In message
, Man
at B&Q writes
On Jul 13, 7:54*pm, geoff wrote:
In message %fW_n.157473$NM4.150841@hurricane, stuart noble
writes





My bits finally arrived yesterday morning. Ordered on Friday morning,
acknowledged and dispatched by Friday lunchtime, and in a Jiffy bag.
If *RS had only done the sensible thing, and sent them via Royal Mail,
they *would have arrived Saturday morning. Wouldn't have mattered if
it was a *business or private address. The postie could just have
shoved the *envelope through the letter box. The post was here
yesterday by 9am. DHL *finally turned up with my bits, at lunchtime. I
was on the phone at the *time, so did not answer the door immediately.
By the time I got there, *the guy was ready to leave a note, and take
the package back away with him. But why ? It was a Jiffy bag,
addressed to the door that he was *standing at. And that door has a
bloody great brass letterbox by the *side of it. It's just stuff like
this that makes me wish that there was *still some common sense in the
I'd like to see *the Post Office survive, which it won't, if all
deliveries that would *most sensibly make use of it, are given to
couriers.
*Arfa

What ****es me off is not knowing whether a signature is going to be
required, and/or whether the package can be left with a neighbour.
Seems like the sender or the courier decides that with no regard for
the recipient's preferences.

Its quite simple - the recipient's preferences have nothing to do with
it as far as the courier is concerned

Quite simply wrong. At least two courier companies follow *my* written
instructions as to what to do when no one is in.

So, if the sender states that the consignment is to be signed for (the
default condition) and the courier follows the recipient's instructions
and the consignment goes astray ...

The courier is liable


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geoff