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Post by agent69 on Dec 31, 2021 15:35:15 GMT
Had a knock on the door lunch time and when I opened it there was a DPD courier man with a parcel. I explained that I wasn't expecting anything and checked the name and address:
- wrong name
- correct house number
- wrong street name
- correct post code
He took the parcel back and about an hour later a man knocked on the door asking if I had had a parcel delivered. When I said I sent it back he said it was his brothers, who lived in a village about 5 miles away. As I closed the door I started thinking 'how did he know it had been delivered to me by mistake'
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Post by adrianc on Dec 31, 2021 15:53:44 GMT
Had a knock on the door lunch time and when I opened it there was a DPD courier man with a parcel. I explained that I wasn't expecting anything and checked the name and address: - wrong name
- correct house number
- wrong street name
- correct post code
He took the parcel back and about an hour later a man knocked on the door asking if I had had a parcel delivered. When I said I sent it back he said it was his brothers, who lived in a village about 5 miles away. As I closed the door I started thinking 'how did he know it had been delivered to me by mistake' Because he'd have had an email with the delivery details, and had your house number and full postcode. That identifies your property, and no other... The courier would have looked at nothing more than 47, AB1 2CD. His satnav would have taken him to your street, and your front door has your number on it. Bingo.
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Post by overthehill on Dec 31, 2021 17:09:42 GMT
Had a knock on the door lunch time and when I opened it there was a DPD courier man with a parcel. I explained that I wasn't expecting anything and checked the name and address:
- wrong name
- correct house number
- wrong street name
- correct post code
He took the parcel back and about an hour later a man knocked on the door asking if I had had a parcel delivered. When I said I sent it back he said it was his brothers, who lived in a village about 5 miles away. As I closed the door I started thinking 'how did he know it had been delivered to me by mistake'
Very Blackadder. Trying to work this out. Let's assume DPD are innocent in this particular scheme. They pick your house for delivery, by using the correct house number and postcode guaranteeing delivery for an item paid for using bogus payment details. They will likely have a delivery slot time and the courier might just leave in a bin or garden or at your front door. A lot of people might just accept it thinking it is a freeby or just take it and figure it out later. Probably better to check that the payment wasn't made with your details as the postcode and number may have been enough to get the fraudulent payment accepted. Just as likely to have been paid for with random stolen details.
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Post by benaj on Dec 31, 2021 17:48:55 GMT
Had a knock on the door lunch time and when I opened it there was a DPD courier man with a parcel. I explained that I wasn't expecting anything and checked the name and address:
- wrong name
- correct house number
- wrong street name
- correct post code
He took the parcel back and about an hour later a man knocked on the door asking if I had had a parcel delivered. When I said I sent it back he said it was his brothers, who lived in a village about 5 miles away. As I closed the door I started thinking 'how did he know it had been delivered to me by mistake'
I guess the guy who knocked on the door has been notified somehow. Either someone told him the parcel has been attempted to be delivered at your place or he knew with the tracking parcel number. Dpd couriers take pictures when parcels are delivered or rejected and update tracking information.
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Post by agent69 on Dec 31, 2021 18:09:29 GMT
Had a knock on the door lunch time and when I opened it there was a DPD courier man with a parcel. I explained that I wasn't expecting anything and checked the name and address: - wrong name
- correct house number
- wrong street name
- correct post code
He took the parcel back and about an hour later a man knocked on the door asking if I had had a parcel delivered. When I said I sent it back he said it was his brothers, who lived in a village about 5 miles away. As I closed the door I started thinking 'how did he know it had been delivered to me by mistake' Because he'd have had an email with the delivery details, and had your house number and full postcode. That identifies your property, and no other... The courier would have looked at nothing more than 47, AB1 2CD. His satnav would have taken him to your street, and your front door has your number on it. Bingo. The mystery is solved.
I did a post code search for the village that the mystery man came from and one of them was only 1 digit different from me. When I entered this post code into google maps it came up with the street name on the parcel.
So all that happened is that the person who made the order made a typo with their post code. I'm suprised that courier people don't have some sort of automatic check that the address and the post code match.
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Post by adrianc on Dec 31, 2021 18:12:26 GMT
So all that happened is that the person who made the order made a typo with their post code. I'm suprised that courier people don't have some sort of automatic check that the address and the post code match. More and more online suppliers do automagic address population at checkout, but that can introduce as many problems as it solves...
