A courier for guitars with packing service?

BusheySi

Can anyone recommend a courier company who will collect a guitar in a gig bag, pack it up nice and safe, then deliver it to me?

I made an accidental eBay purchase, the guitar is far away the chap will only ship if the courier does the packing!

wibble

Mail boxes etc will pack for you if he has a store near him?

https://www.mbe.co.uk

BusheySi

Thanks but ideally they would take it away then pack it, rather than him taking it somewhere.

BloodEagle

He sounds like a right lazy bastard 

Flink_Poyd

Pack Send but I can't see them being cheap. 

vale

BloodEagle said:

He sounds like a right lazy bastard 

i seriously hate packing guitars, so if it was my intention to sell a guitar 'collection only' to avoid that pita (& my price being adjusted down accordingly) & someone bought & expected me to pack... it would probably be a cancelled transaction & apology (being polite but not my fault 'apology').

i appreciate the buyer made a genuine mistake, but personally (this is not my transaction) i factor in 'running around & effort' costs into anything i sell & post.
if it's a set neck that requires a trip to the local music shop to buy-scrounge a big box. if they don't have one then i have to find cardboard big & strong enough to make one, & bubbles. i can't drive so major pain.
if i do it, i always do it properly, but my time is valuable to me.

so long story long, i wouldn't consider a seller lazy to not want to get into that if their listing said they didn't.

i hope both sides in this deal get a happy ending, anyway.

Phil_aka_Pip

The straight answer to the OP is NO. See my signature.

BusheySi

Flink_Poyd said:

Pack Send but I can't see them being cheap. 

Perfect, exactly what I was looking for.