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Post by moonraker on Nov 8, 2023 5:41:18 GMT
Snail mail keeps letting me down recently. The 48 hours service is getting worse, either less tracking and moving slower compared than years ago. Meanwhile, participating Post Offices offer DPD / Evri from counters. I'm lucky with my postal deliveries which are generally reliable, but in localities not very far away there are horror stories of once-a-week services and people collecting their mail from the sorting office.
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Post by keitha on Nov 8, 2023 10:56:30 GMT
EVRI / HERPES still give me 2 hour delivery slots.
had one delivered today and it was rather wet.
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Post by benaj on Nov 8, 2023 11:47:38 GMT
EVRI / HERPES still give me 2 hour delivery slots. had one delivered today and it was rather wet. I hope it's not dog piss. I have seen neighbours' veg boxes delivered, but covered with yellow liquid. I guess they are safe to eat as these veg boxes are delivered in plastic bags. Small / medium logistics partners, nothing related to these big boys.
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Post by michaelc on Nov 8, 2023 14:14:58 GMT
EVRI / HERPES still give me 2 hour delivery slots. had one delivered today and it was rather wet. I hope it's not dog piss. I have seen neighbours' veg boxes delivered, but covered with yellow liquid. I guess they are safe to eat as these veg boxes are delivered in plastic bags. Small / medium logistics partners, nothing related to these big boys. I think the human variety is more likely. Its actually quite a big problem for delivery drivers as they often have nowhere to go. (Obvisouly I'm not advocating them peeing on parcels). Its quite "normal" for them to carry bottles etc and outside Amazon depots for example, you'll see the the bottles littering the road. Given there are tens of thousands of bogs on a given round there surely must be some solution.
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Post by travolta on Nov 8, 2023 16:13:49 GMT
I live in almost inaccesible place ,but Evri/My Hermes delivers faithfully ,a very shitty job with rubbish pay . Good luck to them.
I've had the same postman for years . Tony know everything about my family and I provide him with trees to bonsai. The problem is Royal Mail is bloody expensive and only Tony remembers where I live . He gets £20.00 tip at Xmas.I'd tip Evri-Man ,but there are too many different ones.
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Post by keitha on Nov 8, 2023 17:02:12 GMT
My EVRI lady is gorgeous, I think she might think I was after something if I tipped her.
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Post by mogish on Nov 8, 2023 17:10:41 GMT
Evri and dpd now available at your local post office.
I can see where this is going.
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Post by travolta on Nov 8, 2023 21:41:11 GMT
My EVRI lady is gorgeous, I think she might think I was after something if I tipped her. Does she take your photograph when the parcel is in your hands?
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Post by keitha on Nov 8, 2023 23:09:13 GMT
yes she takes photos
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Post by benaj on Nov 9, 2023 6:36:21 GMT
The most recent parcel fail is Yodel. The driver took a picture of the wrong parcel and actually delivered the parcel to a different place.
Fortunately, it was easy to prove it was a mistake since the photo showed a very different packaging to the online shop I actually used. Otherwise, I would have to swallow the loss
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Post by billt on Nov 9, 2023 8:18:23 GMT
Recently moved to a fairly remote part of Scotland, The EVRI driver travels along the Mull of Kintyre across a ferry and carries cases of beer, compost, garden stakes etc up my very steep drive, he is cheerful and very personable, its all down to the individual. He probably gets peanuts as a reward, he is in for a good tip at Christmas.
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Post by keitha on Nov 9, 2023 11:03:19 GMT
I assume that EVRI driver is getting more than the standard 50-60P an item.
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Post by michaelc on Nov 9, 2023 13:43:02 GMT
Recently moved to a fairly remote part of Scotland, The EVRI driver travels along the Mull of Kintyre across a ferry and carries cases of beer, compost, garden stakes etc up my very steep drive, he is cheerful and very personable, its all down to the individual. He probably gets peanuts as a reward, he is in for a good tip at Christmas. Just looked it up. It seems to have no roads to it and accessible by ferry (from N. Ireland??). And you consider that only fairly remote ? I'm jealous by the way....
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Post by billt on Nov 9, 2023 14:22:14 GMT
He drives from Cambletown to Tarbert then ferry to Portavadie then drives to Tighnabruaich, ( every day provided the ferrying running ) then back in the evening.
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Post by michaelc on Nov 9, 2023 15:48:52 GMT
He drives from Cambletown to Tarbert then ferry to Portavadie then drives to Tighnabruaich, ( every day provided the ferrying running ) then back in the evening. He must be the luckiest EVRI driver in the country.
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