Marketplace Collection in Colne

Holding a Colne listing until the van can get over the tops

Sellers on Marketplace and eBay tend to deal with whoever turns up first, which is awkward when you live in Colne and the sideboard is in Leeds, or you live in Bradford and the dresser is on a hillside above Colne Water. A small deposit through the platform, or simply a firm day and time in writing, is what keeps it yours. Give the seller our name and a rough arrival window, and they get a call when the van is close.

At the Colne end, the thing that slows a pick-up is the house rather than the drive. Pendle terraces put steps between the pavement and the door, and a wardrobe in a back bedroom has to come down a steep, turning stair. Ask the seller to bring smaller pieces down beforehand and to say honestly whether a big one has been in and out of that room before. Anything is taken apart only where it was built to come apart.

Messages to send a seller before a Colne pick-up

• Confirm the price, the collection day and a rough time window in writing on the platform
• Ask whether the item is on the ground floor, upstairs, or out in a garage, and whether a seller on a side row off Keighley Road can bring it to the main-road end
• Get the seller's mobile number and pass it on with the listing link
• If the seller wants paying on the spot, agree with them how you will pay once the piece has been looked over
• If the piece is coming to a stepped row in Horsfield or up at Lidgett, describe the steps and the doorway, so the carry is part of the price

Colne and nearby places where a bought item may be waiting

• Keighley Road and Skipton Roadthe main roads east and north-east, easier to pull in on than the side rows
• Horsfield and Vivary Bridgeterraces stepped into the hillside, so ask which floor the piece is on
• Lidgett and Knottshigher ground, so ask how far the kerb is from the front door
• Trawden and Winewall lanescountry lanes where a photo of the gateway saves a wasted trip
• Barrowford and Foulridgeneighbouring villages that fit on the same planned run

Marketplace pick-ups and drop-offs in and around Colne

• Skipton or Earby seller → Colne buyerdown the A56 and through Foulridge
• Colne seller → Leeds buyerover the tops, through Keighley and on past Bradford
• Nelson seller → Trawden buyera short Pendle hop once the van is already over

Pricing a pick-up when the item or the buyer is in Colne

The distance between seller and buyer, how awkward the piece is and how far it is carried at each end decide the figure, and the drive over from Bradford is folded into that one agreed price. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Marketplace Collection in Colne: your questions