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Hen-Gen

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OK, appertaining to a previous post I am not endlessly repetitive, do not have hair sprouting from my ears or nostrils and, as far as I know, do not smell of urine. But as I get older I'm only too ready to complain about young people today, fast food and poor services.
Take Amazon. On June 17th I ordered 100 chicken leg rings. Easy enough, one might have thought, to put in a Jiffy bag and post to me. But no, let's use a carrier who sends them via Outer Mongolia so that I'll actually get them on July 7th. That's 20 days after ordering them. I could have whittled my own out of old car tyres in that time.
I've no doubt that this was the action of some youth who's mind was on the gym, the sun bed and his next sexual encounter. Or am I confusing this with Love Island, the worst pile of donkey poo ever broadcast on terrestrial television! I caught about 10 minutes of it last night whilst waiting for Family Guy. I had to have a stiff gin after that and lay down in a darkened room with a cold flannel on my forehead.
Rant over :D
PS Do face flannels still exist? Ive taken to using old underpants! ;)
 
I always try and make sure any orders I make are using a particular courier, because their driver for this area, whose name is apparently Wicenty, is extremely sensible, although his english is hit and miss! If I'm not in, he will NOT just automatically leave me a "Sorry we missed you" note, telling me to collect my parcel the next day. He will actually phone me, tell me what the contents label says, and ask if he should leave it in the porch or somewhere? Usually, it's two extremely heavy sacks of cat litter packed in one sturdy box, so I get "I have box for you. Is stuff for cats. I leave in porch, you can manage?"
Mind you, I remember having quite an argument with one courier company some years ago, when I had come home one Sunday afternoon to find a "sorry we missed you" note in the letterbox! I called them on Monday morning and they insisted that I couldn't possibly have, as their drivers don't work on Sundays! I insisted that I had, and had the note there to prove it, giving the date and time the driver had called! They insisted that I couldn't have, because their drivers DO NOT work on Sundays! Turned out, when the driver called again at 8 o'clock that evening that he lives nearby and was passing my gate on the Sunday morning, so thought he'd just see if I was in, even though he wasn't actually working! :D :D
 
I bought some leg rings from ebay and they arrived within 3 days. The link is here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16MM-REUSABLE-MIXED-COLOUR-CLICK-ON-LEG-RINGS-POULTRY-CHICKEN-PHEASANT-DUCK/252033858958?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=550893421065&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

I prefer DPD as they have tracking and you can also leave a message via text, to leave in a safe place if you are not in. Yodel is not good, you only know day of arrival AFTER they have delivered (or attempted to deliver).

I don't like waiting in for stuff and I don't like things that take too long to arrive, so I am with you on that Hen-gen. They probably have them sent via China. Even on Ebay, you have to check the sellers' details, as many things come from China, despite saying UK seller. Crafty!!

Going off on a tangent..... I am sat in my garden and I can hear several kids screaming!! Believe me, my blood pressure is higher than the current temperature ! There are only a handful of houses on this lane, but the one next door to me likes to invite all the local brats from the village to make as much noise as possible. I have zero noise tolerance when it comes to kids. Give me animals and birds, any day.
 
Yodel (Your Delivery Extremely Late) took over from DHL (Days and Hours Late). In south Shropshire we're quite a long way from any of the depots and where I used to live, if DHL had a Friday delivery to us they just wouldn't bother. We'd be told they had called and left a card because there was no-one in - sure! me, OH, two builders and the builder's labourer, probably waiting for something ordered from Screwfix. In the end Screwfix put a note on our account not to use DHL. I like DPD too Marigold - sometimes I can work out quite accurately when, during their hour slot, they will deliver as their website shows where the van is and the "drop" number. I ought to get out more!
 
It was me who mentioned DPD Margaid. I'm also sad. I like to view them on the map, too. ?

No surprise about yodel and DHL. They threw my parcel over the wall !! Didn't ring the gate buzzer to check, otherwise it would have been answered. Grrrr
 
Oops, sorry Tweetypie I didn't look properly. Apart from anything else I ought to recognise Marigold's avatar after all this time!
 
From what I've read about work conditions for delivery people, I think that often it's extreme pressure to manage an unrealistic number of deliveries within a given time that leads them to take short cuts. We now have a parcel box by our front door, since we do order a lot of stuff online, which may help the drivers, at least on non-signed-for parcels. And I don't have to feel I must race to the door so as not to keep the delivery person waiting!
Yes, I do have some horror stories about deliveries that went wrong, but nearly all are OK - it's a very competitive market, both for online sellers and delivery firms.
 
