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Crap, unreliable parcel delivery/courier companies - feel free to vent here

existentialist said:
DPD were excellent when I lived in Pembroke. I think a lot depends on the driver, and on the setup locally - but mainly the driver.
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The systems for all of the courier companies mitigate against having "a driver", because they want all of the elements to be interchangeable and disposable. For as long as you're lucky enough to have one person doing deliveries for an area who knows how everything works it's great, but it's actively against corporate policy.

This isn't restricted to delivery companies of course, it covers all of the jobs of everyone reading this thread.
 
FridgeMagnet said:
The systems for all of the courier companies mitigate against having "a driver", because they want all of the elements to be interchangeable and disposable. For as long as you're lucky enough to have one person doing deliveries for an area who knows how everything works it's great, but it's actively against corporate policy.

This isn't restricted to delivery companies of course, it covers all of the jobs of everyone reading this thread.
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That may be harder to implement in far-flung parts - certainly, nearly all my DPD deliveries in Pembroke were made by the same bloke.

I've never seen the DPD driver(s) for Laugharne :hmm:
 
FridgeMagnet said:
Seriously, online shopping is a complete shitshow now - you often don't have a choice about ordering online anyway and you feel hugely lucky if what you ordered arrives at approximately the time it was promised and hasn't been given to some random bloke in another city or left in the recycling. Meanwhile the people doing the delivery get paid less and have to work under Nazi regulations, let alone those in the warehouses. O brave new world.
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I barely use ebay anymore because its nearly always sketchy firms either in China or sending via courier.
 
The roads are cluttered by these parcels couriers and they often cause serious problems whilst either parked up (all too often blocking a pavement) or circling around trying to find the place the package is addressed to. Back in the 1960s there was little competition. All you had were a couple of parcels couriers and good old Royal Mail yet usually you would post off your order (and payment) by Royal Mail. Often you could post until late evening. The order would arrive at the company the following morning and you would receive what you had ordered the day after. These days you have the internet and other methods of rapid ordering and payment. Yes it often takes several days or even weeks before your order is received.
 
Dawn Crescendo said:
The roads are cluttered by these parcels couriers and they often cause serious problems whilst either parked up (all too often blocking a pavement) or circling around trying to find the place the package is addressed to. Back in the 1960s there was little competition. All you had were a couple of parcels couriers and good old Royal Mail yet usually you would post off your order (and payment) by Royal Mail. Often you could post until late evening. The order would arrive at the company the following morning and you would receive what you had ordered the day after. These days you have the internet and other methods of rapid ordering and payment. Yes it often takes several days or even weeks before your order is received.
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Where are getting this from? A lot of places offer overnight deliveries, and on my busy main road couriers park without obstructing traffic.
 
DPD actually managed to deliver parcels to me reliably for a number of years (usually next day stuff). That came to an end today, when they attempted to deliver stuff to entirely the wrong address. Thanks to modern technology I could see a photo of completely the wrong house on the tracking page, and when I spoke to them about it they had GPS logs which confirmed the error. If only they had used that stuff to get it right in the first place!
 
Dawn Crescendo said:
The roads are cluttered by these parcels couriers and they often cause serious problems whilst either parked up (all too often blocking a pavement) or circling around trying to find the place the package is addressed to. Back in the 1960s there was little competition. All you had were a couple of parcels couriers and good old Royal Mail yet usually you would post off your order (and payment) by Royal Mail. Often you could post until late evening. The order would arrive at the company the following morning and you would receive what you had ordered the day after. These days you have the internet and other methods of rapid ordering and payment. Yes it often takes several days or even weeks before your order is received.
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I think you may be a tad confused, and have your timelines a little arse-about-face. It wasn't unusual to be waiting the guts of a month for mail order stuff to arrive pre-internet. Next (or same) day delivery is offered by most companies these days.
 
DPD twat delivered an iPad for me today. Due to the contents it had to be signed for.

Before ringing the doorbell the driver opened the door, threw the parcel on the floor loudly, shut the door and then rang the bell. It just makes no sense. WTF was he thinking.
 
Supine said:
DPD twat delivered an iPad for me today. Due to the contents it had to be signed for.

Before ringing the doorbell the driver opened the door, threw the parcel on the floor loudly, shut the door and then rang the bell. It just makes no sense. WTF was he thinking.
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I'm sure most of those drivers aren't complete cunts IRL, but when you look at the way they're treated and how much they get paid to deliver each package, it's no wonder some of them are cunts at work.
 
Saul Goodman said:
I'm sure most of those drivers aren't complete cunts IRL, but when you look at the way they're treated and how much they get paid to deliver each package, it's no wonder some of them are cunts at work.
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I know. I was the 67th delivery and he got to mine by 1pm. He must have had loads of jobs on today!
 
equationgirl said:
Bloody hell Marty1, you must be shattered. Are you working tomorrow too or do you have the day off?
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Yeah, I’m in tomorrow, been working 6 days a week since I started with new logistics agency at Amazon (7 or 8 weeks now iirc). I get Fridays off which flies by so just try to relax and let the body recover/recharge.

Looking forward to 2 days off shortly tho, Xmas day & Boxing Day - woohoo :)
 
Marty1 said:
Yeah, I’m in tomorrow, been working 6 days a week since I started with new logistics agency at Amazon (7 or 8 weeks now iirc). I get Fridays off which flies by so just try to relax and let the body recover/recharge.

Looking forward to 2 days off shortly tho, Xmas day & Boxing Day - woohoo :)
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Best of luck for tomorrow then.
 
Supine said:
DPD twat delivered an iPad for me today. Due to the contents it had to be signed for.

Before ringing the doorbell the driver opened the door, threw the parcel on the floor loudly, shut the door and then rang the bell. It just makes no sense. WTF was he thinking.
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They may have scanned the item, not noticed it needed to be signed for, left it safely inside and then only notice signature required when they went to submit the scan details. It doesn't make them a twat, just rushed of their feet.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

p.s. I have done exactly what I've described above.
 
Louis MacNeice said:
They may have scanned the item, not noticed it needed to be signed for, left it safely inside and then only notice signature required when they went to submit the scan details. It doesn't make them a twat, just rushed of their feet.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

p.s. I have done exactly what I've described above.
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You used to be a courier Louis?
 
Saul Goodman said:
I think you may be a tad confused, and have your timelines a little arse-about-face. It wasn't unusual to be waiting the guts of a month for mail order stuff to arrive pre-internet. Next (or same) day delivery is offered by most companies these days.
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I am talking about the situation 50 or more years ago, the internet has only being around for about 25 years. The rot really seemed to set after the after it was converted from a government department back in 1969. Same day delivery is offered by many companies but the do not always deliver on that promise.
 
Supine said:
DPD twat delivered an iPad for me today. Due to the contents it had to be signed for.

Before ringing the doorbell the driver opened the door, threw the parcel on the floor loudly, shut the door and then rang the bell. It just makes no sense. WTF was he thinking.
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Probably thinking he had another fucking 80 drops to do
 
Marty1 said:
It was a suburban route, very compact.

Luckily most people were home, likely waiting for Xmas presents to arrive no doubt.
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I had an Amazon delivery on Friday and when I checked his location he was already in my road and had five deliveries left to do before me. Staggering when there's less than 50 houses in my road!
 
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