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This page tells you the terms of use of this website (these Terms of Use). Please read these carefully before using this website.
In particular please note that the carriage and delivery services listed on this website (Services) are provided by persons who are licensed to operate as Fastway Couriers and are subject to Fastway Couriers’ Conditions of Carriage (Conditions of Carriage). These are available to download here.
By clicking on the button marked “I accept”, you are deemed to accept (a) these Terms of Use and (b) subject that you order any Services from this website, the Conditions of Carriage.
If you do not click on the button marked “I accept” you are deemed not to accept these Terms of Use and will not be able to order any services from this website.
This website is operated by Parcel Connect Limited, a company registered in the Republic of Ireland under company number 550884. Our registered office is BKRM Accountants, 81/82 North Strand Road, Fairview, Dublin 3. Our main trading address is at c/o Fastway Couriers, Ballymount Cross Industrial Estate, Ballymount Rd Lower, Ballymount Little, Dublin 24, D24 YE33, Ireland. Our VAT number is 3311633FH.
Orders (excluding UK Virtual Address service) may be placed from anywhere in the world. Items for delivery can be collected from anywhere in the Republic of Ireland (but not anywhere else) and can be delivered to anywhere in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom. Customers availing of the UK Virtual Address service can place orders with UK online retailers ONLY.
For full details of our conditions of carriage please click here
If any of these Terms of Use (and/or, in the event that you have ordered any Services from this website, the Conditions of Carriage) or any provisions of a Contract are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Carrier is not a common carrier and accepts no liability as such and may at his own discretion:
The Consignor hereby acknowledges and consents that:
if the Delivery Address is unattended the Carrier may:
The Carrier may assign, sub-contract or otherwise transfer a Contract, or any rights or bligations arising under it, at any time during the term of the Contract.
The Carrier does not accept for carriage Dangerous Goods or Hazardous Goods. If, in the opinion of the Carrier, any items, parcels or goods forming part of a Consignment are or are liable to become Dangerous Goods or Hazardous Goods, the Carrier reserves the right to remove and/or refuse carriage of such items, parcels or goods which may be destroyed, disposed of, abandoned or rendered harmless by the Carrier without compensation to, but at the cost in all things of the Consignor and without prejudice to the Carrier's right to its charges under these Conditions.
The Carrier does not accept for carriage:
Any goods that are delivered to or collected from or otherwise stored at a Parcel Connect Store must not exceed:
All other goods for carriage and delivery to the UK mainland must not exceed:
The following formulation may be used as a guide to the calculation of cubic conversion weight for purposes of clause 14.1 and clause 14.2:
length x breadth x height (in metres) x a cubic conversion rate of 250 = cubic weight.
By way of example, freight with the following dimensions meets the criterion:
0.80m x 0.4m x 0.4m x 250 = 32 cubic kgs
The Carrier does not accept for carriage:
The Carrier accepts certain items on an Owners Risk basis. Such items are not covered by the Carrier’s policy of insurance and include:
The Consignor is responsible for the packaging and labelling of any items, parcels or good accepted by the Carrier for carriage in accordance with these Conditions. Any goods tendered for carriage by the Consignor that are deemed by the Carrier to be insufficiently packaged or labelled and which are accepted for carriage by the Carrier shall be deemed to be at Owner's Risk.
The Consignor shall indemnify the Carrier against:
The Consignor shall not indemnify the Carrier in respect of losses occasioned to the Carrier that result from any failure to comply with these Conditions that fall into the following categories:
The Consignor shall be solely responsible for the conformity of any containers, packaging or pallets with any requirements of the Consignee and for any expense incurred by the Carrier arising from any failure to so conform.
The Consignor authorises the Carrier to act as the Consignor's agent for purposes of export control and to complete all documents as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the provision of the Services subject that the Carrier shall not be liable for failure to act as the Consignor's agent in this regard.
The Carrier may (but without obligation to do so) advance any duties, taxes, imports, outlays or charges at any port or place in respect of the Consignment and the Consignor shall pay an amount equal to the amount paid by the Carrier in this regard.
All rights, powers, authorities, immunities of liability in these Conditions shall continue to have their full force and effect in all circumstances and notwithstanding any breach of these Conditions or negligence by the Carrier or any person entitled to the benefit of these Conditions or any of their respective agents, servants or officers.
If any of these Conditions or any provisions of a Contract are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Carrier shall be entitled to collect, store and process personal data within the meaning of the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003 and GDPR 2018 regulations provided by the Consignor to the Carrier in connection with the Contract and the Consignor consents that such data may be disclosed by the Carrier to:
If the Carrier fails at any time during the term of a Contract, to insist upon strict performance of any of the Consignor’s obligations under the Contract, or if the Carrier fails to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which he is entitled under the Contract, this will not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and will not relieve the Consignor from compliance with such obligations.
A waiver by the Carrier of any default will not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default.
No waiver by the Carrier of any of these Conditions of Carriage will be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and is communicated to you in writing.