I have had two parcels go missing in the past 6 weeks. >:( >:( all were small enough to fit in the letter box, so they have not been hidden anywhere
One was miniatures from an Ebay seller, and the other was an order of £30 from another manufacturer. The ebay seller resent the item and it arrived ok. The other manufacturer is unwilling to resend the order in case it get lost again, and just wants to give me a refund. I want the models as no one else makes them.
I haver now reported the incident to the Post Office, but obviously I cannot make a claim.
It does seem very strange that these two orders have disappeared, yet other more valuable parcels have been delivered by the Post office without a problem.
A very annoyed and suspicious Orcs
That sucks Mr Orcs! Waiting for things that never arrive is a very long wait indeed. They may have gone to wherever the missing socks go.
Say - you don't happen to have a cat? Cats can be total jerks!
My seconds will be calling to arrange a meeting, Sir!
That's very strange, I think we've only had half a dozen missing UK packages in the past 2 or 3 years, it's very rare. And even those ones tend to get sent back to us quite quickly. Having 2 in a row like that would make me think there's something/someone iffy in the system somewhere.
The trouble with claiming is that the sellers have to make the claim, and even then the amount of evidence required by Royal Mail is ridiculous. Both in terms of proving you paid them to ship something and proving what/how valuable the item was. To be honest, we've never gone through a full claim process as it's far too difficult and time-consuming.
Talking of parcels (or rather a packet)......
There's a jiffy bag on its way, Leon......Should be with you tomorrow. ;)
Cheers - Phil
QuoteSay - you don't happen to have a cat? Cats can be total jerks!
Hmm, I have two cats and no parcels have ever gone missing. ;)
I have two cats. No parcels have gone missing, but there are a few missing birds, a Scottie dog, and a bicycle that are down to them, and they are being quizzed over the disappearance of a postman.
Quote from: fsn on 26 April 2016, 04:21:35 PM
I have two cats. No parcels have gone missing, but there are a few missing birds, a Scottie dog, and a bicycle that are down to them, and they are being quizzed over the disappearance of a postman.
;D
Well - it's possible that you only THINK no parcels have gone missing! Clever creatures cats. They have probably all ready convinced the authorities to question the slow-witted dog next door regarding the postman.
Mr Kitty - ;D
Incidentally My seconds are collecting the sheep to begin moving them the the high meadows - so satisfaction may be delayed.
Here we go boys and girls! It happened to me with a parcel of sailors and Moroccans (now there's a surprise!) from Irregular about 25 years ago. Got my stuff from that nice Mr.Kay though when I let him know. Not had a cat go missing yet.
A long time ago my grandparents got very huffy with the milkman for not delivering cream cartons. Investigation showed a happy little terrier skipping upstairs to the loft with said item...and a pile of empty cartons! ;)
Quote from: d_Guy on 26 April 2016, 04:43:56 PM
Mr Kitty - ;D
Incidentally My seconds are collecting the sheep to begin moving them the the high meadows - so satisfaction may be delayed.
So I can't get no satisfaction? :(
Not
Mr Kitty. As the senior male of a Highland family, I am just
Kitty.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 27 April 2016, 01:11:06 AM
So I can't get no satisfaction? :(
Not Mr Kitty. As the senior male of a Highland family, I am just Kitty.
Hey Hey Hey that's what I say :)
Would "The Kitty" also be acceptable?
Probably.
Dammed Kat.
IanS
Quote from: d_Guy on 26 April 2016, 02:17:44 PM
That sucks Mr Orcs! Waiting for things that never arrive is a very long wait indeed. They may have gone to wherever the missing socks go.
Say - you don't happen to have a cat? Cats can be total jerks!
We did have a cat. She died last Thursday. I a not a cat lover, so not too worried about it, although its strange not having her around.
The worst bit was that Mrs Orcs wanted to bury her in the garden. I had to dig a hole " feet deep to put her in as we have badgers and foxes in the garden. I covered the box woth wood and a load of flints so hopefully it will discourage them.
Its flipping difficult digging a hole that deep - I am sure it was the cats was of having the last laugh.
You need a rabbit shovel, Mark.
About 45 cm is deep enough for a cat.....With a couple of decent sized rocks on top.
Never had anything trying to dig up the corpses at that depth.
Very similar to you.....It's a bit odd not having a cat about...After having 'OODLES' over the 38 years Mrs T and I looked after 'felines'...But I don't actually miss having them about, at all.
About a third of the 50 (?) we've looked after were truly, really nice creatures.....The next third were 'OK'...and the other third were complete barsteward gits.
Maybe we've been really lucky with the dogs we've had...But I'd take a Labrador for companionship, over any sort of 'moggie' any day.
