Well, to give you a real world example of what I do.POSTMAN wrote: ↑23 Dec 2021, 21:14Not really, the big boys pay for 'Photo Capture on Delivery' so denial of receipt goes down.
It's not hard to take a photo when the door is open or 739 when not in.
If we can't or won't or don't do it, then Hermes/Yodel/DPD/whoever WILL do it.
They are all doing it-albeit with the doors closed over the gate etc but if we can't do it, then others will and those poor feckers won't get paid per parcel if not done correctly no doubt.
That is why and how we got these big contracts.
If customer is at home, I take picture of parcel on the doorstep, and make a comment about how "we're copying Hermes" nowadays.
If they're not at home and they have a decent safe place, I will select "safe place" take a picture and leave it in the shed / garage /porch etc, and then post a p739 letting them know where the parcel is.
At this point, I've probably "safe placed" thousands of parcels that didn't have an in-flight request, or a safe place on the label. Never had a single Denial of Receipt complaint.
And I'll continue doing so, because lets face it, the job is bloody soul destroying if you don't bend the rules to get s**t delivered. Believe me, I've tried to do the job by the book, It's impossible, all you end up doing is pissing off all the customers, and you can't get anything delivered, literally took half a van load of parcels back to the DO.
I'd rather just get a job with Hermes than do that s**t on the daily.