gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Just about to book a couriour for a set of wheels just want to make sure im not using the dodgy one that people had problems with 
Was going to use paisley frieght
Anyone else got any other recomendations?
Gavin
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Tomm R
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Registered: 19th Dec 06
Location: Bredhurst, Kent
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I have used Paisley and would not recommend them.
I had a bike delivered to me by them. I got given a tracking number and after about 3 days i checked the status online, the item was in transit. Two days later the item still had not arrived, i had checked online and it had been in Ashford about 10 miles from the delivery address and it had stayed here for longer than i expected. After trying to call constantly i got a phone call returned to me. They said the package was over the described size and weight limit. The courier wanted extra to deliver the item to my address. Due to only being down the road i drove over to get it.
The address i got given took me to a residential address.
Anyway I collected the item and took it away. Checked the weight and size and it was well within the described weight and size.
I have heard of a lot of people having issues with Paisley freight. The fault seems to be in the way that a 3rd party seems to be used for the collection and delivery (as in when the item is collected from your address and delivered to the delivery address, I dont know happens in between but that doesnt seem to be where the problem is). Items i have had delivered to me and also collected from me have been by a person in a car.
I no longer ship with paisley freight, i dont feel overly comfortable handing over my hundreds of pounds worth of goods to a guy in a car. Although the items are insured and everything is scanned and signed for I would not advise using them.
If you wrap the wheels in two parcels, two wheels in each and go on parcel2go you can usually ship the wheels for around £10 each once VAT and fees are paid for.
This is the way i have started to ship wheels and it has never caused me any issues.
Hope thats of some help to you pal!
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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Iv heard bad things about Paisley freight too.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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PFS use big name companys like DHL etc.I have used them umpteen times for wheels and its never been a 3rd party courier doing it from their home etc.
Never had any bother with them,but havn't used them in a year.
They always get brought up on the forums as being the best for wheel delivery too.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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ok
Alloywheelcourior.co.uk?
They all seem to be in the £30 reigon
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
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Iv used these a couple times and never had any problems.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180671481571&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123
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Sam
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Location: West Midlands
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Courier
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Sean
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Registered: 14th Sep 10
Location: Eastbourne, BN23 7AZ
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i used paisley freight no problems, but the guy on the phone was a dick!
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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Doubt any company will have a 100% perfect rating. Paisley seem to pop more than others though and im sure many have used them because theyre cheaper than the bigger names, who have probably had bad reviews as well.
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Generation
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Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
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Paisley have got considerably worse over last year or so. Their customer service is shit.
However, for most items I still use them, just overly wrap everything, as the cost makes the risk
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Tomm R
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Registered: 19th Dec 06
Location: Bredhurst, Kent
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quote: Originally posted by gavin18787
ok
Alloywheelcourior.co.uk?
They all seem to be in the £30 reigon
I sold a set of wheels on ebay recently and planned on using them.
Then the guy was from Belgium so i obviously didn't ship them, so he come and collected them
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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mental
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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If only we had buyers like that in the uk.
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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We do, Luke D off here drove to Belgium I think for a set of alloys
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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quote: Originally posted by Tomm R
quote: Originally posted by gavin18787
ok
Alloywheelcourior.co.uk?
They all seem to be in the £30 reigon
I sold a set of wheels on ebay recently and planned on using them.
Then the guy was from Belgium so i obviously didn't ship them, so he come and collected them
I hope they were decent alloys and he didnt come all this way for some cav slabs
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
Location: lancashire, nelson
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I used paisley a few week ago. City link picked the wheels up and they got the the guy in Dorset the next morning. So I've had a good experience with them
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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When I used them they were shit, booked it one day during the morning, expecting them to be collected the following day, nothing, spent the next day trying to get through to them on the phone, nothing, think it was 2 days later after spending many hours trying to ring them, they finally booked shitty link to come and pick them up. When they turned up, the city link driver said he wasn't going to pick them up so luckily my brother was in and had to take them out to the van, if it was just my mum in, the driver wouldn't of taken them, despite them being way under the 30kg limit!
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JaffaTB
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Registered: 7th Oct 09
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Always use paisley and never had any problems
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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I used paisley freight to send my alloys and done all the hard work online and never had one problem with them.
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
Location: Fife, scotland Drives: Audi S3
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quote: Originally posted by JaffaTB
Always use paisley and never had any problems
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