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 27 April 2016, 09:41:28 AM
Maybe we've been really lucky with the dogs we've had...But I'd take a Labrador for companionship, over any sort of 'moggie' any day.
You know what they say Phil.
Dogs have owners, cats have staff!
Doesn't do to get too chummy with "the help" :)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Mike...... :)
I deleted that comment from the end of my post, 'cos I've said it so many times.
It's SO true, though. ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 27 April 2016, 08:57:07 AM
We did have a cat. She died last Thursday. I a not a cat lover, so not too worried about it, although its strange not having her around.
Still and all, sorry for your loss.
If cats had opposable thumbs they wouldn't even try to act domesticated. It is known.
Sorry Orcs. :(
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 27 April 2016, 08:57:07 AM
We did have a cat. She died last Thursday. I a not a cat lover, so not too worried about it, although its strange not having her around.
The worst bit was that Mrs Orcs wanted to bury her in the garden. I had to dig a hole " feet deep to put her in as we have badgers and foxes in the garden. I covered the box woth wood and a load of flints so hopefully it will discourage them.
Its flipping difficult digging a hole that deep - I am sure it was the cats was of having the last laugh.
Yep, same here. Our cat Tasha died a couple of months ago and Ma Subs had to have her buried in our garden. Suffering the same creature problem as you after filling in the hole I laid a concrete garden slab over the top with a large plant pot on top...seems to have worked.
I would love a dog, but our lifestyle does not suit one.
Perhaps when I retire I can give a home to a retired guide dog. then we can go cranky and obstinate together :)
Dogs are great I take mine to work :D
Quote from: Matt J on 27 April 2016, 10:47:56 PM
Dogs are great I take mine to work :D
Other people also do it...
(http://www.blogcdn.com/jobs.aol.com/articles/media/2011/06/iraq-dog-550jt061911.jpg)
;)
Don't like any animals at all. They freak me out.
Quote from: Leman on 28 April 2016, 07:22:02 PM
Don't like any animals at all. They freak me out.
Most taste rather nice.
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 29 April 2016, 03:34:01 PM
Most taste rather nice.
Although pretty much like chicken.
Back to parcels.
I had a good result today. Last Monday I ordered 4 Histoire & Collections unoform books from Amazon. I use their Amazon Locker service and one of the 4 books was not in the locker although parcel tracking says it was delivered and collected!
Spoke to Amazon over the phone and they immediatly offered to replace or refund. They sent an email saying it will be delivered next week. So I am very pleased with that service.
Rob :) :)
maybe tracking next time could help also isnt there a coverage the post office provides?
Yeeeeees......But only if you pay extra.
I always think postage is a bit over the top, price wise.....And if you start adding Recorded or Special delivery 'top-ups', it becomes fairly horrendous.
I always send masters to Leon by Special Delivery.....But he lets me hold on to the figures, and send them up in big batches......Which get insured for oodles of pounds, so we're both 'safe'.
I dread to think how much I'm going to have to insure the next package for.
Cheers - Phil
Wargaming Postage.
Had a parcel go missing last year - first one, ever, since 1993. Tor Gaming sent out a replacement, no hassle.
Last week another parcel goes missing - second one, since 1993. [I hope this isn't a sign of things to come?!] Anyway, Great Escape Games despatched a replacement, no hassle.
Hi All
Have been reliant on mail order since the 70s, with some domestic orders (Australia), but mostly coming from international sources. Hate to think of how many orders over that time, but have only lost 3. One in the 80s, one about five years ago and one this Christmas. The other thing that does happen more regularly is parcels coming the long way, with one last year showing up weeks later than expected and with a Canadian post mark.
Cheers
PB
Hello PB
Quote from: PB on 19 May 2016, 09:43:35 PM
Hi All
Have been reliant on mail order since the 70s, with some domestic orders (Australia), but mostly coming from international sources. Hate to think of how many orders over that time, but have only lost 3. One in the 80s, one about five years ago and one this Christmas. The other thing that does happen more regularly is parcels coming the long way, with one last year showing up weeks later than expected and with a Canadian post mark.
Cheers
PB
Yes the tyranny of distance thrives in Australia. I was also using mail order going right back to the 60s/70s. I remember fondly Battlefield in Campsie (probably still have some of their catalogues somewhere). None of this look at a web page and buy with Paypal either, it was all IRCs and International money orders. During all this time I have had parcels sent from all over the world and some from parcel hotspots like Poland, Ukraine, China, etc. I have been lucky and only had 2 parcels go missing and both were from.... USPS. Both retailers played hard ball and said they couldn't be blamed for the non-delivery. I did have one airmail parcel of Minifig 15mm strips take over 2 months to arrive.
