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What is United Wood Shippings?

United Wood Shippings is the UK's premier courier comparison and booking service offering discounted rates from the world's most established and reliable Shippings delivery companies.
The volume of Shippings that we send nationally and internationally together with the long term relationships we have with our courier partners mean that we are able to offer substantially discounted rates to our customers - making the same door to door shipping service cheaper through United Wood Shippings than going directly to the courier themselves.
Quick, simple and secure online payments can be made via PayPal (UK deliveries only) or WorldPay with your Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Electron, Switch/Maestro, Solo or Delta card. All payments must be made in advance.
Credit facilities are available to our Business Account customers. If you are looking to dispatch a large number of Shippings or documents on a regular basis you should consider opening a United Wood Shippings Business Account. At United Wood Shippings we understand that you have varying time constraints for your shipments. To ensure that the unique needs of your Shippings shipments are met United Wood Shippings business account customers have access to the widest range of courier shipping services available through our courier partners. We are committed to helping you to find the right combination of speed and economy for every domestic, European or international shipment. Key Benefits of opening a United Wood Shippings Business Account include:

  • Designated account executive to ensure the service you receive is reliable and dependable
  • Access to United Wood Shippings's Online Resource centre to help you make sense of customs forms, trade regulations, duties, taxes and all the other considerations of international shipping. A United Wood Shippings business account provides you with the services, tools and personal contact to help you master shipping around the globe
  • Consultation to help your company select the services appropriate to your timeframe and budget
  • Special rates on favourite services / to favourite destinations
  • Enhanced addressbook functionality
  • Credit facilties for extra flexibility
  • Please check your email spam filters have not moved the email into a Spam, Junk or Deleted folder.

    Please add mail@unitedwood.com to your email recipient or ‘Safe’ list to avoid this happening in the future. If you still cannot find our confirmation email then please check that the email you have registered on United Wood Shippings is your correct address.

    Please note, you should receive two messages from United Wood Shippings. First message will be a confirmation and a second message will contain a PDF file attached with all the documentation required for your shipment. If you have not received these messages, please contact our customer support team to request copy of documents to be re sent.
    United Wood Shippings is the online courier comparison and booking service. We have selected the world's finest door to door shipping and Shippings delivery companies, negotiated the best possible discounts (due to the volume of business we trade with them), and we are happy to present them to you in our intuitive, simple and easy to navigate website. We are sure United Wood Shippings can help you find the right combination of speed and economy for every shipment to any destination worldwide.
    At United Wood Shippings we aim to offer you the most competitive prices available on the market, accordingly all bookings must be made online.

    Booking cut-off times For same day delivery we will require 1 hour's notice, and for next day and all other services we will typically require at least 2 hour's notice.


    Collection


    Our Shippings delivery service is committed to collecting all packages are collected at or before 7.00pm on designated collection day. Some of the door to door shipping companies that we work with will allow you to state your preferred time slot; however this should be considered a guide and not a guarantee of the collection time.
    Our Shippings delivery service is committed to collecting all packages are collected at or before 7.00pm on designated collection day. Some of the door to door shipping companies that we work with will allow you to state your preferred time slot; however this should be considered a guide and not a guarantee of the collection time.
    Some of the shipping companies that we work with will allow you to state your preferred time slot. However, this should be considered a guide and not a guarantee of the collection time. Collections are generally between 9am and 5.30pm, in some cases this may be extended to 7pm for residential addresses.
    Yes. A driver may reject your Shippings for the following reasons:

    1. Shippings does not have barcode label provided by United Wood Shippings.
    2. Shippings does not have customs invoices (for international shipments)
    3. Unboxed item
    4. Insufficient internal packaging that does not prevent the contents from shifting
    5. Prohibited item
    6. Neither we nor the Carrier shall be under any obligation to provide any plant, power or labour which may be required for loading or unloading of the Package.

    7. Any Package requiring special appliances for loading onto and/or unloading from the carrier’s vehicle is accepted for the services only on condition that such appliances are available and manned by you or the addressee at the relevant collection and/or delivery points. Please note, if your Shippings weights more than 32kg and there is no one to help the driver to lift the Shippings, he/she may not be able to collect your Shippings due to health and safety regulations.
    Whilst the courier will attempt to collect during your specified time window, collection times are not guaranteed for a number of reasons, for example due to traffic delay. Any guarantees given only apply once the Shippings has been collected. However, when you have cancelled and requested a refund at least 24 hours in advance of collection, a refund will be issued.


    Delivery


  • When will my Shippings be delivered?
  • United Wood Shippings is the UK's premier courier comparison and booking service offering discounted rates from the world's most established and reliable Shippings delivery companies.

    The volume of Shippings that we send nationally and internationally together with the long term relationships we have with our courier partners mean that we are able to offer substantially discounted rates to our customers - making the same door to door shipping service cheaper through United Wood Shippings than going directly to the courier themselves.
    Registering is quick and simple and allows us to offer you the best discounts and service possible. It also minimizes the time you'll need to spend on future orders and enables us to let you know of any further offers that may be relevant to you.
    Credit facilities are available to our Business Account customers. If you are looking to dispatch a large number of Shippings or documents on a regular basis you should consider opening a United Wood Shippings Business Account. At United Wood Shippings we understand that you have varying time constraints for your shipments. To ensure that the unique needs of your Shippings shipments are met United Wood Shippings business account customers have access to the widest range of courier shipping services available through our courier partners. We are committed to helping you to find the right combination of speed and economy for every domestic, European or international shipment. Key Benefits of opening a United Wood Shippings Business Account include:

    1. Designated account executive to ensure the service you receive is reliable and dependable
    2. Access to United Wood Shippings's Online Resource centre to help you make sense of customs forms, trade regulations, duties, taxes and all the other considerations of international shipping. A United Wood Shippings business account provides you with the services, tools and personal contact to help you master shipping around the globe
    3. Consultation to help your company select the services appropriate to your timeframe and budget
    4. Special rates on favourite services / to favourite destinations
    5. Enhanced addressbook functionality
    6. Credit facilties for extra flexibility
    United Wood Shippings is the online courier comparison and booking service. We have selected the world's finest door to door shipping and Shippings delivery companies, negotiated the best possible discounts (due to the volume of business we trade with them), and we are happy to present them to you in our intuitive, simple and easy to navigate website. We are sure United Wood Shippings can help you find the right combination of speed and economy for every shipment to any destination worldwide.
    Please check your email spam filters have not moved the email into a Spam, Junk or Deleted folder. Please add customersupport@United WoodShippings.com to your email recipient or ‘Safe’ list to avoid this happening in the future. If you still cannot find our confirmation email then please check that the email you have registered on United Wood Shippings is your correct address. Please note, you should receive two messages from United Wood Shippings. First message will be a confirmation and a second message will contain a PDF file attached with all the documentation required for your shipment. If you have not received these messages, please contact our customer support team to request copy of documents to be re sent.
    The volume of Shippings that we send nationally and internationally together with the long term relationships we have with our courier partners mean that we are able to offer substantially discounted rates to our customers - making the same door to door shipping service cheaper through United Wood Shippings than going directly to the courier themselves.
    The volume of Shippings that we send nationally and internationally together with the long term relationships we have with our courier partners mean that we are able to offer substantially discounted rates to our customers - making the same door to door shipping service cheaper through United Wood Shippings than going directly to the courier themselves.