equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
No, I was getting confused with another delivery (it's early).
Amazon just show it as Customer rescheduled delivery for 7th December (clearly passed).
Crap, unreliable parcel delivery/courier companies - feel free to vent here
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Amazon just show it as Customer rescheduled delivery for 7th December (clearly passed).
Yeah, that’s definitely lost in the system I’d say.
I’d suggest contacting Amazon or (maybe easier) just cancel the order then reorder.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Thanks, will do that. Cheers for the help
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
The DPD "prohibited items" list is truly something to behold...
Prohibited & restricted items | DPD local Online
Prohibited & restricted items | DPD local Online
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
That's just about anything that might be wanted (apart from a few of the items that are a bit animal in nature).
Plastic or books !
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
It's astonishing. The only reason I could think is that you'd have to lie (I just lied), and then if any claim arose, they could disallow it. But that seems pretty Machiavellian...
I got refused by the post office for sending an android phone battery back to supplier, I was astonished to be told by the clerk that it was a prohibited item (she was sympathetic) - so I just went to another post office about a mile away and lied about package contents (said it was a usb cable) and supplier received faulty battery back the next day (Royal Mail special delivery service).
Pretty bizarre stuff as the original clerk did tell me that the battery could only be sent if it was part of a phone, not separated
Edit: supplier shipped replacement battery by DPD.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I do understand the lithium ion thing - they really can be lethal - although the "not in a device" thing is bizarre. And there's a lot on that list which is common sense - infectious materials, human flesh, etc. I can even see why they might be reluctant on perfume, given the flammability of alcohol. But a lot of the stuff on that list is, frankly, weird. "Art"? "Clothing"?I got refused by the post office for sending an android phone battery back to supplier, I was astonished to be told by the clerk that it was a prohibited item (she was sympathetic) - so I just went to another post office about a mile away and lied about package contents (said it was a usb cable) and supplier received faulty battery back the next day (Royal Mail special delivery service).
Pretty bizarre stuff as the original clerk did tell me that the battery could only be sent if it was part of a phone, not separated
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Innit? As StoneRoad says, it's almost anything people would actually want delivered! And it's hard to see past it being a cynical way of getting out of liability for anything (except books, apparently!
).
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
It did occur to me that the system for filtering by location may be broken, as it doesn't seem to matter which country you pick, so it is displaying everything. Will take a look at the code.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
I was wondering; I only looked at UK, but did notice that seemingly nothing changed (although I didn't go through it line by bloody line!
).
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
The refusing to transport kayaks is sensible though, a policy the new Tory government could run with there.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I've just had a reminder from UPS. To remind you, this is about the parcel they could ONLY deliver to me, and could not redirect, and which was left last Friday with a neighbour, no signature, and which currently resides, unopened, in my living room...
So that should be interesting, then
So that should be interesting, then
pinkychukkles
Feed Your Head
I remember hearing on one these consumer programs, at the end, almost as an afterthought - the expert they'd invited on said that this additional 'insurance' against loss was the next 'scandal' waiting to happen. I wasn't sure if they were implying that it is completely spurious because any claim for a loss of parcel should already be included in the initial price you pay, since you are paying for a service? Or that the websites are all too happy to recommend you pay additional money to 'insure' your package up to the value you input but fail to let you know when you describe what it is, that their really long list of exclusions to claiming prohibits you from claiming for loss in the event it did go missing! 
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Yes, it does seem like a rather convenient way of offloading liability for anything they cock up (and boy, do they cock up).I remember hearing on one these consumer programs, at the end, almost as an afterthought - the expert they'd invited on said that this additional 'insurance' against loss was the next 'scandal' waiting to happen. I wasn't sure if they were implying that it is completely spurious because any claim for a loss of parcel should already be included in the initial price you pay, since you are paying for a service? Or that the websites are all too happy to recommend you pay additional money to 'insure' your package up to the value you input but fail to let you know when you describe what it is, that their really long list of exclusions to claiming prohibits you from claiming for loss in the event it did go missing!
