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Parcel delivery problems
The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives
has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.ph...=0&cat_code=HD Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
Parcel delivery problems
On 09/10/2010 11:12, The Medway Handyman wrote:
The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.ph...=0&cat_code=HD Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... An alternative. http://www.mybybox.com Costs £50/year and you have to travel to your closest of a UK network of boxes to get your goods. Ideal for those things normally wrapped discretely in brown plain wrapping paper... (hey, what am I typing?..) -- Adrian C |
Parcel delivery problems
Adrian C wrote:
On 09/10/2010 11:12, The Medway Handyman wrote: The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.ph...=0&cat_code=HD Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... An alternative. http://www.mybybox.com Costs £50/year and you have to travel to your closest of a UK network of boxes to get your goods. My nearest is miles away. Ideal for those things normally wrapped discretely in brown plain wrapping paper... (hey, what am I typing?..) Don't know what you mean.... -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
Parcel delivery problems
On Oct 9, 11:12*am, "The Medway Handyman" davidl...@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk wrote: The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterdayhttp://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.php?pro_code=Home&cat_level=0&cat_c... Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... So you have to leave it unlocked and you can have a maximum of one parcel delivered before the same problem recurs? Presumably the woman in the photograph was just lucky enough to have six parcels delivered by the same courier at the same time. I think leaving it with the neighbours is a better option. |
Parcel delivery problems
mike wrote:
On Oct 9, 11:12 am, "The Medway Handyman" davidl...@no-spam- blueyonder.co.uk wrote: The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterdayhttp://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.php?pro_code=Home&cat_level=0&cat_c... Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... So you have to leave it unlocked and you can have a maximum of one parcel delivered before the same problem recurs? Thats about it yes. The guy I was working for said it was only a minor problem. Presumably the woman in the photograph was just lucky enough to have six parcels delivered by the same courier at the same time. Presumably yes. I think leaving it with the neighbours is a better option. If any of them are in. I've solved my problem by having stuff delivered to a hotel where I have a regular contract. They are open 24/7 and conveniently located. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
Parcel delivery problems
So you have to leave it unlocked and you can have a maximum of one parcel delivered before the same problem recurs? A better design would have a night-safe-style rotating door, as well as the big lid. That way at least smaller packages could be added throughout the day. |
Parcel delivery problems
In message , The Medway Handyman
wrote The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.ph...=0&cat_code=HD Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... I suspect that the average thief would just use a wreaking bar to open it in 10 seconds and they wouldn't bother a key or leaving it in pristine condition when they leave. -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
Parcel delivery problems
On 9 Oct, 13:02, Alan wrote:
In message , The Medway Handyman wrote The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.ph..._level=0&cat_c... Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... I suspect that the average thief would just use a wreaking bar to open it in 10 seconds and they wouldn't bother a key or leaving it in pristine condition when they leave. indeed following earlier critique:- from their webvert:- "Ideal. During the cold weather I couldn't get to the shops. My local shop put all my shopping in my box which I had fixed into the porch." so where was this person then? unable to get to the shops yet mysteriously "out" when the shopkeeper managed to get to them?? in the pics the woman has so many parcels in it that the lid could not possibly shut......erm? in another the thing is sensibly full yet there are more boxes shown on the patio next to it... mished murketing meshages to say the least.. Jim K |
Parcel delivery problems
"Alan" wrote in message ... In message , The Medway Handyman wrote The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.ph...=0&cat_code=HD Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... I suspect that the average thief would just use a wreaking bar to open it in 10 seconds and they wouldn't bother a key or leaving it in pristine condition when they leave. I have a plastic box that I don't lock and have yet to loser a parcel from it. A metal box like that will probably be stolen for its scrap value, it can't be difficult it only has 6 mm anchors. |
Parcel delivery problems
"Alan" wrote in message ... In message , The Medway Handyman wrote The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.ph...=0&cat_code=HD Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... I suspect that the average thief would just use a wreaking bar to open it in 10 seconds and they wouldn't bother a key or leaving it in pristine condition when they leave. Actually I was very impressed by the build quality - built like a tank. Similar to those Van Vaults. Angle grinder would do it mind. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
