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beno148

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    Hi all,

    So i am now on average sending more than 20 parcels a week so have spoken to royal mail about there business solutions.

    They have given me a price for the small parcels up to 2kg i use, and would get me away from hermes which not everybody loves. the saving would only be 6p a parcel, but the main thing generally the public prefer rm over hermes and i wouldnt have to worry about parcels been left outside or in bins etc...

    They have mentioned a label printer and that they provide the labels (thermal so not sure how the ink works, ive read you never fill up? but surely must be something after time?)

    Obviously i am hoping to grow, but not sure whether the expense of the printer is worth it yet for me, being 150+vat. The sell for me would be no ink, no paper, no extra tape. And potentially saving time.

    But not sure on the life of these vs use.

    If anyone has any and can give me a honest review, even better if you started off in my position.

    Thank you

    Ben
     
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    Mr D

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    If you can get the printer to work, great. If not...

    However you can print the labels onto sheet of A4 or you can print onto A4 label paper that's part label and part normal paper.
    I use click and drop for my internet sales.

    The tracking they provide automatically on large letter and parcels has saved money, the average weight per category has saved money, the cost of labels is peanuts in comparison.
     
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    bharris

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    We use Click & Drop business post. The costs are calculated upon the daily average weight. We do not have an option for small, medium or large parcels (its just parcels) you have to enter the name and address of each order onto their system, tell it the weight and select the postal service e.g. 24, 48 Signed etc. Then print the label which has a tracking barcode on it. You can load in your orders so you do not have to enter them manually. The only real down side is that as a business customer you are unable to claim for lost parcels on the standard post, that said it is extremely rare for them to lose a parcel (we are on about 1 in 2000).
    I would be surprised if they gave you a printer (i think they are about £130) they do supply thermal paper and no it never runs out of anything so you do not need to buy any ink etc.
     
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    Mr D

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    bharris said:
    We use Click & Drop business post. The costs are calculated upon the daily average weight. We do not have an option for small, medium or large parcels (its just parcels) you have to enter the name and address of each order onto their system, tell it the weight and select the postal service e.g. 24, 48 Signed etc. Then print the label which has a tracking barcode on it. You can load in your orders so you do not have to enter them manually. The only real down side is that as a business customer you are unable to claim for lost parcels on the standard post, that said it is extremely rare for them to lose a parcel (we are on about 1 in 2000).
    I would be surprised if they gave you a printer (i think they are about £130) they do supply thermal paper and no it never runs out of anything so you do not need to buy any ink etc.
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    We have the 3rd party sites linked so the RM system already has name and address, no need for entering address unless I'm sending to customer from a different site sale.

    I think I sold my thermal printer on for £50. The helpdesk were no use whatsoever and all I could do was get thermal paper to run forward in sheets. Not print.
     
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    Anon7512

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    When you open a Online Business Account with RM they send you an email with an offer for a thermal laser printer for around £100.00, and they provide unlimited thermal labels for free on the Online Mail Supplies Shop.

    Otherwise you could get a Business Account with Hermes and send large parcels for around £2.24.
     
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