The parish board
Every parish, every band, every cut-off
The price is the parcel class against the higher of the two parish bands. The date is the two parishes' run days. Nothing on this page is a starting price and nothing here is revised on an invoice.
Kingston, Saint Andrew
Saint Catherine, Clarendon, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas
Manchester, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Trelawny, Saint Ann
Westmoreland, Hanover, Portland
Band is the higher of the two parishes. Nothing else changes the price: not the fuel price, not how far up the road the address is, not whether we have to come back a second time.
$0.00
Small parcelBand 1
2 kg · 40 cm longest side
Collected
Today
Working out the cut-off…
Through the depot
7 Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston
Sorted the same evening
Delivered
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- Fuel levy$0.00
- Remote-area supplement$0.00
- Re-delivery after a missed attempt$0.00
- Saturday delivery in the metro$0.00
- Signature and photograph on delivery$0.00
- Waiting time at collection$0.00
- Cover to $500 on every parcel$0.00
Signed for and photographed at the door, both included. Rates in USD.
Printed board
From the Kingston depot
Pick a class and the price column re-prices. These are the rates to and from the depot; between two out-of-town parishes the band is the higher of the two, which the quote above works out for you.
| Parish | Band | Price | Collected on | Cut-off | Same day? | Delivered from the depot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | 1 | — | Monday to Saturday | 16:30 Sat 11:30 | Before 13:00 | Same day if we have it by 13:00, otherwise next morning |
| Saint Andrew | 1 | — | Monday to Saturday | 16:30 Sat 11:30 | Before 13:00 | Same day if we have it by 13:00, otherwise next morning |
| Saint Catherine | 2 | — | Monday to Saturday | 15:30 Sat 11:00 | Before 13:00 | Same day if we have it by 13:00, otherwise next morning |
| Clarendon | 2 | — | Monday to Friday | 14:00 | No — two legs | Next weekday |
| Manchester | 3 | — | Monday to Friday | 14:00 | No — two legs | Next weekday |
| Saint Elizabeth | 3 | — | Monday, Wednesday, Friday | 13:30 | No — two legs | Next southern run day |
| Westmoreland | 4 | — | Tuesday and Thursday | 13:00 | No — two legs | Next Tuesday or Thursday |
| Hanover | 4 | — | Tuesday and Thursday | 13:00 | No — two legs | Next Tuesday or Thursday |
| Saint James | 3 | — | Monday to Friday | 13:00 | No — two legs | Next weekday |
| Trelawny | 3 | — | Monday to Friday | 13:00 | No — two legs | Next weekday |
| Saint Ann | 3 | — | Monday to Friday | 13:30 | No — two legs | Next weekday |
| Saint Mary | 2 | — | Monday to Friday | 14:00 | No — two legs | Next weekday |
| Portland | 4 | — | Monday, Wednesday, Friday | 13:30 | No — two legs | Next eastern run day |
| Saint Thomas | 2 | — | Monday to Friday | 14:30 | No — two legs | Next weekday |
Kingston, Saint Andrew and Saint Catherine are shaded: they are on the metro run four times a day, which is why they are the only same-day parishes.
How the bands were set
Four bands, drawn from the actual runs
Not from a map or a radius. A band is what it costs us to put a van on that road as often as we do.
Band 1 & 2 — the metro and the near parishes
Kingston and Saint Andrew are band 1: four runs a day, six days a week, and the depot is inside the zone. Saint Catherine is band 2 because the causeway and Spanish Town take a van out of the metro rotation for two hours, and Clarendon, Saint Mary and Saint Thomas are band 2 because they are one leg out and back inside a working day.
Band 3 & 4 — the long runs
Band 3 parishes are on daily long runs: Manchester, Saint Ann, Trelawny, Saint James, and Saint Elizabeth three days a week. Band 4 is Westmoreland, Hanover and Portland, where a van is out for the whole day and back after dark, so the run only pays twice or three times a week.
The six charges that are not on the board, because they are not charged
- Fuel levy — elsewhere 8 to 15% of the rate, revised monthly$0.00
- Remote-area supplement — elsewhere $6 to $18 a parcel outside the town centre$0.00
- Re-delivery after a missed attempt — elsewhere The full rate again for each attempt$0.00
- Saturday delivery in the metro — elsewhere 50% surcharge, or not offered$0.00
- Signature and photograph on delivery — elsewhere $2 a parcel, or an account add-on$0.00
- Waiting time at collection — elsewhere $1 a minute after the first ten$0.00
If a BizExpress invoice ever carries a line that is not a board rate, it is our mistake and we credit it. The rest of the questions