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Post by benaj on Dec 31, 2021 18:45:25 GMT
Because he'd have had an email with the delivery details, and had your house number and full postcode. That identifies your property, and no other... The courier would have looked at nothing more than 47, AB1 2CD. His satnav would have taken him to your street, and your front door has your number on it. Bingo. The mystery is solved.
I did a post code search for the village that the mystery man came from and one of them was only 1 digit different from me. When I entered this post code into google maps it came up with the street name on the parcel.
So all that happened is that the person who made the order made a typo with their post code. I'm suprised that courier people don't have some sort of automatic check that the address and the post code match.
For some new builds, the post code might not been activated by Royal Mail. Imagine those having nightmares want to install “fast” internet in those properties, superfast? Properly not, unless BT has an exclusive coverage.
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Post by adrianc on Dec 31, 2021 19:17:31 GMT
For some new builds, the post code might not been activated by Royal Mail. Imagine those having nightmares want to install “fast” internet in those properties, superfast? Properly not, unless BT has an exclusive coverage. We've just had this with the village hall. Fibre goes right past it. BT would not even quote for installation, because it's not on the postcode database. RM wouldn't add it to the postcode database, because it's not residential and doesn't have a reception that's manned during office hours.
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Post by iano on Dec 31, 2021 21:23:49 GMT
I have to say, I expected services like StarLink to be of most use in extreme remote areas and on yachts etc.. The amount of instances I've come across where it would provide the only viable alternative to fixed lines (and 4/5G) in a land based not (unreasonably) remote environment surprised me.
Now if only we were allowed to buy the bloody thing.
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Post by overthehill on Dec 31, 2021 21:39:17 GMT
I have to say, I expected services like StarLink to be of most use in extreme remote areas and on yachts etc.. The amount of instances I've come across where it would provide the only viable alternative to fixed lines (and 4/5G) in a land based not (unreasonably) remote environment surprised me. Now if only we were allowed to buy the bloody thing.
Did you post this in the wrong thread ?
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Post by jonno on Dec 31, 2021 22:13:07 GMT
I have to say, I expected services like StarLink to be of most use in extreme remote areas and on yachts etc.. The amount of instances I've come across where it would provide the only viable alternative to fixed lines (and 4/5G) in a land based not (unreasonably) remote environment surprised me. Now if only we were allowed to buy the bloody thing.
Did you post this in the wrong thread ?
perhaps the wrong postcode?
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Post by iano on Dec 31, 2021 22:19:25 GMT
I have to say, I expected services like StarLink to be of most use in extreme remote areas and on yachts etc.. The amount of instances I've come across where it would provide the only viable alternative to fixed lines (and 4/5G) in a land based not (unreasonably) remote environment surprised me. Now if only we were allowed to buy the bloody thing.
Did you post this in the wrong thread ?
No, just replying to the point benaj and adrianc were making regarding installation difficulty; one phased array antenna and who cares about the post code - yes the irony of getting it delivered isn't lost on me 
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Post by agent69 on Jan 1, 2022 9:30:02 GMT
For some new builds, the post code might not been activated by Royal Mail. Imagine those having nightmares want to install “fast” internet in those properties, superfast? Properly not, unless BT has an exclusive coverage. We've just had this with the village hall.
Fibre goes right past it.BT would not even quote for installation, because it's not on the postcode database. RM wouldn't add it to the postcode database, because it's not residential and doesn't have a reception that's manned during office hours. Years ago you routinely heard stories of unscrupulous people hot wiring a connection to the power grid. I guess it's a bit more difficult when a fibre optic cable is involved (having dug up a few in my career I can confirm that they don't take kindly to being messed around with).
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Post by adrianc on Jan 1, 2022 9:31:04 GMT
I have to say, I expected services like StarLink to be of most use in extreme remote areas and on yachts etc.. The amount of instances I've come across where it would provide the only viable alternative to fixed lines (and 4/5G) in a land based not (unreasonably) remote environment surprised me. Now if only we were allowed to buy the bloody thing. Satellite internet's not new, and doesn't need St Elon. www.gocompare.com/broadband/satellite-broadband/www.ispreview.co.uk/isp_list/ISP_List_Satellite.php
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Post by overthehill on Jan 1, 2022 10:36:25 GMT
Did you post this in the wrong thread ?
perhaps the wrong postcode?
More like wrong tangent. F*** Elon Musk.
Why would a courier not deliver to a wrong postcode on a parcel. They don't know who might be living there and why would they assume the postcode is wrong rather than the street.
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