subject: The Changing Face of Parcel Delivery – From Local Postman to International courier [print this page] The Changing Face of Parcel Delivery From Local Postman to International courier
When you sent letters and parcels in the past they used to be handled by one person and that was the local postman, people would drop their parcels and letters in the letter box or down at their local post office if they were too big and then delivered by another postman at the other end of the delivery process. This has long been the way people have sent and received parcels for many years but there have been plenty of advancements to how parcels are sent.
These days the post office has come under fire in recent years for being less than speedy with deliveries and has even had problems with the previously mentioned postal workers going on strike which has seen a lot of people's parcels and important letters get lost or stuck in a storage facility somewhere. A lot of businesses have used companies who specialise in parcel delivery and other important business deliveries and they tend to be known as couriers.
These couriers are now becoming more popular for non-business customers when they too look to send a parcel to their friends or relatives and even home business parcels from websites such as eBay. These companies have a lighter workload which means your parcel won't get caught in the masses of traffic that some parcel deliveries end up falling prey to. With less competing parcels your parcel will arrive much quicker with a courier than the regular postal service and is a big part of why people send parcels using this service.
Another reason people use these services is the security that is placed on your delivery, rather than sending the parcel and having to wonder what has happened to it you can now get real time updates through the courier's website to find out where your parcel is at any point during the delivery process. This feature is now almost expected of any delivery and it is only because of these couriers that these details are now available to everyone not just the customer but also the people who the parcels are going to.
Sending parcels to anywhere in the world including the UK and the other side of the world is easy with the help of couriers to get their important parcels delivered either for business or personal reasons.
International couriers are easy to spot and even easier to use with online ordering possible with reputable services like UPS and FedEx for quick and convenient parcel collection and delivery.