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
RAGEThey delivered it to a neighbour 1.5 miles away
I'd go back to the supplier, and say your goods have been misdelivered. They are the only ones with any power in this situation. There's no fucking way you should be expected to schlep a mile and a half to collect your items.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
And on unpacking most of the kit was damaged - although most of that was down to bad packing by the sender. OH is on the case !
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
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.
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
Sorry if this pisses anyone off, but I've never had any real problems.
DPD are great around here, I always get a text with a 2 hour delivery window, and they always keep to that. Small orders from Amazon, I always get delivered to the local Sub-Post Office, in case I am not in & because they get a fee for handling it.
Any big items, I ensure when ordering that I'll be home all day for the delivery day - most recent was a new TV for mother, ordered from Richer Sounds, they were using a courier company that I had never heard of before. It went as planned, text the evening before confirming delivery next day, text in the morning confirming a 2 hour delivery slot, and even better, the promised phone call an hour before delivery confirming the actual delivery time, +/- 10 minutes, fucking spot on service.
DPD are great around here, I always get a text with a 2 hour delivery window, and they always keep to that. Small orders from Amazon, I always get delivered to the local Sub-Post Office, in case I am not in & because they get a fee for handling it.
Any big items, I ensure when ordering that I'll be home all day for the delivery day - most recent was a new TV for mother, ordered from Richer Sounds, they were using a courier company that I had never heard of before. It went as planned, text the evening before confirming delivery next day, text in the morning confirming a 2 hour delivery slot, and even better, the promised phone call an hour before delivery confirming the actual delivery time, +/- 10 minutes, fucking spot on service.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
You poor sweet child.Sorry if this pisses anyone off, but I've never had any real problems.
DPD are great around here, I always get a text with a 2 hour delivery window, and they always keep to that. Small orders from Amazon, I always get delivered to the local Sub-Post Office, in case I am not in & because they get a fee for handling it.
Any big items, I ensure when ordering that I'll be home all day for the delivery day - most recent was a new TV for mother, ordered from Richer Sounds, they were using a courier company that I had never heard of before. It went as planned, text the evening before confirming delivery next day, text in the morning confirming a 2 hour delivery slot, and even better, the promised phone call an hour before delivery confirming the actual delivery time, +/- 10 minutes, fucking spot on service.
1000 new
Might have been more but Amazon are using advanced robotics.
Amazon recruiting for 1,000 Darlington jobs after confirming new centre
Amazon’s growth is showing no signs of stopping
They delivered it to a neighbour 1.5 miles away
This time of year many courier firms take on new rookie drivers to cope with Xmas peak volume, so may be the case that an inexperienced driver made your non delivery.
Couple of days ago I had to take an entire route off a new driver for my driving agency. Poor lad was his first day and his wife called him asking him to come home as she’d locked herself out the house, so by the time I’d got to him he’d hardly delivered anything and had used all his battery up on his phone. Turned out that he’d posted some smaller packages through the wrong letterbox/addresses from the few he had delivered.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
An Amazon warehouse is a reverse cyborg. Instead of a human brain controlling a robot body, it's a robot brain controlling a body made out of humans.1000 newjobsslaves available at new Amazon depot at Darlington.
Might have been more but Amazon are using advanced robotics.
Amazon recruiting for 1,000 Darlington jobs after confirming new centre
Amazon’s growth is showing no signs of stopping
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
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.Sorry if this pisses anyone off, but I've never had any real problems.
DPD are great around here, I always get a text with a 2 hour delivery window, and they always keep to that. Small orders from Amazon, I always get delivered to the local Sub-Post Office, in case I am not in & because they get a fee for handling it.
Any big items, I ensure when ordering that I'll be home all day for the delivery day - most recent was a new TV for mother, ordered from Richer Sounds, they were using a courier company that I had never heard of before. It went as planned, text the evening before confirming delivery next day, text in the morning confirming a 2 hour delivery slot, and even better, the promised phone call an hour before delivery confirming the actual delivery time, +/- 10 minutes, fucking spot on service.
It’s all about the algorithms/machine learning.
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