Parcel delivery problems
"Adrian C" wrote in message ... On 09/10/2010 11:12, The Medway Handyman wrote: The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.ph...=0&cat_code=HD Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... An alternative. http://www.mybybox.com Costs £50/year and you have to travel to your closest of a UK network of boxes to get your goods. Ideal for those things normally wrapped discretely in brown plain wrapping paper... (hey, what am I typing?..) I wonder how they get round the credit card company / vendor only delivering to the address that the card is registered to? Good idea though. |
Parcel delivery problems
On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:29:54 +0100, Adrian C wrote:
http://www.mybybox.com Costs £50/year and you have to travel to your closest of a UK network of boxes to get your goods. And their website is broken: Find my nearest by box enter a postcode choose (eh should that be find or search?) produces: XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location: http://www.mybybox.com/Register/Step1 Line Number 42, Column 56: -- Cheers Dave. |
Parcel delivery problems
In message , The Medway Handyman
wrote Actually I was very impressed by the build quality - built like a tank. Similar to those Van Vaults. Angle grinder would do it mind. Possible the same quality steel as used in some of the heavy duty filing cabinets they once supplied where I worked. If someone had lost the key the trick was to drill a hole just above the lock big enough for an opened-up paper clip. The paper clip was then used to release the locking mechanism. -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
Parcel delivery problems
Jim K wrote:
On 9 Oct, 13:02, Alan wrote: In message , The Medway Handyman wrote The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.ph..._level=0&cat_c... Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... I suspect that the average thief would just use a wreaking bar to open it in 10 seconds and they wouldn't bother a key or leaving it in pristine condition when they leave. indeed following earlier critique:- from their webvert:- "Ideal. During the cold weather I couldn't get to the shops. My local shop put all my shopping in my box which I had fixed into the porch." so where was this person then? unable to get to the shops yet mysteriously "out" when the shopkeeper managed to get to them?? in the pics the woman has so many parcels in it that the lid could not possibly shut......erm? in another the thing is sensibly full yet there are more boxes shown on the patio next to it... mished murketing meshages to say the least.. Jim K I'd just go around locking them for fun. -- Adam |
Parcel delivery problems
On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:42:52 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:
Adrian C wrote: On 09/10/2010 11:12, The Medway Handyman wrote: The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.php? pro_code=Home&cat_level=0&cat_code=HD Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... An alternative. http://www.mybybox.com Costs £50/year and you have to travel to your closest of a UK network of boxes to get your goods. My nearest is miles away. Same here. Ideal for those things normally wrapped discretely in brown plain wrapping paper... (hey, what am I typing?..) Don't know what you mean.... Probably not what he said! I suspect he means 'discreetly'! -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
Parcel delivery problems
On 09/10/10 17:17, Alan wrote:
In message , The Medway Handyman wrote Actually I was very impressed by the build quality - built like a tank. Similar to those Van Vaults. Angle grinder would do it mind. Possible the same quality steel as used in some of the heavy duty filing cabinets they once supplied where I worked. If someone had lost the key the trick was to drill a hole just above the lock big enough for an opened-up paper clip. The paper clip was then used to release the locking mechanism. I've been considering making up a dropbox out of ply with a Yale type lock on the lid. Good enough for aroundhere... |
Parcel delivery problems
On 09/10/2010 17:57, Owain wrote:
On Oct 9, 5:14 pm, "Dave Liquorice" wrote: http://www.mybybox.com Costs £50/year and you have to travel to your closest of a UK network of boxes to get your goods. And their website is broken: Find my nearest by box enter a postcode choose (eh should that be find or search?) produces: XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location:http://www.mybybox.com/Register/Step1Line Number 42, Column 56: It worked for me, but my nearest box is much further to walk than the post delivery office, and they only keep things until the end of the following day. Owain Mine is outside the local Tesco, so could be useful. Can't get my head round the logistics of the thing though. Postman arrives at the box site with parcel, then what happens? How does it get into my box? |
Parcel delivery problems
On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:24:50 +0100, stuart noble wrote:
