TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Services are provided by Parcel2Go.com Limited whose registered office is 1A Parklands, Lostock, Bolton BL6 4SD, United Kingdom.
Please read these Terms and Conditions very carefully and particularly clauses 3.2, 6, 9, and 11, which set out the extent of our liability under these Terms and Conditions and provide for an indemnity by you in certain circumstances.
When purchasing any Royal Mail label via Parcels Online, as well as the Parcel2Go Terms & Conditions, users will also be accepting the Royal Mail Services Terms & Conditions. They can be found here - https://www.royalmail.com/non-contract-terms-and-conditions.
Please note that certain items are Prohibited Items and cannot be sent by any of our Services. Please check your item against the Prohibited Item list here: https://www.parcelsonline.postoffice.co.uk/prohibited-items. We reserve the right to deal with any Prohibited Item at our sole discretion without being liable in any way to you or the recipient of the Consignment containing the Prohibited Item(s). For the avoidance of doubt, this means that if these items are carried, they are carried without Parcel Protection for damage or loss, regardless of whether Parcel Protection is taken out. We have the right to dispose of any Prohibited Items, in whole or in part, as we decide, and reserve the right to charge you for any reasonable costs we incur in doing so.
Certain other items are carried without Parcel Protection for damage and at your risk, regardless of whether Parcel Protection is taken out. We do not accept any liability for damage to or made by these items caused through the use of our Service (the No Protection Items). Please check your item against the No Protection Items list here https://www.parcelsonline.postoffice.co.uk/prohibited-items. For further details, you must read clause 6.11.
Certain other items require more detail from you before they can be sent using our Service. Please check your item against the more information required list here: https://www.parcelsonline.postoffice.co.uk/prohibited-items.
Standard Terms of Contract
1. Definitions
In these Terms and Conditions, where the following terms are used, they shall have the following meanings:
“Agreement” means these Terms and Conditions together with the Service Order.
“Collection Point” means the address at which a Consignment is received or collected by us.
“Consignment” means any item(s) which are, may be, or are intended to be, received by us from any sender at an address for us to carry and deliver to any recipient at any other address.
“Damaged Consignment” means a Consignment that is no longer in the condition in which it was received by us, or which is or becomes a health and safety risk.
“Delivery Point” means the address to which a Consignment is delivered by us.
“Excepted Risks” means:
(i) war, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolution, insurrection or military or usurped power, or loot, sack or pillage in connection;
(ii) ionising radiations or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel;
(iii) radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear component of the same;
(iv) pressure waves caused by aircraft and other aerial devices travelling at the speed of sound or faster; and/or
(v) the absence, failure or inadequacy of the packing or packaging used for a Consignment.
“No Protection Item” means a Consignment that is carried without Parcel Protection for damage or loss and at your risk.
“Out of Gauge” means a Consignment which is outside of the weight and dimension ranges that we carry on a particular Service.
“Prohibited Item” means any item which cannot be carried on any Service.
“Purchase” means when you accept the Service Order.
“Returned to Sender” a Consignment may be returned to sender (i.e. to us) if the recipient sends it back to us and:
(i) you do not accept receipt of that Consignment;
(iii) you do not pay any outstanding charges; and/or
(iii) if the Consignment is delivered and is Out of Gauge, for which you nor the recipient pay the underpayment.
“Service” means the service and carriage of a Consignment by us in accordance with the Service Order.
“Service Order” means the summary of the order, which is displayed during the ordering process, which is confirmed to you in the confirmation email that we send once we have accepted your order.
“Us, We or Our” means Parcel2Go.com Limited, together with its directors, employees any agents subcontractors or couriers acting on its behalf.
“Website” means the website which is located at the following url: https://www.parcelsonline.postoffice.co.uk.
“You” means the customer, who is contracted with us, as set out in the Service Order.
