Delivery from France to UK - 1off

[Just_a_bloke]

I'm trying to recover an item from France. It weighs just under 4Kg and is 20cm x 20cm x 10cm.

The silly costs I've had so far are around £100, when it only cost me about £20 to send a bigger heavier box out there in the first place!

Can any one suggest a cost effective way to arrange deliveries from France to the UK, even if its arranged by my customer in France?

Thanks in advance for any help. :)

[JEREMY HAWKE]

Sadly the only way that we could do it is collect it when we are in the area for about £250 ..but thats a lot

The next option is to arrange a 3 rd party fed ex collection and fax the way bill to the sender cheaper than us but again still quite expensive .

I would speak to the sender and ask them to send it and send them the funds .

[Just_a_bloke]

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for the reply.

I have asked the sender to get a price from their 'post office', but all I get is how expensive his previous postings have been! Hence trying to find out a definite way forward and its costings, so I can say to the customer, here you go.... and I'll send you a refund.

[dagr]

Here are the tarifs from the French Post Office's (La Poste) for recorded delivery. UK is zone 1:

Colissimo Emballage intern ational
Emballage pré-affranchi avec preuve de dépôt, livraison contre signature, suivi(1).
Zones Tarifaires
Zone 1 Union Européenne, Suisse, Norvège
Zone 2 Autres destinations
Tarifs à l’unité
Formats Résistance
maximum de
Dimensions
(L x l x h, en mm)
Zone 1


L 5 kg 315 x 210 x 157 26,50 €
XL 7 kg 383 x 250 x 195 30,90 €
1 bouteille 2 kg 173 x 155 x 392 21,50 €

Taken from: http://www.laposte.fr/Particulier/Consultez-nos-tarifs/Tarifs-Colis

[Just_a_bloke]

Hi David,

You've been very helpful, thanks. I've now asked the customer to run with it :o)

Thanks :)