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ebbzie
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Re: amazon

Post by ebbzie »

Why are you "sorting out" another companies cock ups?
I see numerous parcels dumped on doorsteps , in bushes under cars etc... i m buggered if im having anything to do with them , i didnt leave them there and never would
PHARRY
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Re: amazon

Post by PHARRY »

ebbzie wrote:Why are you "sorting out" another companies cock ups?
I see numerous parcels dumped on doorsteps , in bushes under cars etc... i m buggered if im having anything to do with them , i didnt leave them there and never would

We still do amazon because I delivered some today
Sidley
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Re: amazon

Post by Sidley »

I delivered several today also, there does seem to be less of the bigger parcels from Amazon though.
ebbzie
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Re: amazon

Post by ebbzie »

PHARRY wrote:
ebbzie wrote:Why are you "sorting out" another companies cock ups?
I see numerous parcels dumped on doorsteps , in bushes under cars etc... i m buggered if im having anything to do with them , i didnt leave them there and never would

We still do amazon because I delivered some today
I"m referring to the amazon parcels delivered by Hermes DPD etc not RM ones
pyphon
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Location: North East England

Re: amazon

Post by pyphon »

Take them back and get them sucharged.
datasaint
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Re: amazon

Post by datasaint »

tolkien wrote: while the customer service side of me has slowly been drained away , (delivery to a neighbour has never happened with me ) it didnt take any time away as i had yet to deliver to them so i thought i would be helpful but as i said i made certain that they knew it was a differant companies cock up , dont worry it wont happen again unless they remember me at christmas if the firms still here then !!
I wouldn't get involved tbh if the customer was out what do you do then with the package? Nosy neighbour might then report you if you put it back etc.

At most simply knock to tell them it's there.
arnold cheshire
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Re: amazon

Post by arnold cheshire »

tolkien wrote:so now that amazon are delivering their own parcels, how may have you spotted left (abandoned) , i have so far found one left outside an derelict house in full view of the street for a house 3 doors away, and one customer came out ranting at me as a parcel had been left outside her house 3 days previous which was for the same number in a differant road,
i realise that i shouldnt have done it but in both cases i sorted it out as it did not take me any extra time but pointed out to the customers that we did not have anything to do with amazon any more, one of them had already had a replacment from amazon so she was on a winner 2 for the price of one
amazons retail revolution on bbc 2 now
Dorset Plodder
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Re: amazon

Post by Dorset Plodder »

I'll sometimes take out my marker pen and write, "Not Left by Royal Mail"! on any parcels I find left in a stupid place. You may say it's wasting time but it seems to stop the angry customers from phoning up the office and complaining, or catching me in the next street and gobbing off! :cool

Strange how so many people seem unaware of the hundreds of Courier Vans that are driving up and down their street isn't it? They still think we're the only people that deliver all their mail! :shock:
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
Darren Bent
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Re: amazon

Post by Darren Bent »

How long the like of Fed Ex, UPS had been delivering parcels in UK. It make me wonder how much work have we lost in parcels business to fellow couriers. It is a shame there are massive drop of standard in last few years with the like of Yodel, Amazon Logistics, etc.