My postman keeps on dropping elastic a bands on my drive. This has got me thinking how many fingers do I break for this heinous crime 
It was the way the ■■■■ hid the damage by standing in front of it.
( It weighs about 60 kg and SHOULD have been wrapped to a pallet because it was when it left the makers but it was not when I got it !!! )
And then after my missus signed he walked back to the scabby truck when I was trying to reason with him.
His attitude was appalling and he point blank would not let me write damaged on the delivery note.
But now I Know he was an agency driver for a subcontractor after my phone calls.
It is being returned to the manufacturers who have had so much trouble that they are changing their delivery method soon as I was informed this afternoon.
■■■■■■■■ to him for ■■■■■■■ me off !
Snarley:
Jewsons driver with a flat bed rigid and a hiab.try a 13.4 with a curtainside and a pallet truck.
I hate palletways/force/line etc etc
palletways for me I worked out of depot 45 Greenford and the ops manager was a complete axxxxxe,he was apparently hit by a driver in his office,nobody liked him one of the drivers told me about the assault about a year after,i said which pub does the driver drink at as I would buy him a drink
3 wheeler:
It was the way the [zb] hid the damage by standing in front of it.
( It weighs about 60 kg and SHOULD have been wrapped to a pallet because it was when it left the makers but it was not when I got it !!! )
And then after my missus signed he walked back to the scabby truck when I was trying to reason with him.
His attitude was appalling and he point blank would not let me write damaged on the delivery note.
But now I Know he was an agency driver for a subcontractor after my phone calls.
It is being returned to the manufacturers who have had so much trouble that they are changing their delivery method soon as I was informed this afternoon.■■■■■■■■ to him for ■■■■■■■ me off !
Yodel deliver parcels. I’m almost 100% certain they don’t deliver pallets. So I would assume that the place you bought it off have taken it off the pallet and sent it as a parcel through yodel to save a few quid.
3 wheeler:
We bought an expensive (over £100) planter made of concrete for the front garden as a bit of a statement piece in she who must be obeyed 's garden in the new house.
The puddle jumper driver dropped it in the doorway and got the missus to sign for it whilst standing in front of it…as he walked off being a smug git I appeared.
It’s basically a cube…and seven of its eight corners are damaged , the packaging was [zb] but when I tried to stop him from driving away to write Damaged on the delivery note he did not give a ■■■■ and said “contact the company then, Its signed for”Well pal I hope your agency can find you more work because when I have finished with the company and Yodels transport manager you will not be there any more.
And the rear lights were broke as was the number plate and that pic is on its way to someone who can give you real [zb] !!!
He must have been agency…Yellow high vis , sunglasses and mobile ph earpiece and that gimpy look ! I must be getting old and sensible as a few yrs back he would have been battered.
Revenge will be mine, Especially as it was paid for by credit card anyway.
I ordered some “white goods” from xxxx and when it turned up damaged (the two guys dropped it on the way down my steps, they thinking I’d not seen them drop it!) I signed it off as “Damaged, unexamined, dropped on arrival” - and had the firm come around and pick it up under their returns policy… They offered me another one, but I said “No good, unless it’s via a different courier”.
They said “No can do” so I asked for a full refund instead.
They cocked-up, and refunded me twice for £199.99…
“Bank Error in your favour - collect £200” really DOES occur in real life folks!
3 wheeler:
( It weighs about 60 kg and SHOULD have been wrapped to a pallet because it was when it left the makers but it was not when I got it !!! )
Yodel should not have been delivering that weight, the maximum is 20kg
“On UK to UK deliveries weights and dimensions are not critical, provided your parcel is no longer than 1.2m and no heavier than 20kg.”
Snarley:
Order from the cheapest source over the interweb.
Then it will be handled at least 7 times before delivery by fork truck and pallet truck.
Pallet networks say “kerbside delivery” so don’t bother asking it to be dragged up your shingle driveway.Get what you pay for.
Save your local garden centre and get quality service for a few quid more.
