Planned Scotland Courier Service - Pigeon Force

[pigeonforce]

After already lowering our prices we have been looking into making the Scotish prices even cheaper.

 

We are planning on doing a Scottish run ourselfs every Monday, by doing this it would cut the added cost of SPDS

The current charge for our service to Scotland is £40

 

The only down side to this weekly service is all pigeons brought down from Scotland would have to be held over for up to 4 days, during this time though the pigeons will be held in holding pens  and given both food and water. this would also apply to birds going into Scotland,

By doing this we can bring the cost of the service to the same as what we charge in England £32.50p for up to 3 birds then £2 per bird after.

 

Could you please give us feed back on the fanciers thoughts with regards to this service, before we make the desicion as to which servie would work best in the long run

[Ian McKay]

No holding pens

 

Use SPDS get birds to destination ASAP

[Guest stb]

No holding pens

 

Use SPDS get birds to destination ASAP

I would rather pay the £40 and get the birds strait away than save a few bob and have them in pens for 3 ,4 days.

 

 

 

[blaz]

i would rather pay that bit extra .rather than put birds in holding pens

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Wouldn't dream of using a service were they are held in pens for 4 days, make it £40.00 if it means birds can arrive in 24 hours.

[Guest grizzler]

would have to agree with the above answers

[Guest strapper]

when you buy expensive stockbirds you dont want them mixed in pens with just anything...its a fact that some fanciers aint keen on treating their birds.

holding for 4 days will no doubt put them under threat from drinking with birds that might be infected with something.

why not make it once a fortnight and do a good few at once..thus cheaper for all concerned.

 

[pigeonforce]

Thanks for your feedback we will continue to use SDPS its a learning curve for us we are supplying a service for you and your oppinion counts,

julie

[pigeonpete]

 

SPDS can get them delivered and picked up from their Leeds depot and at £12.50 a box no matter how many is in it. If you worked on £3 a bird extra for Scotland you would get a profit and loss margin over a season and Duncan thinks it would work out to your advantage and a tidy profit and a great service from your company

 

Duncan does alot of thinking carol :-) :-) ;-)

[Guest stb]

 

SPDS can get them delivered and picked up from their Leeds depot and at £12.50 a box no matter how many is in it. If you worked on £3 a bird extra for Scotland you would get a profit and loss margin over a season and Duncan thinks it would work out to your advantage and a tidy profit and a great service from your company

they obviously have to pick up the birds from elsewhere and take them to leeds for spds so dont think £ 3 pounds would cover that.

 

 

[chickadee]

they obviously have to pick up the birds from elsewhere and take them to leeds for spds so dont think £ 3 pounds would cover that.

 

 

No I meant £3 on top of their normal charge if going to Scotland or £30 in England and £33 in Scotland. Pigeon delivery is a huge business if you get it right and gain credit with fanciers, but it is not a steady or totally profitable business all year round but it has it peaks and troughs. The high majority of fanciers will go out their way and help anyway they can to help the genuine couriers succeed, there has been a few that have tried and failed since the downfall of Amtrak which was only less than a year ago, all with the same problems "networking" and "profit margins"

[pigeonforce]

Thanks for your feedback we will continue to use SDPS its a learning curve for us we are supplying a service for you and your oppinion counts,

julie

[pigeonforce]

SPDS now charge £13.20 for the first 6 then £13.20 for any extra.

[chickadee]

SPDS now charge £13.20 for the first 6 then £13.20 for any extra.

 

That's only £2.20 a bird so if you get them to Leeds you get

£30  + £18 birdage - £13.20 = £34.80 on a six bird delivery/pick up

£30 + £12 birdage - £13.20 = £28.80 on a four birds

£30 + £6 birdage - £13.20 = £22.80 for two birds

£30 + £3 birdage - £13.20 = £19.80 for one bird

Plus you provide a Monday to Thursday pick up every week  a Tuesdat to Friday/Saturday delivery and you cover almost every part of Scotland with less time on the road, a lot less diesel and wear and tare on your vehicles and you could strike up a deal with SPDS if you were giving them a good volume of deliveries

 

If you lived in the Birmingham, Leicester or surrounding areas you could cut it down to £2.50 a bird and still cover the whole of the mainland UK providing a cheap and excellent service, birds delivered the next day and good profit margins with plenty of cash transactions

 

 

I think we will move before anyone reads this

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

Duncan does alot of thinking carol :-) :-) ;-)

 

And not much else  ;D ;D ;D ;D

[chickadee]

 

And not much else  ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

Duncan says that Chrissy must be out that you are allowed on the site ;D

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

Duncan says that Chrissy must be out that you are allowed on the site ;D

 

You are not allowed to post messages on here from a banned member ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[chickadee]

 

You are not allowed to post messages on here from a banned member ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

Pigeon Pete started it  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

And he is only trying to help, and as you know fine well along with a few other members he goes the extra mile or in your case 300 miles to help people at no cost to them :-/

[rembrant2coo]

 

Pigeon Pete started it  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

And he is only trying to help, and as you know fine well along with a few other members he goes the extra mile or in your case 300 miles to help people at no cost to them :-/

 

And gets stopped by the police as well ,

[Guest stb]

 

That's only £2.20 a bird so if you get them to Leeds you get

£30  + £18 birdage - £13.20 = £34.80 on a six bird delivery/pick up

£30 + £12 birdage - £13.20 = £28.80 on a four birds

£30 + £6 birdage - £13.20 = £22.80 for two birds

£30 + £3 birdage - £13.20 = £19.80 for one bird

Plus you provide a Monday to Thursday pick up every week  a Tuesdat to Friday/Saturday delivery and you cover almost every part of Scotland with less time on the road, a lot less diesel and wear and tare on your vehicles and you could strike up a deal with SPDS if you were giving them a good volume of deliveries

 

If you lived in the Birmingham, Leicester or surrounding areas you could cut it down to £2.50 a bird and still cover the whole of the mainland UK providing a cheap and excellent service, birds delivered the next day and good profit margins with plenty of cash transactions

 

 

I think we will move before anyone reads this

chiccadee  i think you should go into the courier buisness , youve got it sussed,  lol

 

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your feedback we will continue to use SDPS its a learning curve for us we are supplying a service for you and your oppinion counts,

julie

 

Well done Julie good to see you consulting prior to decisions being made, the sign of a good business.

[chickadee]

chiccadee  i think you should go into the courier buisness , youve got it sussed,  lol

 

 

Thanks but Duncan is the brains behind it and I just keep him right ;D ;D ;D

As I said before we looked at it but Fife is not the best place to network from, if we lived in central England it would be a lot easier and a very viable business if the right person done it.

Scotland is a nightmare and the only reason SPDS manage is because they don't just transport pigeons :-/

[chickadee]

 

And gets stopped by the police as well ,

 

Yes cheats in unmarked cars, it should not be allowed

 

 

[Guest stb]

 

Thanks but Duncan is the brains behind it and I just keep him right ;D ;D ;D

As I said before we looked at it but Fife is not the best place to network from, if we lived in central England it would be a lot easier and a very viable business if the right person done it.

Scotland is a nightmare and the only reason SPDS manage is because they don't just transport pigeons :-/

you can get cheap houses in leicester,,lol

 

 

[chickadee]

you can get cheap houses in leicester,,lol

 

 

;D ;D ;D We would need two artic lorries to move his crap, oooops I mean his project material ;D