You can learn about which mailing is more profitable to send things and items from the analysis of the differences between parcels and parcels. They have weight and other restrictions and features of sending.
Every person from time to time is faced with the need to register or receive postage. Most often they are parcels or parcels. They have a rather noticeable difference in price, so it is important to understand exactly how the luggage sent to your friends or relatives will be called.
The main differences between parcels and parcels
1. The value of the investment
What is not of great value in terms of price is sent by parcel post. It can be printed publications, stationery, photographs, any small things that are not subject to deterioration from decay and decomposition. By parcel, you can send larger items and products for household and other purposes, clothes, shoes, small-sized equipment. Including non-perishable foodstuffs: preservatives, sweets, cookies, etc. In a word, all those items that have a fairly high value.
2. Permissible dimensions of postal items
The maximum restrictions for flat and rolled parcels are as follows: for the second - the sum of the length and double diameter is not more than 0.17 m, for the first - the sum of the lengths of all sides and the thickness of the package - no more than 0.9 m. Minimum dimensions - 10.5/14, 8 cm.
For parcels, the restrictions are as follows: the length of the item in any of its dimensions must not exceed 105 cm. The minimum size is 11/22 cm or 11, 4/16, 2 cm.
3. Weight
Parcel post: from 0.1 kg to 2 kg. Package: from 1 to 10 kg. The second postage has a category "heavyweight". They can hold up to 20 kg of luggage. Such parcels are processed at specially designated collection points.
4. Form of departure
The parcel post can be simple, registered, ordered with a notice, with a declared value. Simple parcel post can only send paper attachments. Parcels can be either simple or with a declared value, which is indicated by the client.
About dispatch classes
By default, all parcels and parcels of the 1st class are registered. In such a first, in this case, you can invest not only printed publications, but also light things. If the owner wants to evaluate his investment, then the parcel will be both customized and valuable at the same time. Class 1 shipments are processed first and delivered by air.
Simple parcels and parcels belong to the 2nd class of items. They arrive later, as they are loaded into a special mail carriage of trains of the desired direction. The process of delivery of parcels and parcels can be tracked by the identification number (indicated on the check) on the Russian Post website. Here you can find out where the shipment is currently located and how soon it will be delivered to the addressee.