2. Our Obligations
2.1 We will carry out the Service(s) for you whilst this Agreement is in force, in return for the payment by you to us of the price set out in the Service Order and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
2.2 We have the right to make any changes to the Service(s) which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement or which do not materially affect the nature or quality of the Service(s) and we shall notify you of any such changes.
2.3 We warrant that we will provide the Service(s) using reasonable care and skill.
2.4 If we do not provide the Service(s) with reasonable care and skill, you may require us to repeat or fix the Service(s) or, if that is not possible or not done in a reasonable time, obtain a reasonable reduction in the price from us.
3. Loading and Unloading
3.1 If collection or delivery of a Consignment takes place at your premises, we shall not be under any obligation to provide any equipment or labour which, apart from the driver collecting the Consignment, may be required for loading or unloading of a Consignment.
3.2 Any Consignment (or part of a Consignment) requiring any special equipment for loading and unloading shall be accepted by us for transportation only on the understanding and condition that such special equipment will be made available at the Collection Point and the Delivery Point, as required. Where such equipment is not available and if we agree to load or unload the Consignment (or part of the Consignment), we shall be under no liability or obligation of any kind to you for any damage caused (however it may be caused) during the loading or unloading of the Consignment. This includes any damage caused whether or not by our negligence and you shall agree to indemnify and hold us harmless against any claim or demand from any person arising out of our agreeing to load or unload the Consignment in these circumstances.
4. Collection and Deliveries
4.1 We will make one attempt to deliver a Consignment during normal working hours. If we cannot obtain a delivery receipt at the Delivery Point, you agree that we shall be authorised to attempt to:
(a) deliver the Consignment to, or obtain a delivery receipt from, an alternative address close to the Delivery Point; or
(b) deliver the Consignment to a safe location at the Delivery Point,
and (if successful) we agree that we will leave at the Delivery Point details of the address or safe location to which we have delivered the Consignment.
4.2 If we are unable to deliver to the Delivery Point, a nearby address or a safe location, we shall return the Consignment to our premises and leave a request for the recipient of the Consignment to contact us to make alternative delivery arrangements to the Delivery Point. If the recipient does not contact us to arrange the alternative delivery within 7 days, we will return the Consignment to you at your cost (such cost to be discharged before delivery to you).
4.3 If we consider that the Consignment has become a Damaged Consignment and cannot be delivered because it is or in our reasonable opinion is likely to be unsafe, hazardous or harmful, we reserve the right to dispose of the Damaged Consignment immediately.
4.4 Return information is captured from the collection address details listed in the service order.
5. Sub-Contractors
You agree that we may use another carrier in order to support our provision of the Services to you (this will be at our own expense) and you agree that both we and such other carrier shall be entitled to the protection of all of the terms of this Agreement, which exclude or limit liability for any losses or damage.
6. Our Liability
YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN PARTICULARLY TO THIS CLAUSE AND THE LIMITS OF OUR LIABILITY WITHIN IT.
6.1 Where you deal with us as a consumer, nothing within these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to affect your rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. For the avoidance of any doubt, when you deal with us as a business, the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 is hereby excluded to the fullest extent legally possible and you are further referred to additional terms relating to business clients set out below.
