Evri Parcel Service

[Maurice Leakey]

It appears that Hermes has been taken over. Or have I misunderstood?
Evri - The New Hermes | Cheap Parcel Delivery & Courier Service

[Rik Jackman]

It appears so Maurice

https://www.evri.com/news/welcome-to...hermes-website

Looks like their rebranding communication is as unreliable and clumsy as their delivery service.....

DPD & Royal Mail/Parcelforce for me every time.

[Mark Silvester]

Hi all

for anything even "slightl" fragile or valuable - it is DPD..ONLY for me ALL the time. Whilst Hermès are pretty awful...Royal Mail/ParcelFarce...aren't much better especially for prices and claiming money back!!

Mark

[Mike Newell]

Changed their name so nobody recognises them. I’m sure Evil 👿 sorry Evri will reach the low standards of Hermes quite soon.

[Gary Sayers]

Looks like Royal Mail have cut their parcel prices on the latest round of changes to postal charges. 'Medium' size parcels have had huge cuts in price.

For instance, a very heavy 20kg parcel was previously £34.40 1st class signed for but is now £14.05.

A 2kg parcel was £10.02 1st class signed for but is now £8.05.

Anything between 2kg and 10kg is now at one flat rate (£9.05 1st class signed for).

[Mark Todd]

Royal Mail have been cutting themselves out of the parcel market for years will silly proces once past 2kg.

It never made any sense but you never know who are why is and are pulling the strings.

Also parcel force through the PO is about twice the price of online.

So you have to go online and then see a cheaper providor etc.

But they certainly do themselves no favours.

RM should do under 5KG for say £4.99 and they would clean up.

Best Mark.

[Osi Osgood]

Gee, it would seem like lower prices would be a good thing, unless service goes downhill just as much as the shipping.

[Brian Fretwell]

Royal Mail have been cutting themselves out of the parcel market for years will silly prices once past 2kg.

From what I heard at a union AGM (CWU) from the postal side members they thought that Royal Mail was concentrating on the parcel side and not letters. The increase in letter charges and reduction in parcels charges seems to bear that out.

[Mark Todd]

Well I would of thought reducing the parcel charges so the parcel service is used much more was to build that sdie back up for RM, so less goes to Parcel2go etc.

RM apparently make more on parcels than letters.

In fact I did hear the daft situation where other companines do letter mail but use RM as the end deliverer costs RM money as they pay RM less than the actual cost, so RM suppliment the competition daftly.

Odd government doings I suppose.

Best Mark.

[Terry Sills]

For me it’s UPS every time. Very fast delivery and never a problem, but then I do take care when parcelling up, which of course is elementary when dealing with the sort of equipment we send.

[Mike Newell]

The worst example I’ve had with Hermes was a Blu ray delivered to me sodden wet squashed with a car tyre tread on the packaging. Case and Blu ray destroyed. Shoved through the letterbox by driver who ran away. I would never use the to post anything.