eBay negotiate myHermes discount for eBay sellers
15/10/2009 at 18:14
With the announcement of CWU industrial action to affect Royal Mail from the 22nd October eBay are poised to announce a specially negotiated discounted deal with myHermes for all eBay sellers.
The discount from myHermes rack rate is exclusive to eBay sellers and a promotional code will be announced around the 20th in order to access the lower rates. We’ll update this post with the discount code as soon as it’s published.
Edited to add The daily promo code will be published on the myHermes About Me page
myHermes Parcel Delivery Charges |
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| Weight Band | *Standard Price | *eBay Promo Price |
| Less than 2 kg | £3.99 | £3.60 |
| 2-5 kg | £6.24 | £5.62 |
| 5-10 kg | £6.99 | £6.30 |
| 10-15 kg | £7.99 | £7.20 |
| * Price quoted includes VAT | ||
whirly says
6:22 pm on 15/10/2009
Whooooo Hooooooooo
John says
6:22 pm on 15/10/2009
I would consider using them for low value items. Proof is in the pudding…if they take 5 days, will customers complain and mark down DSRs?
RM need to really watch this, as I am sure the ebay selling community is a large user?
whirly says
6:25 pm on October 15th, 2009
from memory John eBay accounts for around 40% of every parcel sent in the UK.
Gerry007 says
10:30 pm on October 15th, 2009
EBAY, Why don’t you Buy RM instead of mucking about with the likes of Skype…
Sure some bay members will assist with deliveries
Andy says
6:28 pm on October 15th, 2009
Agree completely John. ebay have disabled dispatch time DSR but that doesn’t stop buyers marking sellers down on everything else does it.
We’ll be giving this a whirl(y)!
Jimbo says
6:38 pm on 15/10/2009
Also worth taking into account that there is a VAT element on the price (which there isn’t with Royal Mail.
Be interested to receive feedback from those who give it a try.
Andy says
6:39 pm on October 15th, 2009
Yes, so actually about £3.13 ex VAT
Ellen Kunec says
7:15 pm on 15/10/2009
Well, I am sorry to bail from Royal Mail (though I’m working that into a tag line for my business already).
But I will – or more accurately, I must.
And if my business turned to sh*te I wouldn’t expect people to keep spending their hard earned dosh with me.
Steve says
7:46 pm on 15/10/2009
#3 result on Google for searching on MyHermes is this – http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threadID=1100264316&tstart=0&mod=1253207619694
They really need to work on their SEO a bit better!
In the post office today, the subpostmaster was expressing his concerns at the RM action, as he also sees that a lot of courier companies will be jumping on the opportunity to gain new business, and how much of that business would go back to RM after the strikes.
I personally think that this strike action is going to change RM for the futeure, and not in the way that the CWU want it to. I wonder how long it will take the affected posties to realise that the CWU are doing them more long term damage than good?
Bob says
8:21 pm on 15/10/2009
It will also be time consuming when compared to the ease of PPI
Roger says
9:08 pm on 15/10/2009
Is the basic service without signture covered under seller protection policy?
Tim Watt says
11:42 pm on 15/10/2009
Not much of a discount when it’s still 5 times the price of RM – and I have to charge free postage….
Savvy Paul says
10:04 am on 16/10/2009
Chris and Sue,
many thanks for the info and updates on alternatives to RM. You’re providing a very helpful service – much appreciated.
Hereford United Fan says
12:21 pm on 16/10/2009
I have tried calling them but they have no download facility for addresses meaning I would have to type all of them in individually…..
terry says
11:34 pm on 16/10/2009
price might be good – service is not – dont use them – the reason they need work on the seo side is they have changed company name coz there old trading name has the worst name in the whole courier industry – google parcelnet thats what they used to be called – we used them last yr for 1 month and had more complaints from customers than we had in 6 months with RM and DHL put together.
Not good
angelaray says
1:59 pm on October 17th, 2009
myhermes was always the parent company of parcelnet,it has a network of 7500 local couriers they deliver parcels for next,jdw,tescos,grattons,sit up tv,and many more…all these firms would not be using them if they were no good
board_surfer says
7:36 pm on October 17th, 2009
perhaps they should rename it again
Hermes is the god of thieves after all.
Louise says
2:31 pm on 17/10/2009
Looking at the eBay announcement I am more interested in the discounted Interparcel rate of £4.54 (inc VAT) for up to 10kg
Interparcel dropped its UPS <15kg to £6.50 (ex VAT) recently. I wonder if this will be a UPS service?
Also IME Interparcel customer service is excellent.
Debs says
10:19 pm on 17/10/2009
Hmmmm….my experience of couriers in general, as a consumer, isn’t good. I have worked from home and I have received business items there.
They see a residential address and just assume you’re not going to be in and the vast majority of the time they leave a card, and you have to go to some out of town depot to collect. That’s my experience, anyway.
I think eBay sellers are more likely to experience grief from their buyers when using couriers and sending items to residential addresses. Beware.
Ellen Kunec says
11:12 pm on October 17th, 2009
My experience of PF and ANC has been that they see a residential address and think: goody! – a nice window of opportunity for them to deliver as they leave the depot at 7 am but most businesses don’t open until 08.00. As long as you don’t live alone and take long early morning showers all will be well.
Peter K says
7:38 pm on 19/10/2009
Useless bunch of cowboys I have had these Hermes/Parcelnet courier idiots throw my Next directory parcels over the rear gate into my garden pond I will be sticking with RM & PF
Pete says
10:18 pm on November 2nd, 2009
There site quotes that:
16. Proof of delivery
A Parcel left in a safe place with a drop card shall be conclusive evidence of the delivery of the Parcel…..
Chris Dawson says
11:29 pm on November 2nd, 2009
To be fair Pete you can pay for a signature if you want to ensure goods are signed for.
Also in fairness it’s a refreshing change to actually have a location where the parcel was left. Use Royal Mail 1st/2nd class unsigned for or standard parcels and you haven’t a clue where your item might be.
Lynne says
6:39 pm on 20/10/2009
where’s the darn promo code?? the link on the eBay news page goes nowhere, I tried putting in their id into search and it says it doesn’t exist.
it must be somewhere…..grrrr
Chris Dawson says
7:00 pm on October 20th, 2009
Hey Lynne, Promo code for myHermes is at http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=myhermes_parcel_delivery
Lynne says
7:29 pm on 20/10/2009
thanks so much Chris… wrong user name (I was just looking for Myhermes, didn’t know about the rest of it..) but why isn’t the link on the eBay news page working!!!
mandy says
5:18 pm on 21/10/2009
i have sent lots of parcels thru Hermes they have all arrived within 2 to 3 days, I have sent recorded parcels thru the post office and the last 2 vanished, i also found them cheaper then RM on most unless sending a small light package, they collect from you home/work and even an item that weighs 15kgs is only 7.99
Gill says
5:49 pm on October 21st, 2009
That’s good to know, Mandy – am just sending my first parcel with them, so hoping it will all go smoothly!
Hereford United Fan says
6:07 pm on 21/10/2009
They told me I needed to type each address into their system. Are you having to do this?