6.2 Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or exclude our liability for:
(a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; or
(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
6.3 As a responsible business, we will perform the Service(s) in a professional manner with the appropriate level of skill and care. However, loss of or damage to a Consignment may still occur as a consequence of our handling of it and, in such circumstances, our liability shall be limited as set out in these Terms and Conditions. The reasoning behind such limitation of our liability is as follows:
(a) the value of a Consignment and the amount of potential loss to you that could arise if a Consignment is damaged or lost is not something which we can easily ascertain but is something which is better known to you. In many cases, it cannot be known to us at all and can only be known to you;
(b) the potential amount of loss that might be caused or alleged to be caused to you is likely to be disproportionate to the sum that we could reasonably be expected to charge you for providing the Service(s) under this Agreement;
(c) it is not possible for us to obtain protection which would give unlimited protection for our full potential liability to all of our customers and, even if it were, such protection would be much cheaper if taken out by you (rather than us taking out such protection and passing the cost on to you) and, on that basis, it is more reasonable for you to take out such protection from an independent third party. Please note that you are also able to purchase Parcel Protection from us for your Consignment during the ordering process;
(d) we wish to keep the costs of providing the Service(s) to you as low as possible;
(e) in light of the above, we wish to limit our liability for any damage or loss caused to you to a level which we consider reasonable to our low charges for providing the Services;
(f) in these Terms and Conditions, damage to you means any damage suffered by you (including any loss of, or damage to, a Consignment and any other loss, whether or not known to you or us or in either of our contemplation at the time of entering into this Agreement), however it arises but only so long as it is caused by our negligence, breach of duty or other wrongful act or omission (which includes any deliberately wrongful act or omission) and any breach of any terms of this Agreement, or any terms which are implied by statute (where applicable); and
(g) we investigate all claims received by us in a fair and speedy manner, but such investigations are more accurate and are easier to perform soon after the loss or damage is alleged to have incurred and, on that basis, the timescales set out in this Agreement are necessary to ensure that such investigations can be performed fairly.
The Extent of our Liability
6.4 We shall only be liable for damage or loss caused to you if it is caused by our negligence, breach of duty or other wrongful act or omission, and only subject to the limitations set out within this clause 6 and clause 7.
6.5 We shall not be liable to you under any circumstances for:
(a) any direct or indirect loss (including, but not limited to loss of profits, or loss of goodwill); or
(b) any other special or indirect losses, costs, damages, or claims which do not arise naturally as a result of our negligence, breach of duty, or other wrongful act or omission.
6.6 We shall not be liable to you:
(a) under any circumstances where there are any material discrepancies (meaning more than 10% difference) between the declared dimensions and/or weights and the actual dimensions and/or weights;
(b) for any damage caused by our negligence, breach of duty, or other wrongful act or omission, which you have, or you have arranged to be, repaired, unless it is agreed by us that the repair work is to be carried out and that a repairer approved by us undertakes this work;
(c) in any circumstances in respect of the items on the Prohibited Items; Damage to Items Protected for Loss Only; or for loss of or damage to the No Protection Items lists, unless otherwise stated by us; or
(d) for any damage incurred to the packaging used for the goods booked on the service order.
The Limitation on the Amount of our Liability
6.7 If we are liable to you for any reason, we shall (subject always to clause 7) only be liable to refund to you the cost paid for the Service(s), unless you have purchased Parcel Protection for your Consignment from us.
For the avoidance of doubt, this includes any Parcel Protection that you may require in respect of any items listed on the “Items Protected for Loss Only” and “No Protection Items” lists. No level of Parcel Protection that you purchase from us will render allowable any item which is on the “Prohibited Items” list.
Where you purchase Parcel Protection for your Consignment from us, our liability to you is limited to the lesser of: (i) the value of the Parcel Protection taken out; or (ii) the actual value of the Consignment at the date of loss or damage (as applicable). Where you do not purchase Parcel Protection, you confirm that you accept the risks of not doing so.
We offer two types of Parcel Protection for Consignments:
- Protection for loss or damage
- Protection for loss only
Please note that if you purchase Parcel Protection for loss only, you will not be protected, and we shall not be liable, for any losses that you suffer due to any damage caused to the Consignment other than for up to the cost that you have paid for the Service(s) in circumstances where such damage is caused by our negligence, breach of duty or other wrongful act or omission, and subject to the limitations set out within this clause 6 and clause 7.
Irrespective of the type of Parcel Protection ((i) loss only; or (ii) loss or damage) that you purchase, we will not be liable to repay you the market value of the Consignment as at the time it was purchased by you. Consignments by their nature are subject to depreciation. You must take out a “new for old” compensation policy should you wish to be compensated in this way.
