From: 0E7 (Fred Nevin)
Subject: PARCEL FORCE
I think Chris is correct in what he
says on this subject.
Unfortunately, with the vast quantities
handled, there are bound to be some
casualties, and nothing is worse if it
one of your items.
I think Chris's FIGURES SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES.
In all my years of dealing with the
GPO/PARCEL FORCE I do not recall ever
losing an item but I must confess
earlier this year I sent a parcel from
Newcastle to foreign parts ie
Basingstoke and after some ten days or
so it had not got there. So as it was a
very expensive item I went through all
the rigmarole and claimed, only to have
it turn up a couple of days later in
absolutely mint condition, so I leave
you to draw your own conclusions.
I recently dispatched a HD drive,
Twin disc drive and a Printer all very
heavy items enclosed in the best
cartons I could scrounge from the
local stores/supermarkets and all
arrived without any complaints
May the FORCE be with you.
EDITOR........ I recently heard of
someone suffering at the hands of
Parcel Force. He had purchased a number
of items from someone, they all arrived
ok apart from a disc drive which had
been so badly mishandled in its very
adequate packaging that it had come
through the side of the box.
The delivery driver had duped the
recipient of the parcels into going
into his house with one package, he
then deposited the damaged package and
disappeared before the recipient could
examine it.
A similar thing recently happened to me
(this was a Post Office Van though),
the driver was clutching the package to
his body, with hindsight I should have
smelled a rat, he thrust the box into
my arms and disappeared in a cloud of
dust, as I closed the door, the penny
dropped and I looked at the side of the
box that he had been hiding. There was
a big hole in it, fortunately, the
packing was brilliant and no damage had
happened to the disc drive and BBC
inside. I wonder if it was one of
Watchdog's step ladder legs that went
through the box?
For those that are willing to pay £5
extra for postage, I now use TNT, next
day delivery, so far so good, however,
I have still had people say to me that
they are no better. Alan Honeyball was
impressed when the TNT man delivered a
heavy box from me to his house, his
mother was the only one in. The driver
not only carried the box into the house
for her but offered to help her unpack
it too.