Our worst experiences were with Yodel and Tuffnells . We ordered an item which was duly despatched and due to be delivered by Tuffnells who's depot is about 15mins away from us. After about 10 days we contacted the seller who assumed it had been delivered and promised to look into this. Someone called us back from the company and said they had contacted Tuffnells who said they had it in their depot but hadn't delivered it as so far they hadn't had any other deliveries for our area. But would deliver it forthwith. 15 mins later a van draws up and a woman gets out with the parcel and said " this is most inconvenient having to deliver one parcel to an area you know"
The company now use Hermes who are very good and text with a delivery time, Royal Mail deliver most things our way and no problems either
 
Ordered a glass light shade from Ikea, it arrived broken, Ikea apologised and would send a replacement wrapped in bubble wrap, it arrived the BOX was wrapped in bubble wrap contents broken, we had a good laugh on the phone, we have been reimbursed. :D
 
Came home last night and noticed something one the garage roof. Ladder out and it was a package for someone at Fair Play Farm on Clay Tye Road, easy to confuse with Brook Farm St Mary's Lane.
Obviously the Yodel driver was in a hurry to get home and watch the football. Luckily we know the farmer well as he farms the field opposite, so a quick text message was all that was needed. Or did the driver have second sight and realise this
 
bigyetiman said:
Came home last night and noticed something one the garage roof. Ladder out and it was a package for someone at Fair Play Farm on Clay Tye Road, easy to confuse with Brook Farm St Mary's Lane.
Obviously the Yodel driver was in a hurry to get home and watch the football. Luckily we know the farmer well as he farms the field opposite, so a quick text message was all that was needed. Or did the driver have second sight and realise this
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That's quite shocking. Imagine if you were not so honest and decided to keep the parcel, what then? Who would be responsible for the "missing" item. I would contact Yodel and tell them not to leave other peoples' packages. If the item required a signature, the drivers would not be able to just dump them on other people's doorsteps. No matter about football, time, etc, this parcel could be important for the person waiting for it.
 
I had one of those clip frame picture frames delivered this week brought by the boy on the next island who brings the weekly food deliveries. According to the courier on Amazon it was delivered a few days previously when it was handed to the receptionist. I didn't know that we had a receptionist in our one bedroomed crofters cottage or in fact that he/she works for no pay.
 
In remote areas, or addresses "too far" from the delivery depot the excuses can be quite fantastic. Maybe we ought to pool all the excuses we've been given and publish a little book! Tweetypie it is not beyond some unscrupulous drivers to "sign" your name. Those horrible hand held things they have never take my signature properly, or they'll claim it was a neighbour! I like the idea of a receptionist in a one bed-roomed cottage Hen-Gen!
 
Could have only been bettered Hen-Gen if they had stated it had been left with Jeeves at the gatehouse.
 
Yodel driver recently threw a box over our 6ft high back gate, clearly marked "FRAGILE - LIVE PLANTS." Luckily it contained sturdy little pots of thyme, which bounced OK.
 
I had a birthday cd delivered from amazom last week. Wouldn't go through letterbox, so they put a card through saying they'd been. When out to check on the growers and they'd slung it over the gate. Now I don't mind, just wish they'd said.
We use yodel at work, they're cheap for a reason.
 
Here is the future, HenGen! https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/an-post-makes-history-by-delivering-parcel-via-drone-37088535.html
 
This is in the same ballpark as driverless cars. To quote (misquote) Margaret Thatcher, "You ride if you want to. The gentlemans not for turning".
Some call me a technophobe. No. It's just that it never works properly.
On BTs recommendation I bought a new landline phone this year to stop nuisance calls. I followed the set up instructions but couldn't make it work. Rang them to be told that the set up leaflet is wrong and I should do something different. Got it working but still got nuisance calls. Oh no, they say, your exchange is not set up to work this technology. I returned it within the 21 day guarantee but accidentally trod on it before dispatch.
Perhaps I need an advanced technology foot! :D
 
I like this
http://www.flyzipline.com
A proper use of technology! Actually solves a real problem, not a problem that the marketer is telling you you didn't know you had or a must have function you didn't know you wanted.
Technosceptic!
 
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