Courier Cellphone from CT to regional Town

[vorman]

Would you please advise as to the best option for courier of a cellphone from Cape Town to regional town in Gauteng.
All courier companies i had a look at, you must have an account with them.

This is just a one time courier. Anyone used SA Post Office (Speed Services) or Post Net before?

 

[saor]

Citisprint or Postnet.
We use Citisprint regularly for items to JHB without an account.

 

[vorman]

just a note, regional town, which means Item will most probably travel to JHB first, then drive to regional town.
i need this done within 3 days max.

 

[vorman]

Can you give me a time frame that Post Net usually takes? And approximate costing (With or Without insurance)

its an IPhone 5s to be couriered.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Can you give me a time frame that Post Net usually takes? And approximate costing (With or Without insurance)

its an IPhone 5s to be couriered.

http://www.postnet.co.za/

But aramex drop and ship from a Pick n' Pay or Castrol is better. Overnight for R99, maybe a bit longer to the sticks.

 

[saor]

Postnet the overnight option on a <1kg item is usually around R190.
Citisprint is about the same - don't have any invoices lying around to check right now.
Maybe best just to phone them & check. Citisprint you can drop off in Parden Eiland at their depot & fill out the paperwork and pay rather than wait for a pickup.

 

[Dairyfarmer]

But aramex drop and ship from a Pick n' Pay or Castrol is better. Overnight for R99, maybe a bit longer to the sticks.

Aramex works well. Used them to send passports to Irish embassy in PTA from PMB. Took one day and there was no extra charges. Did you know couriers charge extra to deliver to embassies?

I'm in the sticks and use Time Freight a lot as we have a depot in our town. R130 door to depot, payment on collection. Takes 48 hours. I like them as I can get the sender to have the item picked up and I pay the R130 when I collect the item. Other couriers don't like delivering to farms, even thought we are 1 km off the main tar road.

 

[Defib]

stay away from SpeedServices

 

[Dairyfarmer]

I returned an item to an online store. the Speed Services vehicle was in an accident and my item went "missing". Took them 3 months to work this out. No insurance no claim. I feel nothing for the thief, the item was dead that is why I was sending it back.

Speed Services is slow and you have to wait in those long queues in the post office while the people in from are getting ID copies certified.

 

[CAPS LOCK]

RAM Couriers. Place order online with providing sender/receiver details - quote provided same time. Pay with EFT into their account - POP is sent direct to them. They fetch and provide branded packaging. Deliver to the destination door. Cost about R130.00 last I used them (DNB-PTA). Tracking is updated the whole way, for your viewing pleasure. Used them several times - example, to deliver Passports to Embassy, sending Nikkor Lenses - never even one iota of hassle. Feck, sounds like I work for them - I don't.

 

[airborne]

Xoc.co.za, basically an easy online way to use thecourierguy, used them plenty, cheap and fast

 

[ahoudet]

PostNet is great. I've sent lots of phones through them

 

[vorman]

OMW this happened to me before! They said accident and everything was destroyed! Morons. Luckily it was just a gift for the gf, was sad though cos it was made personally by me and meant to be a surprise