6.8 In order to ascertain the extent of our liability above, we shall require proof of the value and weight of the entire Consignment and any constituent part or parts and you must ensure that, prior to our collection of the Consignment, you have a record of these. For the avoidance of any doubt, and without affecting clause 6.5, we shall only be liable for the replacement value of the Consignment and not for any sums that would amount to profit on the Consignment or applicable value added tax (or like tax) on such profit.
6.9 If a claim arises as a result of damage to the whole or part of a Consignment and if we settle the claim for a sum equal to or greater than the value of the Consignment (in circumstances where you have purchased Parcel Protection for loss or damage), then we shall be entitled to claim ownership of the Consignment and deal with it as we see fit. For the avoidance of any doubt, we shall be responsible for the cost of recovery of the Consignment.
6.10 If you wish to combine a number of discrete packages within a Consignment, you must do this within an outer box or packaging fully encompassing each discrete package. If you do not do this and any individual discrete package(s) come apart in transit resulting in one or more of them being lost, then once the remaining parcel(s) are signed for by the recipient, you accept that you cannot make a claim for loss or partial loss of the Consignment.
No Protection Items and Items Protected for Loss Only
6.11 Certain items are carried without Parcel Protection for damage or loss and at your own risk regardless of whether you have purchased Parcel Protection. A list of these items can be found at: https://parcelsonline.postoffice.co.uk/prohibited-items.
We do not accept any liability for damage to or damage caused by any of the items on these lists, whatsoever and howsoever damage is caused, whether in contract, breach of statutory duty, tort (including negligence) or otherwise.
For the avoidance of doubt, if you purchase Parcel Protection for the items on the “Items Protected for Loss Only” list, they will be carried with Parcel Protection only in the event they are lost by us.
Special Provisions
6.12 We shall not, in any circumstances, be liable to you for any damage caused arising directly or indirectly as a result of any of the Excepted Risks.
6.13 If at any time we are prevented or delayed from starting, carrying out or completing any of the Services because of a strike, lock out, labour dispute, weather conditions, traffic congestion, mechanical breakdown or obstruction of any public or private road or highway or any other cause beyond our control, you shall have no claim for damages against us for any loss that you may suffer as a result provided that, where the delay is caused by the mechanical breakdown of one of our vehicles, we shall use all commercially reasonable endeavours to provide a replacement vehicle with the minimum delay practicable.
6.14 We shall not in any circumstances be liable for any late delivery or missed delivery or failure to deliver caused by or contributed to by any deficient or ambiguous labelling of a Consignment and you agree to be responsible for ensuring that such labelling is clear and unambiguous.
Packaging, Labelling and Receipt of goods
6.15 You must properly and sufficiently pack and label all goods for the intended Service and destination, failure to do so, would be seen as an Excepted Risk and could affect any liability for damage, as per clause 6.12:
(a) You must pack the goods so that the Consignment or the contents of the Consignment or any other goods being Transported by us will not be lost or damaged whilst being Transported, and will not cause injury or damage to any person, any property or other goods.
(b) If the Consignment has been pre-packed, for example new goods in a display box, the requirement to properly pack the goods set out in clause 6.15 (a) must include packing the Consignment so that the packaging will not be damaged whilst being Transported.
(c) You must ensure that the labelling has the full address and postcodes of both the person or company sending the package and the person or company receiving it.
Your Default
6.16 If our performance of any of our obligations under this Agreement is prevented or delayed by any act or omission by you or failure by you to perform any relevant obligation (“Your Default”):
(a) we shall (without limiting our other rights or remedies) have the right to suspend performance of the Service(s) until you remedy Your Default and, and we shall have the right to rely on Your Default if Your Default prevents or delays our performance of any of our obligations;
(b) we shall not be liable for any costs or losses that you may suffer that arise directly or indirectly from our failure or delay to perform any of our obligations; and
(c) you shall reimburse us on written demand for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by us arising directly or indirectly from Your Default.
