Rant: Deliveries

Dinomania · 4 Dec 2009 at 10:47

Damn, I hate having to race off to depots to collect parcels - and they're only open 8-10am on a Sat! Gnnhhh, there goes my lie-in.

ESPECIALLY annoying, when I specified a separate delivery address from my billing address (I like to get stuff sent to work, which has a 24hr reception/security guard and Goods In dept), and they go and chuffing send it to the billing address anyway. I'M AT WORK!

"You should have received a calling-card." - did I 'eck.

Only found out what had happened by leaving a message on the website contact form, which took a day to turn around and tell me that the delivery had failed.

Gggggrrrrrrrrrrr.

Knubje · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:26

Highly frustrating, what is even more annoying is when you get the card even though you are at home waiting for the delivery with no effort being made to actually deliver the package!

I have some sympathy for you but in some ways you should probably do your Xmas shopping in real life instead of taking the easy way out online

Dinomania · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:27

You try buying a very specific ukulele locally

GingerNinja1989 · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:27

My courier today just let himself in and put the package on the table :eek:

Bennie-Mac · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:29

Can you not nip out at lunchtime and collect it, save you the hassle of going tomorrow morning?

Dinomania · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:31

Bennie-Mac said:
Can you not nip out at lunchtime and collect it, save you the hassle of going tomorrow morning?

Tempting, though I'm told there's been a nasty crash down that way this morning, depends whether it's cleared.

Grrr, just irritated when my free time is taken up by someone messing up.

Beasty · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:32

Haha reminds me of when whatever courier just left my new monitor in our porch without a knock or anything. I thought he hadn't come and I went out to get the milk eventually and there it was ???

I need to go get a parcel from a failed delivery this weekend too. Is there any way I can just make them default leave it behind my bin? DSL left my windows 7 with a neighbour at least, but that guy is half dead and I spent 30 minutes knocking on his sodding window while he sat there watching deal or no deal in his dressing gown at whatever time in the evening.

Angilion · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:34

This is why I like to have stuff delivered by Royal Mail whenever possible. If I'm not in for the delivery, I just have it sent to the nearest post office for me to collect.

Mr_White · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:34

sara said:
You try buying a very specific ukulele locally

Come on and hear my ukulele, come on and hear, come on and hear, I give a demonstration daily, right over here, right over here, walk up, walk up, chalk this one up to me, whenever I play, the world goes gay and the ukulele man is here, I'm the ukulele man.

maxilive · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:35

GingerNinja1989 said:
My courier today just let himself in and put the package on the table

Now that's service!

GingerNinja1989 · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:42

maxilive said:
Now that's service!

Not when you go downstairs thinking someone's breaking in!

I get around · 4 Dec 2009 at 12:15

GingerNinja1989 said:
My courier today just let himself in and put the package on the table

My postie does that, but we know him so it's not too wierd.

DreadNiK · 4 Dec 2009 at 12:23

Beasty said:
but that guy is half dead and I spent 30 minutes knocking on his sodding window while he sat there watching deal or no deal in his dressing gown at whatever time in the evening.

I presume this was mean to say half 'deaf'?

Sukh · 4 Dec 2009 at 12:44

Nope, his left half is dead, and so he listens to the TV with his right ear, and subsequently cannot hear the knocking on the door, which is to his left.