Buying of Ebay~Transporting something?

Thinking of must have Purchase & need a van to move it from a site like ebay. Here’s some free advice for you make sure the final cost justifies the additional transportation costs that might be involved, Man with vans, couriers or similar transport removal companies usually don’t travel UK wide for £50 or less like some would like to think or hope.

I’ve lost count of the enquires calling to move an item long distance and spluttered at the cost of getting it there, not thinking about the time & fuel costs involved with these type of jobs, like the lady who bought a stainless steel range cooker on ebay for £200 less the cost new, great bargain! But item was in Edinburgh & going to Sheffield 278 miles away, needed two removals porters to move it & once she paid for this to be done the total cost grossly exceeded buying it new…or the conservatory wicker chair set bought for £75 and was to go to Cornwall or indeed the customer who felt I was being offensive by suggesting moving a single bed from Southside Edinburgh to north of Aberdeen didn’t justify cost of taking it there, in relation to the cost of the bed & what the removal to aberdeen would cost, I thought I was giving some sound advice, is being honest being offensive?

Student movers taking personal goods long distance think it shouldn’t cost more than £200 for a vanload Edinburgh to London, yes I’ve asked them! I normally go into a well-rehearsed guff about time, fuel and earning a living wage, ‘’but its just bin bags of clothes’’ usually comes the reply, Im not sure how many Man & vans price jobs on the value of goods being moved, that’s not how it works – it’s a Removal business after all! It’s about time, distance & all costs related to making it happen.

I normally always suggest a great site called freight alerts usually to people looking to transport a single item or a relatively small amount not justifying the full price cost of an long distance removal from Edinburgh, its free to post an ad with details of job required, couriers & Man & van removals companies are members of this site and check regularly if they are going UK wide and need to fill an empty van going back home, commonly known as a back-load, or a half van travelling and having some space to fill, known as a part-load.

I must be doing something right as those customer usually get back to me thanking me for this info, freightalerts.co.uk, and they’d never have thought of it or in fact no one even suggested it to them usually due to the ‘if I’m not doing the job, I’m not interested’ attitude, which is not how our removal company operates!