On 09/10/2010 17:57, Owain wrote: On Oct 9, 5:14 pm, "Dave Liquorice" wrote: http://www.mybybox.com Costs £50/year and you have to travel to your closest of a UK network of boxes to get your goods. And their website is broken: Find my nearest by box enter a postcode choose (eh should that be find or search?) produces: XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location:http://www.mybybox.com/Register/Step1Line Number 42, Column 56: It worked for me, but my nearest box is much further to walk than the post delivery office, and they only keep things until the end of the following day. Owain Mine is outside the local Tesco, so could be useful. Can't get my head round the logistics of the thing though. Postman arrives at the box site with parcel, then what happens? How does it get into my box? There's no 'your' box and the parcel isn't sent there directly. It goes to their own distribution address, they then deliver it to a spare 'box' at the location. They then text you an access code. Would be useful if nearer. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
Parcel delivery problems
On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:47:45 +0000, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:24:50 +0100, stuart noble wrote: On 09/10/2010 17:57, Owain wrote: On Oct 9, 5:14 pm, "Dave Liquorice" wrote: http://www.mybybox.com Costs £50/year and you have to travel to your closest of a UK network of boxes to get your goods. And their website is broken: Find my nearest by box enter a postcode choose (eh should that be find or search?) produces: XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location:http://www.mybybox.com/Register/Step1Line Number 42, Column 56: It worked for me, but my nearest box is much further to walk than the post delivery office, and they only keep things until the end of the following day. Owain Mine is outside the local Tesco, so could be useful. Can't get my head round the logistics of the thing though. Postman arrives at the box site with parcel, then what happens? How does it get into my box? There's no 'your' box and the parcel isn't sent there directly. It goes to their own distribution address, they then deliver it to a spare 'box' at the location. They then text you an access code. Would be useful if nearer. Hmmm. Just noticed you have to pick up by the end of the next day. And the parcel is only covered for 50 quid, and only if 'their' fault. And there's a fair use policy of two parcels a week. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
Parcel delivery problems
On 09/10/2010 11:12, The Medway Handyman wrote:
The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.ph...=0&cat_code=HD Not cheap, but free delivery - as long as you are at home when it arrives..... How does the box manage to sign the delivery receipt? -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
Parcel delivery problems
Bob Eager wrote:
Hmmm. Just noticed you have to pick up by the end of the next day. And the parcel is only covered for 50 quid, and only if 'their' fault. And there's a fair use policy of two parcels a week. And there's a size limit of 89cm x 51cm x 66cm. So if the sender packs something in a unexpectedly big box (as they sometimes do) then I assume it gets sent back and you probably get landed with any excess carriage charges. -- Mike Clarke |
Parcel delivery problems
On Oct 9, 11:12*am, "The Medway Handyman" davidl...@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk wrote: The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before. Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterdayhttp://www.asgardsss.co.uk/detail.php?pro_code=Home&cat_level=0&cat_c... Don't Screwfix orders usually require a signature on delivery? Mine today certainly did (sent via Parcelforce). Could also be a problem if you have more than one delivery on any given day... Mathew |
Parcel delivery problems
On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:12:30 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:
On 09/10/10 17:17, Alan wrote: In message , The Medway Handyman wrote Actually I was very impressed by the build quality - built like a tank. Similar to those Van Vaults. Angle grinder would do it mind. Possible the same quality steel as used in some of the heavy duty filing cabinets they once supplied where I worked. If someone had lost the key the trick was to drill a hole just above the lock big enough for an opened-up paper clip. The paper clip was then used to release the locking mechanism. I've been considering making up a dropbox out of ply with a Yale type lock on the lid. Good enough for aroundhere... The point is - would the delivery bloke actually _use_ something like that, even if it was painted dayglow orange with a big sign saying "Parcels in here please"? I really doubt it. 8-) It might just work if you have one particular delivery driver that you can educate... The question of a signature is another matter. -- Frank Erskine |
Parcel delivery problems
Roger Mills wrote:
How does the box manage to sign the delivery receipt? Reel of self-adhesive signature stickers? wouldn't work too well on those LCD screen+stylus PDAs though ... |
Parcel delivery problems
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Jim K saying something like: "Ideal. During the cold weather I couldn't get to the shops. My local shop put all my shopping in my box which I had fixed into the porch." so where was this person then? unable to get to the shops yet mysteriously "out" when the shopkeeper managed to get to them?? Probably frozen to the outside bog round the back. in the pics the woman has so many parcels in it that the lid could not possibly shut......erm? in another the thing is sensibly full yet there are more boxes shown on the patio next to it... Parcel thieves going around the boxes. |
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