Royal Mail

Post by **volvosneverdie** » 05 Jan 2009 10:00 am

Anyone else having trouble with royal mail at the minute?
Ive so far lost a hella grille, a mountney wheel and boss, a set of locking nuts, and a set of floor trays to them.

theyre either attempting delivery (fail! we're at work at one o clock in the afternoon), then not leaving a card, so I dont even know theyve been. And policy is, if you dont go and get it in a week, it gets automaticly shipped back to the poster. Bye bye locking nuts and floor trays.

Or even better, I acually got a card through the door on the 31st saying I missed a delivery (wooo-hooo!) and to pick up from depot on the 2nd.
Went to the depot on the second. To be told its not back yet. Try tomorow. Went back on the 0730 bfore work on the 3rd, still not back. Got home after work at 1730 on the 3rd to find a re-delivery FAIL! card on my mat for the same item.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh.

Went down this morning before work, again, to be told that they now cant find it. Buf it turns up, theyll give me a ring. If not, after three weeks (yes thats right, three weeks!) i can lodge a 'lost item' claim.

If this was america. I'd have shot the place up.
And now have great sympathy for the people that snap and do just that.

Appologies to anyone who has lost a friend or relative in a postal rampage.

Post by **d3k4y0** » 05 Jan 2009 10:47 am

There's a reason why they call it "going postal".

Post by **whiskeyonesix** » 05 Jan 2009 11:07 am

Thats bloody rotten service that is........ Lodge a complaint!

Post by **volvosneverdie** » 05 Jan 2009 11:14 am

Too right. Im going to.
In three weeks time.
They wont accept anythings "lost" untill then.
Ive already complained about them over other disputes at least five times. You just get a stock appology letter.
Come to think of it, thats probably why im not getting any post.
Maybe i should stop complaining.

Post by **jtbo** » 05 Jan 2009 12:35 pm

You can go postal virtual way, it is so much more pleasant way to relief some pressure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ZRtSBNfl0

Don't know much of Royal mail, except one have to avoid it at all cost, that is what I have learned from wonderful world of Internetz

Oh yes, also be careful about your tone of voice if you happen to contact them, I'm pretty sure they carry those small black books where they rate you as customer, who knows if that is connected even with the tax system or then I'm being just paranoid.

In US it seems things have gone already bit further:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmKyXHFemBc

Well, hope you get your package, sometimes our post mysteriously finds packages if given enough pressure...

Post by **trabitom99** » 05 Jan 2009 02:23 pm

If you mean the Hella Grille from Carl, I got my parts the very next day ... Seems to be a hit and miss affair?

It certainly pays to have things sent insured if possible, a package I recieved uninsured from TNT in Holland was just lobbed over the gate - breaking one rare Smiths gauge! I so annoyed ... but they had been packed pretty badly as well.

Tom

Post by **volvosneverdie** » 05 Jan 2009 03:07 pm

Yeah Tom, thats the one.
Cant believe you got your items before me!
That really is German efficiency in action.
If royal mail carried it all the way, I bet youd still be waiting.

Like i said, they wernt even leaving cards to say theyd try to deliver it, so it may well have already sat in a sorting office for a week, and be on its way back to Carl now.

Hope he doesnt mind shipping it again.

Post by **trabitom99** » 05 Jan 2009 03:14 pm

volvosneverdie wrote:Yeah Tom, thats the one.
Cant believe you got your items before me!
That really is German efficiency in action.

Haha, no that's to my Mum's address in the UK

At least I hope it was my parcel, I wasn't expecting anything else ...

Hope you get your bits, although maybe you will get to love a chrome grille from a GLS instead

With some square Volvo spotlamps it'd look perfect (imho)

Tom

Post by **volvosneverdie** » 05 Jan 2009 03:23 pm

Dont try and change my mind before ive even got it Tom!

Ive already got some raydyot lights to go on.
Having trouble fitting them though.
Ideally want them under the bumper but the clips dont want to fit.

Post by **Chris_C** » 05 Jan 2009 03:36 pm

If it does make it back to Carl, I'll be able to bring it up for the Feb meet?

Post by **volvosneverdie** » 05 Jan 2009 03:55 pm

Looking less likely I'll be in attendance dude.
Still trying to pass me test (Yup, I know, Ive had five cars and never bothered passing me test till now, im a d!ck.) And Ive used up all me favours getting pals to sit as passengers so im really tring to get thru it now.

8 week waiting list for tests up here though.
As ive just found out.

Post by **sven360** » 05 Jan 2009 06:36 pm

Just to cheer you up.I ordered some greenstuff pads or summit of that ilk off I think it was Bogbasic or somebody,paid for them the guy sent them-got a card to say missed delivery-like you went two days later-not back mate-went 3 days further on-ooh.errrrr don't think they're back we'll ring ya.
Did they?Did they $hoite.
Gave up in the end-twas only 20 quid including the postage-couldn't be arsed to fill in the forms

I had pi$$ poor service from parcels2go as well.
Maybee's all northern posties are thieving mofo's

Post by **volvosneverdie** » 05 Jan 2009 06:48 pm

id probly do the same for the sake of 20 quid man. Not worth getting worked up about is it?
but theyve got a hundred and thirty quids worth of GOOD stuff of mine floating round somwhere now.
Cant imagine many posties'll want a Hella Grille for a Volvo.
None of them are cool enough.

Worrying now though.
Hope the wheel and grille at least get back to the senders if they dont get to me.
Be a shoitehouse shame for either to just disapear.
Even if I get refunded.
Which i wont.

Post by **germ** » 05 Jan 2009 06:55 pm

damn iam peeeed off at royal mail too atm. stuff gone missing/VERY late.

DHL france was the worst experience EVER! (back when i bought that clutch for the redline)

all the german guys however were great and Very helpfull even the german seller did all he could to sort it out. = Win.

Post by **nomead** » 05 Jan 2009 06:59 pm

Heh well I received the volt meter from Carl before new year... and that is all the way to Finland