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[satinder]

hi, i am based in the uk and want to send a phone parcel to soemone in fance, india,germany

but i can not find any one who does this!!!!??

i have phoned UPS but i have to be VAT registered or regierted company (which i can not at the moment as i am starting off business)

i have tried a few, but they all only do it in UK

can anybody help me please ASAP , i need to send these sample phones to people and to gain there trust i said i will do cash on delivery

HELP PLEASE even if its a private courier i will check them out

[adam2007]

what happens if when u deliver them and ant the other end they refuse to pay ?

[SwankDist]

COD? I'd never ship COD.

Try UPS if available.

[satinder]

WHY not COD?? i have tried all the service that are listed on this website they dod not do it, dhl in germany do COD , but i treied the head office in UK and they do not do it? its stupied, you would think if they do it in germany then they should do it in uk?

[adam2007]

I dont think delivery drivers or the recieveing public can be trusted with COD in the UK , i would imagine money and products going missing, drivers gettin robbed etc...

[SwankDist]

COD arent cash, theyre money orders. Some places just dont do it, use escrow instead.

[Pete]

Even in the wild and woo;y US of A COD is an accepted form of shipment. I've never heard of a parcel delivery driver getting robbed for any COD money he may happen to have at that time. UPS will not do cash, just checks or money orders and some sellers (not UPS themselves) demand certified funds.

The UPS driver basically puts the check in an envelope which is mailed to the seller.

And the driver will not release the package until the funds are received. At least they are not supposed to. Some will let the person receiving the package open it, others will not..

One big drawback to COD is that if the addressee decides they don't want the package, doen't have the money, whatever, and it is returned to sender, the shipping and fees are still to be paid to the carrier. So, you run the risk of having the item(s) out of stock for a week or more and then having to pay shipping on the goods right back to yourself.

For that last reason, many companies no longer ship COD. Folks will order with all good intentions, but by the time the package arrives they've made too many trips to McDonalds and have no money.

I can't imagine DHL, et al not doing COD in the UK, unless there is some law against it.