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
Had a problem with a couple of GW parcels. Ups driver kept forging my signature and leaving the parcel in my mad neighbours derelict barn. Couldn't t be bothered to find my house
I remember Battlefield and the joys of IRCs.
Quote from: Matt J on 19 May 2016, 11:00:27 PM
Had a problem with a couple of GW parcels. Ups driver kept forging my signature and leaving the parcel in my mad neighbours derelict barn. Couldn't t be bothered to find my house
Had almost exactly the same thing happen a couple of times.
Though the parcels weren't from GW. :D
Parcel Farce didn't read the addy, and left them 2 doors up the road.
Matey saw the name P. Lewis, and left them in
Peter Lewis's former delivery shed.
They don't use that shed for deliveries any more, so it was a few days before they were spotted.
Cheers - Phil
When GW's Warmaster was released I pre-ordered a boxed set containing a starter army of High Elves and the rule-book, for collection from the local shop. Release day came and went, no copy of the set appeared. After a couple of days GW despatched another copy and so a few days late I got what I'd ordered.
One year to the day later a set turned up in the post and being the honest soul I am I phoned to say I'd had the thing already and should I send it back or pop it in to the shop. After a brief conversation I was told, in effect,"Oops! Our bad! Keep it as an apology for the ongoing cock-ups in delivery." Score! :)
Nice score with the early WM stuff, and very honest!
I've not had major problems with gaming stuff, but like PB had a parcel heading from the UK to NZ end up taking 18months to get their going via Canada. We were rather glad it turned up as it contained a lot of old buttons that had sentimental value, that we're going to my sister for craft projects.
Chap I know from Austria put in an order with a wargame company over their internet site, correctly listing his address as Austria.
The weeks pass and his parcel hasn't arrived. So, he contacts the company to make an enquiry, they look up the order number and tell him it was despatched weeks ago to him in Australia.
He tells them, 'But I live in Austria."
They tell him, 'Ah, sorry. We thought you'd made an error when selecting country destination - as we've never had any orders from Austria before."
The company apologises and quickly sends out a replacement parcel ... which arrived within a week.
There's a moral in that story ;D
Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 20 May 2016, 08:53:36 AM
Chap I know from Austria put in an order with a wargame company over their internet site, correctly listing his address as Austria.
The weeks pass and his parcel hasn't arrived. So, he contacts the company to make an enquiry, they look up the order number and tell him it was despatched weeks ago to him in Australia.
He tells them, 'But I live in Austria."
They tell him, 'Ah, sorry. We thought you'd made an error when selecting country destination - as we've never had any orders from Austria before."
The company apologises and quickly sends out a replacement parcel ... which arrived within a week.
There's a moral in that story ;D
Have a friend in Australia so you can both have stuff? :d
Now seriously, i can bet that the name of the street was not really sounding very english, and that would have been a bit of a give away.... L-)
edit: finally an opportunity to use the loser smiley. L-) L-) L-) L-) L-)
A friend used to work for a firm in Edinburgh that also had an office in Perth.
On one occasion she sent a package to the Perth office.
When it arrived in Fife some considerable time later they were able to track it's progress from the Not Known At This Address messages.
It went from Edinburgh to Perth, New York and from there to Perth Amboy, New Jersey then on to Perth, Indiana before going to Perth, North Dakota then, inevitably, to Perth, Australia who finally readdressed it to Perth, Scotland!! :o ??? =) =) :)
Quote from: petercooman on 20 May 2016, 09:36:28 AM
Now seriously, i can bet that the name of the street was not really sounding very english, and that would have been a bit of a give away.... L-)
You would think so, wouldn't you.
I suppose the benefit of the doubt could be given to the (very well-known) wargames company, if they were thinking along the lines that 'German' speaking immigrants originally gave the naming of Australian place name in question. But, "If in doubt, ask", should have been the maxim used, really.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 20 May 2016, 03:24:57 PM
It went from Edinburgh to Perth, New York and from there to Perth Amboy, New Jersey then on to Perth, Indiana before going to Perth, North Dakota then, inevitably, to Perth, Australia who finally readdressed it to Perth, Scotland!!
Was there a note sent to the Perth, Scotland office stating 'insufficient postage. please pay upon collection from post office'?
Imagine the air miles :o
Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 20 May 2016, 04:02:36 PM
You would think so, wouldn't you.
I suppose the benefit of the doubt could be given to the (very well-known) wargames company, if they were thinking along the lines that 'German' speaking immigrants originally gave the naming of Australian place name in question. But, "If in doubt, ask", should have been the maxim used, really.
So all packages to india should be sent to america then, as it could have been mistaken and america was supposed to be india when it was discovered? =P~ =P~ =P~ =P~ =P~ =P~ =P~ =P~ =P~ =P~ =P~ 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-}