm package is My Hermes 2-5 day service dropped off to one of their collection points. That is £16.50 (inclusive of VAT) - pretty much the same as your 19€

Going the other way all their offerings are ridiculous though.

Don’t forget you’ll need a CN22 post Brexit :frowning:

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I use parcelmonkey.co.uk or parcel2go.com. And tend to choose the quote that’s Hermes of DPD/ chrono post as these seem the most reliable.

40x 40x 40cm parcel of 14kg last week was £13, arrived in 3 days.

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I avoided parcel2go as I herad many, not complementary, comments regarding their service. Maybe they are better these days.

£13 is quite a bit less than MyHermes quote on their own website BTW

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Avoid parceltogo at all cost! Horrendous experiences!

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I completely agree - they have no idea where the package is at any point - even when it has been delivered.

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We received a clutch plate via Royal Mail £18 and planned to send the old one back via La Poste 18 euro… decided to keep the old plate and have it refurbished as a spare… :zipper_mouth_face::relaxed: but obviously Royal Mail and La Poste are about the same… :relaxed:

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How bizarre. I have had nothing but good experiences using them to book a parcel delivery. But then you deal with whoever’s quote you chose as they are really just a portal… so perhaps it’s that that caused the problem? We now know that some firms subcontract the final leg of delivery to a local company that is useless - so we avoid those. Generally select ones that end up with chronopost or Hermes.

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Double checked at it was actually £12.95…

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We have just picked up our parcel from UK after posting it 2 months ago… hours of phone calls and stress.

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I use Mondial Relay, cheap and rapid.

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My daughter uses Parcel Monkey to send me stuff from the US and its very cheap compared to all the others but the downside is that delivery can take 6 weeks or me and end up going right around the world first so not ideal for perishables.