G'day guys
anybodby had any experience sending sails around aus? what courier have you use , will aussie post send sails?
thanks for any help
nev
I used e-go 2 or 3 times, they have a website. Very cheap, but service a bit slow. Stuff turned up undamaged.
i used to use e-go for things too they are very cheap but then they broke a bumper i send and snapped a friends carbon bonnet clean in half so i wouldnt use then again . probably only send things with them if you can ram it with a fork lift and it wont break .
Last time i sent a sail i sent it fastway but you need an account and it was actually over sized but they did it anyway .Its hard to find a cheap reliable courier that you dont need a account for
I highly recommend transdirect also. I've used them to send a board to QLD and bring a sail to Adelaide from WA. A little more expensive than e-go but very reliable. Can make bookings at relatively short notice. As a bit of a guide, it cost me $30 to bring a sail from metro Perth to metro Adelaide last month.
I've used e-go about half a dozen times. e-go subcontract their freight to other companies as do transdirect (I think). So it could end up going with the same company in both cases!
e-go provide crap service if your item goes missing (I suppose other companies might go to a bit more effort to call around at the depots en-route to try and find your item). but unless you use something like AAE it's probably going to get handled in a similar way... e-go is really cheap if you can use depot-depot. Check out:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Experiences-with-e-go-courier/
Do these couriers require sails to be put in some sort of packaging or is a sail bag ok for interstate transport?
Swift n Shift are the cheapest and seem to be pretty good
Seriously I would always pack them in round tube, I can't imagine couriers dealing with a sail in a bag too well......
Oi,just had a sail delivered from Qld to South West Rocks NSW by e-go took a week but no dramas
used transdirect twice, sail in bag only from melb to syd, about $30, and only took 2 days, no damage, all smiles..
I use Transdirect to ship my boards. always a fast pickup and have always arrived undamaged. can't recommend the enough.
