Recommended courier for laptop return?
I need to return a laptop, value £400, but laptops are prohibited items for many couriers unless I spend around £85.
Any recommendations for a UK return? |
ask the company you are returning to? they will likely have a contract with their own couriers and should be able to arrange collection from you and you can pay them?
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depends why you're returning it - HP replaced a laptop under guarantee and the delivery courier took the old one away
Rob |
Used to use DPD in a former life.
Their web site says batteries up to 100Wh are OK in equipment. Lithium Batteries "For batteries manufactured since January 2009, the watt-hours are marked on the outside of the battery. If the watt-hours are not marked on the battery, use the formula Ampere-hours x Voltage. Laptops, mobile phones and other small consumer electronics have batteries with less than 100Wh (exclusions apply, please click here)." I imagine that few if any laptops will have batteries of more than 100Wh. There is also a Cell limit of 20Wh. No idea how you are supposed to figure that out. |
When I needed to return a laptop (under warranty) for repair, the repairer 'sent' DPD to collect.
No preparation (ie no packaging required on my behalf) - the courier dropped the laptop into a box and sealed it. The laptop was returned (fixed) by DPD in a 'bespoke' cardboard package. A satisfying experience - I wasn't looking forward to finding a suitable container. |
Royal Mail Special Delivery was the cheapest at £26 with next day delivery and £500 insurance.
Sorry ending though, the five year old macbook pro retina has a sticking key and a 256 GB SSD which has given up the ghost (thankfully I run regular timemachine backups so have the data). With batteries starting to bulge and be replaced, it would cost £400 to fix. |
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