On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:32:33 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:09:33 +0100, Bob Minchin
wrote:

But should the driver happen to arrive before the start of the 1 hour
window, the hand held device won't let you sign for it until the window
has started.
DAMHIKT

I have had that problem before. The driver was most irritated but got
around it. I think he signed for it himself later on. Quite why DPD
thought a customer would not like the parcel delivered early is beyond
comprehension.

Because the customer might not be at home until the start of the allotted
hour.

So what? You can't be that stupid. If the customer is home (as I was), why the hell should the computer system stop me from signing for it?

And once you get out of sync it only gets worse.

Our usual DPD driver is very efficient - almost always at the door on
the minute. Occasionally we've had double deliveries (ie. packages for
me & separate ones for my wife) and there has been a few minutes delay
between deliveries...

I recently had three consignments from parcel force, with a new guy. I was out at the time, and he delivered parcel 1 of 1 from consignment 1, and parcels 2 of 3 and 3 of 3 from consignment 3 to my neighbour. Then returned at the end of his round when he realised there were three more parcels for me in his van. Not his fault really, for some reason new parcel force blokes have to use pen and paper for a while before they get promoted to using a handheld device.

And as far as I'm aware, the GPS position is updated at the same time
the driver pushed the 'ok' button after the pad has been signed, so it's
not quite real-time but close enough. I can usually tell when the van
is one stop away and wander down, open the door, etc.

You must have a huge mansion and not be able to answer the door in a a timely manner when he rings the bell. Maybe you should get a sensor installed at the end of your driveway?

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