Are there ANY parcel delivery services that are any good at all?

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I've been ruthlessly surfing for reviews and ideas because I want to sell some toys on eBay which are quite bulky and will probably be over the 2kg limit. Royal Mail is really quite pricy now, so I started to check out other delivery options.

myHermes seem to be a shower of numpties- loads of bad reviews, all quite recent, which makes me think it's not worth the trouble of using them.

CollectPlus seems to be a bit better but there are still lots of disgruntled people out there who've used them and regretted it.

Is there a service available that won't play football with my parcel before throwing it into a hedge and ignoring me and my buyer's complaints? Or is it all luck of the draw now?

Thanks for any advice anyone may have on this!

I have found MyHermes faultless tbh - never had any problems, same with Collect+

I've never had any problems with either, either (!)

I think it does depend on your local delivery driver though. Mine has called here so many times , he knows when I'm likely to be in or will leave any parcels with my neighbour.

Also, I've just used ParcelForce, through Interparcel for quite a good price and they have a cheaper price if you drop it at the depot which is better for me because it means I don't have to wait in all day for it to be collected.

Thanks, I'll look at Parcelforce.

Aren't Collect+ the new name for Yodel?