Topic: Mini Wood Lathe

[Rik]

In theory... it's a good company to deal with, though, excellent service.

[GillE]

TNT attempted to deliver my new lathe this morning - at 8.30.  Being something of a creature of the night, it took ages for the dogs' cacophony to seep into my unconsciousness.  By the time I got to the door the couriers had gone.  Blast!

When will these people understand that not everyone has the same sleeping pattern?  As far as I'm concerned, unless an event occurs after 10am, it doesn't happen at all.

[Rik]

We sleep on a hair trigger as we get deliveries as early as 7:30.

[Simon]

Don't start me on couriers.  I'm still waiting for something from Amazon, sent last Wednesday. 

[Rik]

Who by?

[Simon]

HDNL.

[Rik]

We just got an order from Sunday... You'll have to move to MK.

[Simon]

I've heard there's some dodgy characters there. 

[Rik]

I can't think why, we're all dodgy.

[Simon]

[Clive]

Nothing more annoying than that Gill. I swear they do it on purpose! 

[GillE]

I rang the couriers and they agreed to make a second delivery later today.  I told them that would be fine, so long as they didn't deliver between 4pm and 5pm because nobody would be in.  When I got home at 5pm I found a note stuffed in the letterbox saying they had tried to deliver at 4.47pm  .

I have a woodworking friend who lives on the opposite side of the country and I haven't seen him for about five years, although we correspond regularly on the internet.  He is going to be in the neighbourhood of Axminster (Nuneaton) tomorrow and suggested we meet there for lunch.  Now I won't be able to make it because I shall be stuck at home waiting for a delivery from... Axminster (Nuneaton).

 

[Clive]

Those companies are all operated by sadists who enjoy causing maximum mayhem for their customers.  I've lost count of the number of times I've received "could not deliver" notes through my letterbox when they have made no attempt to knock on the door.  Perhaps they are safeguarding their jobs by having to call back several times!

[Simon]

The only ones I trust are Parcel Force, and that's because it's usually the same guy, and he knows where to leave stuff.  If something has to be signed for, and I'm not in, it's taken to the local depot in the town, where it is easy for me to collect.  All the others mean a 30 mile round trip to collect packages, which rather defeats the object of paying to have them delivered.

[GillE]

The TNT 'undelivery' card said. "Your parcel may be returned to the sender if we do not hear from you within three working days of the second attempted delivery".  "Oh goody," thinks I, "That means I'll be able to walk the dogs and then ring TNT to arrange a third delivery".

I returned from walking the dogs to find a third undelivery card stuffed in the letter box!

So I phoned TNT and they have promised to deliver the lathe at the end of the round, whenever that may be.

Here I am, waiting...

waiting...

waiting...