It's the holiday season and Parcel Pete’s jetted off to the gorgeous Italy for a week for a bit of relaxation as well as delivering some of your parcels in Italy too!
Here at ipostparcels.com, we’ve had Parcel Pete keeping us up to date with his journey with pictures of the different parts of Italy he’s been visiting.
Competition:
So we’ve put together a little Italian competition seeing as though Parcel Pete’s over there at the mo!
It’s our usual competition where we ask you to retweet, like and share our posts on Twitter and Facebook. This time round we’ll also be posting up snaps of Parcel Pete on holiday so you have to guess exactly which part of Italy he’s in.
The more you RT/Like/Share and answer the q’s correctly the more chances you have of winning £50’s worth of yummy Jamie’s Italian Restaurant vouchers.
Jamie Oliver’s Special Delivery:
You may be thinking why did Parcel Pete decide to visit Italy? Well, not only do we ship parcels to Italy but we also recently made some special deliveries to the Jamie’s Italian restaurants across the UK, which gave him the taste for wanting more of the Italian culture.
We delivered some laptops which were needed for training purposes; we collected the laptops from one restaurant and delivered to the next and so on, just in time for their training workshops.
Whilst on his delivery round, Parcel Pete decided to buy £50’s vouchers for Jamie’s Italian for one lucky winner which can be used at any of the Jamie’s restaurants across the UK!
So if you fancy your chances of winning, make sure you enter our competition.
But hurry, competition closes at 11.59pm on Tuesday 16th July and there will only be one winner!
Get the strawberries and pimms on the go, it’s that time of year again…yes that’s right it’s Wimbledon! Here at ipostparcels.com we’ve been keeping you up to date on all things Wimbledon on our Facebook and Twitter page, even Parcel Pete’s had a bit of tennis makeover too!
In keeping with the whole tennis spirit of things we thought we’d look into some of the traditions that help make Wimbledon the most popular tennis tournament to date.
Grass courts:
Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and has been played since 1877. It’s regarded as one of the most prestigious out the ‘Four Grand Slams’ and is the only tennis tournament still played on a grass court which is the original surface for the sport.
Strawberries & Cream:
Forget hotdogs and burgers, strawberries and cream are the typical stall food at Wimbledon. Dating back to the origins of Wimbledon 1877, they signified the start of summer.
The Rain:
Wimbledon just wouldn’t be Wimbledon without the rain! It almost always rains at least once during the two weeks Wimbledon is on for. The rain disrupts play and the courts need to be covered up, however in 2009 Centre Court had a purpose built electronic roof fitted to it so play could continue through the rain.
All White:
All players must stick to a strict dress code of an all-white outfit. Roger Federer famously wore trainers with an orange sole whilst playing and was pulled up by the organisers.
Royal Patronage:
Wimbledon is a favourite amongst the Royals and they’ve been attending since 1907. The Duke of Kent is the president of the All England Club and players are to courtesy when entering and exiting centre court if the Queen or Prince of Wales is sitting in the Royal Box.
So there’s some of the most well-known traditions of Wimbledon and help make it what it is today. Parcel Pete’s a huge fan of it too so why not join in on the conversation on our Twitter and Facebook page.
Guess who’s back and got a tan?! That’s right, it’s your favourite delivery man Parcel Pete here!
I’ve been busy travelling the globe making sure all is in place as ipostparcels.com has now launched its international parcel delivery service. Over the last few months we’ve received a lot of feedback from customers asking if we could set up an International delivery service. And that’s exactly what we’ve done.
International Parcel Delivery:
International delivery is on the rise, whether you’re sending business parcels or a gift to a loved one ipostparcels.com can get your International parcels to its final destination with ease.
Send a parcel to anywhere in the world and benefit from:
- Incredibly low prices
- Intelligent online booking form – automatically generates customs invoices
- Parcel collection from your home
- Booking International and UK parcels in the same transaction
- Part of UK Mail Group with 40 years experience in worldwide shipping
- Quality end to end service
Our low prices have no compromise on our quality service, so whether you’re sending a parcel to USA or China, you can be sure your parcel is in safe hands.
Competition:
Don’t forget, we’re still running our competition on my International Adventure. Keep an eye out on our Facebook & Twitter page, we’re close to the end now, competition closes on midnight 5th June. Hurry and get entering, you could win £50’s Love2Travel vouchers, a Kindle and other holiday travel essentials!
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Parcel Pete and the ipostparcels.com team have well and truly got into the Christmas spirit of things and we’ve given our delivery vans a bit of a festive makeover.
To celebrate the launch of our new Christmas delivery van’s we’ve put together a competition for you all. 3 winners will be drawn and each will receive £50’s worth of Love2Shop vouchers valid for majority High Street retailer, perfect for the Christmas season.
It’s easy to enter and we’ve given you 4 different ways to do so:
• Simply use voucher code VAN10 when you place an order between 10/12/12 and 19/12/12. This also gives you 10% off!
• Retweet our competition posts on Twitter
• Share any of our Christmas posts of Facebook
• Or Spot the Christmas van, take a picture and tag us in it!
But you’ve got to be quick, competition closes on December 19th!
So, send a parcel, engage with us on social media or look out for our van, either way you could be winning those vouchers!
Good Luck!
It’s about that time again, the Paralympics have started and I’m getting into the spirit of things by bringing back my Parcel Pete’s Golden Treats competition open for all ipostparcels.com customers.
Competition time
I will be picking out a lucky winner at random for every Gold medal won by Team GB. For each Gold medal each winner will receive a £5 off their next shipment voucher available to use when booking in a parcel for next day delivery!
In it to win it
For your chance at getting £5 off your next shipment all you have to do is simply ‘follow’ @ipostparcels on twitter. Every time Team GB wins a Gold medal we’ll tweet out a message. If you retweet any of the messages or mention @ipostparcels, you’ll automatically be entered into the draw.
All the winners will be drawn at the end of the Paralympics on September 9th 2012.
Great chance of winning
In the last Paralympics held in Beijing in 2008, Team GB won a rather impressive 42 Gold medals! Judging by the athlete’s forming Team GB this time round I say we’re in for another impressive set of Gold medals coming our way.
So let’s all get together and support our team and follow @ipostparcels for your chance at winning.