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F@&€ing couriers

I just ordered some wiper blades, having broken one cleaning the snow off the screen... Now, This is funny. What you get shipping ..Free 3 day versus paid Royal Mail 24hr.

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Isn't it funny how free 2nd class is faster than paid for 24hr?
 
First error I have had in a very long time with regards to delivery been made by a courier this last week and it was by DPD.
Got message, parcel would arrive between 4pm to 5pm, no problem.
Then received message that parcel delivered and signed for by me at 4:30pm and picture of some porch I did not even recognise.

Luckily the person who had the parcel delivered to them took the effort to call me and let me know that the parcel had been left in their porch and had not been signed for.

Now get this, the parcel was correctly addressed to me and it was delivered to the right house number, but wrong street and get this, wrong town! The driver had misread the postcode by leaving off a number in the postcode and delivered it to that reduced numbered postcode address! But of course you can not call or send a message to let the driver know he made a mistake, there is no way of sorting that out unless you have someone honest enough to try and sort it because the address on the parcel was correct so no way that driver was going to be able to remember which address he had wrongly delivered it to!

Question is, if he looked at the house number on the address label, why did he not notice that the street name was wrong and even the town location was wrong?
 
I recently found a parcel in my back garden. Seemed to be addressed to the correct house but was a name I didn't recognise. Turns out a bad label made a 6 look like a 5 and the parcel was for a near neighbour. But the driver must have thrown the parcel over my gate without doing any checks.
 
Lighting90 said:
First error I have had in a very long time with regards to delivery been made by a courier this last week and it was by DPD.
Got message, parcel would arrive between 4pm to 5pm, no problem.
Then received message that parcel delivered and signed for by me at 4:30pm and picture of some porch I did not even recognise.

Luckily the person who had the parcel delivered to them took the effort to call me and let me know that the parcel had been left in their porch and had not been signed for.

Now get this, the parcel was correctly addressed to me and it was delivered to the right house number, but wrong street and get this, wrong town! The driver had misread the postcode by leaving off a number in the postcode and delivered it to that reduced numbered postcode address! But of course you can not call or send a message to let the driver know he made a mistake, there is no way of sorting that out unless you have someone honest enough to try and sort it because the address on the parcel was correct so no way that driver was going to be able to remember which address he had wrongly delivered it to!

Question is, if he looked at the house number on the address label, why did he not notice that the street name was wrong and even the town location was wrong?
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Relies on satnav "you have reached your destination"!
 
Lighting90 said:
First error I have had in a very long time with regards to delivery been made by a courier this last week and it was by DPD.
Got message, parcel would arrive between 4pm to 5pm, no problem.
Then received message that parcel delivered and signed for by me at 4:30pm and picture of some porch I did not even recognise.

Luckily the person who had the parcel delivered to them took the effort to call me and let me know that the parcel had been left in their porch and had not been signed for.

Now get this, the parcel was correctly addressed to me and it was delivered to the right house number, but wrong street and get this, wrong town! The driver had misread the postcode by leaving off a number in the postcode and delivered it to that reduced numbered postcode address! But of course you can not call or send a message to let the driver know he made a mistake, there is no way of sorting that out unless you have someone honest enough to try and sort it because the address on the parcel was correct so no way that driver was going to be able to remember which address he had wrongly delivered it to!

Question is, if he looked at the house number on the address label, why did he not notice that the street name was wrong and even the town location was wrong?
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The pressure on them is to get as many parcels delivered as possible. That is a measurable quantity.
They dont measure them on accuracy as there is almost no way for people to complain so they have no way to quantify if delivery is correct or not. If the driver ticks a box and takes a photo then its job done!
I dont believe drivers are paid to think.
 
Why is it they can’t follow simple delivery options, selected if not in plse place parcel behind wheelie bin

Got a delivery notice , looked outside behind bin, nothing , then looked at delivery pics , yep they put the parcel IN the wheelie bin

God give me strength 😱

Seems them taking pictures is now the norm, heared of them taking a picture by ur front door then taking it , or maybe they feel guilty after sling shotting ur parcel marked fragile from their van window, 🤣
 
Having seen the film "Sorry we missed you" I wouldn't want to be a courier. Directed by Ken Loach so very gritty realism, about a couple, both on zero hours contracts, trying to make a living. Him courier, her visiting care assistant. In the list of credits at the end, lots of couriers and care assistants listed as specialist advisers.
The local herpes fella is out there 7 days a week, in his own car and I wonder if he is earning enough to replace it when it dies. As well as delivering for herpes he delivers for another company, overheard him advising another driver to do the same if he wanted to make any money.
 
Neil said:
Having seen the film "Sorry we missed you" I wouldn't want to be a courier. Directed by Ken Loach so very gritty realism, about a couple, both on zero hours contracts, trying to make a living. Him courier, her visiting care assistant. In the list of credits at the end, lots of couriers and care assistants listed as specialist advisers.
The local herpes fella is out there 7 days a week, in his own car and I wonder if he is earning enough to replace it when it dies. As well as delivering for herpes he delivers for another company, overheard him advising another driver to do the same if he wanted to make any money.
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Many thks , do u happen to know what channel that’s on plse as never seen it

Thks again
 
Neil said:
Having seen the film "Sorry we missed you" I wouldn't want to be a courier. Directed by Ken Loach so very gritty realism, about a couple, both on zero hours contracts, trying to make a living. Him courier, her visiting care assistant. In the list of credits at the end, lots of couriers and care assistants listed as specialist advisers.
The local herpes fella is out there 7 days a week, in his own car and I wonder if he is earning enough to replace it when it dies. As well as delivering for herpes he delivers for another company, overheard him advising another driver to do the same if he wanted to make any money.
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My local Herpes driver 'always' has a fag in his mouth when handing me a delivery, when sorting through his van, when driving along the street. I've never seen him not smoking. Now, minimum wage is currently £10.40 per hour, average price of a packet of cigarettes is £12.50. At least in his case I see a simpler solution to increasing his income than taking two jobs.
 
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