Shiply Users! Am I getting rinsed?

[Guest]

I need a new piece of crap moving 272 miles from Arundel to Birkenhead.

Mr Bickle recommended a gent with a Transit low loader but he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

 

Put the job on Shiply and the lowest bid I'm getting is £225 without the Shiply auction fee (which I want to avoid). Bickle's bloke was far cheaper over a similar distance, so is it just a case of waiting for the bidding frenzy to drive the price down?

[scaryoldcortina]

Tbh, I want at least a quid a mile one way or it just isn't worth doing. Maybe he's vanished because he was too cheap?

[cobblers]

Yeah, to be fair that's not a lot. Bloke I've used (Bignut off RR) charges about a quid a mile and I thought that was well cheap personally. By the time he's paid diesel both ways there won't be a lot in it to take home tbh

[Guest]

Yeah, to be fair that's not a lot. Bloke I've used (Bignut off RR) charges about a quid a mile and I thought that was well cheap personally. By the time he's paid diesel both ways there won't be a lot in it to take home tbh

 

When you put it like that, it begins to make sense - that's a day gone, easily - and what's he charging? Something like 70 p a mile?

[Torsten2001]

It's all about waiting for someone with an empty load so it'll be worth waiting in my experience, I had an E21 shipped from Conwy in North Wales to London for £85 for example.

Obviously if someone's making a special journey it will cost more, I find it can take up to 10 days to get get the best prices in.

[dollywobbler]

It's all about waiting for someone with an empty load so it'll be worth waiting in my experience, I had an E21 shipped from Conwy in North Wales to London for £85 for example.

Obviously if someone's making a special journey it will cost more, I find it can take up to 10 days to get get the best prices in.

 

^^ This. As a solo mission, less than a quid a mile is insanity. As a way to cover fuel costs for an otherwise empty return journey, a nice, cheap quote can be possible.

[Guest]

It's all about waiting for someone with an empty load so it'll be worth waiting in my experience, I had an E21 shipped from Conwy in North Wales to London for £85 for example.

Obviously if someone's making a special journey it will cost more, I find it can take up to 10 days to get get the best prices in.

 

^^ This. As a solo mission, less than a quid a mile is insanity. As a way to cover fuel costs for an otherwise empty return journey, a nice, cheap quote can be possible.

 

I've had two people willing to do it for less than £1 a mile. I might wait to see if someone's doing a return trip, in that case.

[garbaldy]

When i tried shipley for a quote to bring the colt from Ashford they started at £560 over the following week droped to £140 which was damn cheep so i spoke to the guy and his company where going to drive it in convoy with a couple more cars,

i thought sod it if its to be driven then i will do it myself, £85 for the train, £60 in petrol and about £20 food, wasnt as cheep but way more fun

[theorganist]

I had an Allegro moved from the south coast to Stourbridge for around £110. He was based down the road in Kidderminster and it was a return trip. It may be worth waiting a bit longer. I would have thought that there would be loads of people with transport around your neck of the woods!!

[Lankytim]

Just wait for the bidding to build up, you may even get someone who is travelling the route empty and wants a backload message you and say something like "WILL CHARGE £100 IF I CAN DO IT ON FRIDAY" or something.

 

To dodge the fees just google the users name, often its the same as their ebay username and you can contact them directly