Post Office Limited Liability
6.17 The Website has been designed and developed and is owned and operated by us under Post Office branding to enable Post Office customers to purchase Services. Post Office Limited, any affiliates of Post Office Limited, and the operators of any Post Office branded premises or location, (whether operated by Post Office Limited or a third party), shall have no responsibility for the function and content of the Website and that any and all liability regarding the Website, subject to this clause 6, (save for in respect of any Post Office trade marks) rests with us.
7. International Carriage
7.1 If we are requested to collect from, or deliver a Consignment to, a country outside of the United Kingdom, our terms of liability (subject to clause 7.2 below) shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the Convention on the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Road, as set out in the Schedule to the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965 (as amended) (“the CMR Regulations”) and, in particular, articles 17 onwards and those provisions shall be deemed to be incorporated into this Agreement and will apply in place of any inconsistent terms within these Terms and Conditions. We can provide a copy of these provisions if requested, but even if these are not requested, you will be deemed to have read, understood and agreed to them and their incorporation into this Agreement.
7.2 If the carriage of any Consignment occurs by air travel and involves stopping in a country other than the country of departure, then the Montreal Convention, as amended, shall be generally applicable to such part of the carriage as occurs by air and, in particular, our maximum liability in respect of loss of or damage to any such Consignment during air travel shall be limited to the amount set out in the Montreal Convention (namely £1,870 per ton of the gross weight (i.e. including any and all packaging) of the Consignment).
7.3 We shall not be responsible for any local customs charges, import taxes duties, return to sender charges or anything similar which are incurred through our carriage and/or delivery of any Consignment and you must satisfy yourself as to whether any of these charges will become due, and if so in what amounts, before completing an order with us. If any such charges become due as a result of our carriage and/or delivery of a Consignment on your behalf and are charged to us by any competent authority, you agree to reimburse us fully in respect of the same within 7 days of our demand.
7.4 You acknowledge and agree that all Consignments which are to be delivered to the European Union or Northern Ireland may require a commodity code to be declared within the booking process (see https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff). The commodity code classifies goods for import and export and will enable customs authorities to determine if any taxes and/or duties are payable. If the local customs authority determines that any additional taxes or duties are payable because you have provided us with an incorrect commodity code for your Consignment, you acknowledge and agree that the customs authority will impose such taxes or duties, which the recipient of the goods will be required to pay. It is, therefore, your responsibility to ensure that when you place a Service Order for any Consignment which is to be delivered to the European Union or Northern Ireland, you select the correct commodity code and that is it accurate to the best of your knowledge. We accept no responsibility or liability if such additional taxes or duties are payable in such circumstances.
7.5 The provisions at clause 8.6 shall apply to this clause 7.
8. Claims and Refunds
8.1 We shall not be liable to you under any circumstances for any loss or damage unless you notify us either via the Website or by written notice to Parcel2Go.com Limited, 1A Parklands, Lostock, Bolton BL6 4SD within:
(a) 14 days of delivery of the Consignment in the case of damage to all or part of a Consignment or loss of part of a Consignment;
(b) and in all other cases (including, but not limited to, loss of the whole of a Consignment) within 28 days from when the Consignment was collected or received by us.
Making a Claim
8.2 The procedure for applying for a claim for loss, damage or part damage (a “Claim”) is as follows:
(a) log into the “My Account” section on the Website (you will have to register with the Website before you can access the My Account area, which you can do simply by setting a password);
(b) in the “Submit a New Claim” section, please click “Create Claim”;
(c) fill in the details as indicated; and
(d) click “Submit”.
8.3 Once your Claim has been submitted to us, we will review it before deciding whether we are able to make an offer to settle your Claim.
8.4 You will be notified of our decision of whether we are able to settle your Claim or what offer we are prepared to make (“Our Offer”) in the “Your Claims” section on the “My Orders” page of “My Account”.
