I ordered two small parcels from abroad recently.
Parcel 1 ordered from Australia on the Wednesday and arrives at my house on Friday via UPS.
Parcel 2 ordered from Germany on Monday 10th March, arrived last Friday 28th via Royal Mail. And then i had to wait for 20 minutes at the sorting office whilst they struggled to find it.
Parcel delivery
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Re: Parcel delivery
Royal Fail and Parcel Farce are truly the worst delivery services you can get.
I ordered some bits recently from China and the Netherlands, both managed to get the delivery to my door faster than most royal fail deliveries.
I ordered some bits recently from China and the Netherlands, both managed to get the delivery to my door faster than most royal fail deliveries.
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Re: Parcel delivery
Our Postie is very good. He knows the route and the people who are usually in so he will take a parcel to them.
Parcel Force aren't much use.
Parcel Force aren't much use.
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Re: Parcel delivery
When I worked as a postie royal mail we're utterly useless and yes me included due to management not having a clue...a monkey flinging his poo about would get a better job done than those poorly trained bunch of people!
There was a a fair few guys who had only worked for royal mail and therefore knew their routes well (and people on the routes pretty well) but this is mainly because they have a route close to home!!
It's possible the postie had your parcel for a few days at the office before sending it out to you due to everyone nowadays shopping online and those bags get incredibly heavy and they don't just have one bag per round!!
There was a a fair few guys who had only worked for royal mail and therefore knew their routes well (and people on the routes pretty well) but this is mainly because they have a route close to home!!
It's possible the postie had your parcel for a few days at the office before sending it out to you due to everyone nowadays shopping online and those bags get incredibly heavy and they don't just have one bag per round!!
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Re: Parcel delivery
Our posties are pretty good, and there's normally some unworking scum nearby who can hold the parcel until I have returned from work to pay for their housing.
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Re: Parcel delivery
The Australian parcel was for the wife.Blade wrote:What's in the boxes is what I want to know.
More Ducati bling bling
The German parcel was a seat hinge for the monoposto seat on the 748.
I also bought a brass drift to knock the wheel bearings out of the new wheels. £10 on fleabay and should have quite a few uses and will last my lifetime.
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Re: Parcel delivery
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