YOUR FAULT cheapscape
But that’s just it - you don’t get what you pay for these days.
When you pay through the nose for something, and you don’t get what you expect - that’s what’s known as being “ripped off”.
If you were a cheapskate from the beginning though, you’re expecting shoddy merchendise, so if you can get a year out of it before returning it broke just before the year’s warrantry runs out - you’ll be getting as good as a new one every year if you play your cards right…
I’d much rather buy something that’ll either break well within a year - or will last forever. I’d argue that “shoddy goods” that end up lasting longer than your house - are more common that most people realise. 
Buying a second hand car is a classic example of this… especially nowdays when a year’s MOT on an old banger - is worth more than the car itself… Stick some heavy-duty breakdown cover on it, and a year’s motoring won’t cost you a grand plus fuel… Compare that to buying a so-called “quality” second hand motor like a BMW or Merc, and pay through the nose when it needs fixing - which most people thought will never happen because that’s why they paid through the nose for it in the first place!
If you never over-pay, you can’t be ripped off - once you’ve got the minimum guarantees in place that’ll catch you if you get unlucky…
I have bought cars before that broke down on the way home… I got a refund and a lift home from the vendor. If it’s got a long MOT on it, I’ll take the chance that it might not last a year… The breakdown cover will do the rest.
If it’s got no MOT on it though, or one with “no advisories” (ie likely a mickey mouse one) or one from a yard offering “7 days free insurance” (to make sure you don’t try and insure it over the phone then and there, only to find out it’s bent!) - then I won’t touch it, even if I can buy the damned thing with my kid’s dinner money… 
3 wheeler:
But now I Know he was an agency driver for a subcontractor after my phone calls.
Why does it bother you that an Agency driver delivered your package? You mention this in both posts in this thread …
“There but for the grace of God”
Martin:
3 wheeler:
( It weighs about 60 kg and SHOULD have been wrapped to a pallet because it was when it left the makers but it was not when I got it !!! )Yodel should not have been delivering that weight, the maximum is 20kg
“On UK to UK deliveries weights and dimensions are not critical, provided your parcel is no longer than 1.2m and no heavier than 20kg.”
Thanks for that…that’s why they had a subbie doing it, who must of took it off the pallet !
3 wheeler:
Thanks for that…that’s why they had a subbie doing it, who must of took it off the pallet !
Make that Three Times … 
49er:
3 wheeler:
But now I Know he was an agency driver for a subcontractor after my phone calls.Why does it bother you that an Agency driver delivered your package? You mention this in both posts in this thread …
“There but for the grace of God”
“There for the grace of God … I go to Eye… 'Cos I’m working out of the MRCT depot tonight.”!
Winseer:
one with “no advisories” (ie likely a mickey mouse one)
Excuse my ignorance (or stupidity) but what is “no advisories”?
The-Snowman:
Winseer:
one with “no advisories” (ie likely a mickey mouse one)Excuse my ignorance (or stupidity) but what is “no advisories”?
I think he means that if it’s a bit of an old banger and the MOT has “no advisories” (an advisory on an MOT is a warning that something is not quite a fail but should probably be looked at, my last MOT had an advisory for rear indicators not being yellow enough and a rear seat belt that couldn’t be tested properly because I forgot to take the child seat out 
) then there’s a good chance it’s a dodgy MOT 
Eg. If the legal limit on tyres is 1.6 mm and yours are 2mm you’ll probably get an “advisory” on your MOT
Darb:
The-Snowman:
Winseer:
one with “no advisories” (ie likely a mickey mouse one)Excuse my ignorance (or stupidity) but what is “no advisories”?
I think he means that if it’s a bit of an old banger and the MOT has “no advisories” (an advisory on an MOT is a warning that something is not quite a fail but should probably be looked at, my last MOT had an advisory for rear indicators not being yellow enough and a rear seat belt that couldn’t be tested properly because I forgot to take the child seat out
Eg. If the legal limit on tyres is 1.6 mm and yours are 2mm you’ll probably get an “advisory” on your MOT
Ah gotcha
Cheers