View Full Version : Just come home to a big cheque!
tactcom7
16-09-10, 02:21 PM
After months or battling with parcel force and plenty of to'ing and fro'ing and much frustration on my part, they have finally given in and posted me a cheque to cover the loss of my front end I shipped to Ireland back in april!
The box weighed 29kgs and was 1m x .6m x .5m so I have
no idea how they managed to lose it in the first place!
Drinks all round yeay me :)
andrewsmith
16-09-10, 02:25 PM
nice one but that is an epic balls up on there part
tactcom7
16-09-10, 02:27 PM
I know mate, just glad I took out insurance. I reckon they dumped it in the sea..
Owenski
16-09-10, 02:28 PM
FINALLY!
Glad to hear you've got a pay out mate, bet you thought you'd never see that money again.
tactcom7
16-09-10, 02:29 PM
Thanks mate, I knew you'd be pleased for me :)
I guess miracles do happen.
Tom_the_great
16-09-10, 02:50 PM
Good win mate :)
dirtydog
16-09-10, 02:56 PM
Glad to hear you got your money from them.
You'd be surprised what can be lost by a courier, Securicor Omega managed to lose a complete SV650 engine that was strapped to a half size pallet. It was missing for several days before they found it again and then they delivered it to the wrong house!!!!!
tactcom7
16-09-10, 03:00 PM
Makes you wonder doesn't it? I paid £74 in total for the shipping, and when I phoned them they said, oh sorry the service you selected doesn't require us to get a signature from the person who accepts the parcel...wtf?
west yorks eh?
partyyyyyyyyyyy
flak monkey
16-09-10, 03:14 PM
Good result!
I couriered something back in December last year - got the comp cheque through a fortnight ago!
That is a good outcome. Pacel force have messed up so many times for me I no longer use them.
454697819
16-09-10, 03:43 PM
my favourite was a parcel due to me under 48 hr delivery took 72 hrs, when the guy dropped it off he said sorry I have been to busy to deliver it. its been on the van for 3 days...
Owenski
16-09-10, 03:50 PM
my favourite was a parcel due to me under 48 hr delivery took 72 hrs, when the guy dropped it off he said sorry I have been to busy to deliver it. its been on the van for 3 days...
how busy can someone who drives around in a van all day be?
tactcom7
16-09-10, 03:50 PM
That takes the mick!
I got a bit worried when i recieved a letter saying thanks for your letter, after doing our enquiries I can now confirm your parcel has been delivered... Really parcel force? REEEEAAALLLLYYY? :)
dirtydog
16-09-10, 04:26 PM
how busy can someone who drives around in a van all day be?
You'd be surprised how busy he might be. I've done the multi drop and used to have anything upto 100 pick ups and deliveries a day to do and could only get them all done by working at least 12 hours a day. The courier companies really extract the urine with the work loads they put on the vans so maybe cut the driver some slack eh.
Bluefish
16-09-10, 05:35 PM
+1
A new ARAI ???? I'm ya gal .....
tactcom7
16-09-10, 07:03 PM
How much is a viper gt these days?
£430 ish .... Speak to me nicely .... mind you speak to me naughtily too and that will help ;)
tactcom7
16-09-10, 07:20 PM
Really? I paid 350 for my last one.
You hussy.
454697819
16-09-10, 07:21 PM
You'd be surprised how busy he might be. I've done the multi drop and used to have anything upto 100 pick ups and deliveries a day to do and could only get them all done by working at least 12 hours a day. The courier companies really extract the urine with the work loads they put on the vans so maybe cut the driver some slack eh.
yeah.. he was busy and I do understand, its more that I just wanted to open my shiny new cans..
£80 to talk naughty to me ........... Hmmmm, nearly worth it!!!
tactcom7
16-09-10, 07:40 PM
Lol I can do better I promise.
Owenski
16-09-10, 09:30 PM
You'd be surprised how busy he might be. I've done the multi drop and used to have anything upto 100 pick ups and deliveries a day to do and could only get them all done by working at least 12 hours a day. The courier companies really extract the urine with the work loads they put on the vans so maybe cut the driver some slack eh.
Uh oh, is that someones toes firmly stepped on? Just sounds a bit rediculas at face value, taking 3 days to empty a transit van I didn't even know it was the same van doing the pic ups too tbh. My bad
jimmy4237
16-09-10, 09:53 PM
You'd be surprised how busy he might be. I've done the multi drop and used to have anything upto 100 pick ups and deliveries a day to do and could only get them all done by working at least 12 hours a day. The courier companies really extract the urine with the work loads they put on the vans so maybe cut the driver some slack eh.
I've done the multidrop van work too many a time, and its extremely stressfull, not including the collections you have to do. If you didn't do all your drops (I once had 5 A4 pages of deliveries...:smt013:smt013). That day was around 98 drops, 12 pickups, and I had started at 5am.. not getting finished until 7:30pm at night. Some drops I had to miss out, and I got a bollocking for it. I told him the workload was ridiculous, and to stick his agency job up his backside..People don't realise the distances these guys drive dailly.. its scary... and you've to cover 10 miles in 8 minutes to keep on your schedule...
I had been going all day nonstop with no breaks whatsover, so give the couriers a break... its not their fault the bosses want blood out of a stone when it comes to workload...
dirtydog
16-09-10, 10:05 PM
Uh oh, is that someones toes firmly stepped on? Just sounds a bit rediculas at face value, taking 3 days to empty a transit van I didn't even know it was the same van doing the pic ups too tbh. My bad
I don't do multi drop anymore but people need to realise that they aren't that couriers only delivery/pick up that day. More deliveries get added on every day so it's not really a case of taking 3 days to empty a van. It just kind of snowballs through the week I.e Monday you have 80 deliveries but only get 70 done so Tuesday you have another 80 plus the 10 from the previous day but then only get 80 done so the 10 left het carried over to the next day and so on till you get a quieter day to catch up on it all.
And each time you miss a delivery or collection you get grief from your boss and them from the customer cos you're late!
davepreston
16-09-10, 10:16 PM
i did multi drop on leave once , bloke screamed down the phone once ,i let it slide, nloke screamed twice , i turned the van round asked him of he would like to try it again while i was standing infront of him, he ran out of the office another bloke came in, apologised to me and asked me to go back out, at which point i laughed handed him the keys and told him his van was parked on the hard shoulder of the m6 got back in my mates car and went to the pub (van was towed by plod and not cheap to get out lol)
bunch of shisters ran it and tbh other mates tell me most companies are the same but they sure as hell wernt expecting someone to stand up to them :) , now im courtious to all delivery men
dirtydog
16-09-10, 10:43 PM
As dave says always be nice to your delivery driver as next time he's running late and can't do all his deliveries he'll remember the people that gave him grief last time and think stuff you, you can wait. ;-)
Owenski
17-09-10, 07:53 AM
Does the area which they deliver to make a difference? I've never had a late delivery nor a parcel lost on its way to me "touch wood" but I just wonder if thats because there are a number of depot's all within a couple of miles from where I live. I think of all the major delivery companies the furthest depot is DHL and thats only 6 mile from home.
Parcel Force x 2, Royal Mail x 2, Home Delivery Network, all within a couple of miles then like I say DHL is is about 6miles.
Hmm you are lucky then :) I was waiting for my new sofa to arrive yesterday, well I say me it was me mum for when I move in and they delivered it 2 hours later than the 10:30 delivery and it turned up torn! my new leather sofa :(
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