Accepting Our Offer for your Claim
8.5 The procedure for accepting Our Offer is as follows:
(a) log into “My Account”;
(b) click “Accept Offer”;
(c) choose one of the 2 payment options; and
(d) insert the account details for the account you wish Our Offer to be paid into. It is your responsibility to provide the correct account details into the boxes provided. Please note that we will not be liable for any incorrect details which are provided by you. For the avoidance of doubt, we will not be obliged to make any further payments to you in the event that you have provided incorrect account details. Furthermore, we are not obliged to reverse any payments we may make to incorrect accounts as a result of you providing incorrect details.
Requesting a Refund
8.6 The procedure for requesting a refund is as follows:
(i) on the Website, go to the Our Live Help Desk section;
(ii) enter your parcelsonline reference number;
(iii) if your claim is in connection with a Service failure, please provide your parcel tracking number; and
(iv) alternatively, you can submit your request for a refund in writing to us.
8.7 Refunds may be given at our discretion and in accordance with the Service definitions made available to you at the time of payment.
8.8 Should a refund be appropriate, it shall be made back to the payment method originally used to book the transaction.
8.9 Refunds can only be processed to the contracted party who booked the order.
8.10 Refunds will not be offered for consequential loss.
8.11 Refunds must be requested within 28 days from the date the order was placed.
8.12 We will not provide any refund or reduction of charges if we receive less than the number of parcels for which you have contracted.
8.13 If the parcel has been collected or if the service has been carried out, then we will not be liable for any reason to refund any additional add-ons, including Parcel Protection, Delivery Guarantee premium, Signature and Text Message Notification.
Consignments Returned to Sender
8.14 If a Consignment is Returned to Sender, we shall not be liable to you under any circumstances for any loss caused by us.
9. Your Indemnity
9.1 We shall assume, for the purposes of this Agreement, that you are the sole owner of every item dispatched in the Consignment but, if any other person makes a claim against us for loss of or damage to any such items beyond our liability to you, then you agree that you shall indemnify us against any losses or liabilities that we suffer through that claim (including all legal costs and expenses) and you agree that we shall have no liability to you in these circumstances, regardless of whether such claims exceed any limitations of liability set out in this Agreement.
9.2 You agree to indemnify us against any losses or liabilities that we may suffer through the loss of, or inability to deliver, a Consignment caused by deficient or ambiguous labelling of such Consignment.
10. Payment
10.1 You shall pay all charges applicable in respect of the Service(s) provided by us in accordance with the payment terms set out in the Service Order.
10.2 We charge for our Service(s) based on the dimensions and weight of each Consignment. We may check the dimensions and/or weight of each Consignment. In the event we find that the dimensions and/or weight of a Consignment have been under-declared by you, you agree:
(a) that the dimensions and/or weight that we reasonably determine may be used for the purpose of the calculation of our charges;
(b) we may charge any price difference to you in accordance with our current rates and may also charge an administration fee for correcting such underpayment/additional charge (together, “Correction Charges”);
(c) You authorise us to debit the Correction Charges directly from the debit/credit card, or PayPal account that you used to make the original payment. If the Correction Charges (whether whole or part) cannot be paid by this means, the balance is due within 7 days of a relevant charges being issued to you; and
(d) we may suspend performance of the Service(s) until the Correction Charges are received by us. If we exercise this right, we shall not be liable to you in any circumstances for any costs or losses arising directly or indirectly that you may suffer as a result and clauses 6.13 and 8.12 shall apply.
10.3 If you do not agree with any additional charges, we do offer a surcharge dispute process, to dispute any charges created, you must provide the necessary proof deemed acceptable by us which constitutes a photograph of the package, with a visually clear tape measure showing the dimensions and the original clearly identifiable label on the package. All information regarding surcharge can be found on the Website at: https://parcelsonline.postoffice.co.uk/help-centre/parcels/question/account/what-is-a-courier-surcharge-additional-payment