Ordered something from Amazon to be sent to me ?
I'm damn sure it was one of you lot, because of what it is....
HA, HA, HA ;D ;D ;D......But they'll come in useful....Once the package has dried out.
Was it you, Nobby ?
Cheers - Phil
Not me - what were it ?
No, M.
But you're on the right lines.
(Damn sure it will have been Nobby.) ;D ;D
I'll tell you later.
Cheers - Phil
Rubber scalpels? A years supply of Elastoplast? Do-it-yourself blood transfusion kit? Full suit of Milanese plate? :D :D :D
One of those is right......
Not too difficult to guess which one !!
Cheers - Phil
Well, I'm impressed with whoever it was! I've spent ages unsuccessfully scouring Ebay for a full suit of Milanese plate! ;)
Quote from: mollinary on 11 September 2017, 10:30:47 AM
Chain mail gloves, perhaps?
I wonder what those are....
Gloves made out of CHAIN MAIL
I wonder what that might be, in whatever strange and linguistically crippled part of the world the expression comes from....
Ref! Accused with no evidence!
I'm sure I don't know who sent you those copies of "What the Butler Saw Quarterly (illustrated)" Magazine (Volume 3, numbers 2 and 3, 1926).
Quote from: FierceKitty on 11 September 2017, 11:11:08 AM
I wonder what those are....
FK, it is just too easy to get you to rise to the bait.... it takes all the fun out of it! ;D ;D ;D
M
Ever dragged a string in front of a kitten?
Quote from: FierceKitty on 11 September 2017, 11:27:15 AM
Ever dragged a string in front of a kitten?
Funnily enough, no, is it fun? By the way, how long would it take, do you think, for a neologism to become a palaeologism? Is 195 years long enough?
Mollinary
Can't say. I only describe, never prescribe.
Me I'd throw the Kat a die, keep it amused for hours....
Nine lives. We can handle lots of those die things.
Table tennis balls will keep a cat amused for hours.
(And now another package from Amazon has turned up.....A crepe bandage to go with the year's supply of plasters....Anything else, Nobby ?)
;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 11 September 2017, 12:44:02 PM
Table tennis balls will keep a cat amused for hours.
Unless you actually
buy the things to entertain your moggies, in which case they aren't interested, of course.
Who else knows my address and would send me first aid stuff. ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 11 September 2017, 04:34:05 PM
Who else knows my address and would send me first aid stuff. ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
I can't speak for the first part, but for the later almost anyone who knows you or knows of you! ;D ;D
Only the members of the forum know how accident prone I am. ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
... and several medical professionals,
... the Guinness book of records
... a couple of documentary crews
... and the Guild of Swan Uppers.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 11 September 2017, 11:40:05 AM
Can't say. I only describe, never prescribe.
But I was only asking for an opinion, not a prescription.
While I suspect Nobby, it might have been a mistake.
Mrs Orcs ordered a cushion for out garden bench. When it arrived the DPD courier said " Here is your parcel plus one for Free"
Mrs Orcs " I have only ordered one thing"
DPD man " It has your address label stuck to it so I can drop it off here"
Mrs Orcs "What is it"
DPD man " I don't know but its for France and it will take me ages to sort it out back at the depot, It has your address label on it so I can leave it here"
Which is what he did, and promptly went.
On further examination it was from a company in Germany for a person in France, and it was one of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Outdoor-Swimming-Pool-Shower-Solar-Powered-Heated-Shower-Showering-Stand-35L-/352159360606?epid=1753592806&hash=item51fe55665e:g:ekkAAOSw1uRZrtjv
So we now have to email German company and tell them to collect it or we will dispose of it ( I will mention that we in Great Britain have had more than our fill of unwanted metal objects "dropped off" here by Germans ;D)
Nobby swears it wasn't him.
The list of suspects is fairly small. :- :- :- :- :- :-
Cheers - Perplexed of Wales.
(https://media.makeameme.org/created/i-am-innocent-qgl39m.jpg)
I should know by this time tomorrow. :D
Cheers - Phil.
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/504b7be484ae70bad1e27b82/t/55e465c5e4b05bc4c8a873ab/1441031622132/)
Or even proscribe?
Quote from: Techno on 11 September 2017, 08:20:21 PM
Nobby swears it wasn't him.
The list of suspects is fairly small. :- :- :- :- :- :-
Cheers - Perplexed of Wales.
And you believe him ?????
You could set up a poll on the Forum with the options being all the suspects. They could then be "judged by their peers". Once the vote has ended
and Nobby the one with the most votes must be guilty.
Come now, It's fairly obvious to even a casual observer that the Runcornian Ministry of External Affairs, Welsh desk, have their heavily manured manicured fingers all over this.
Et tu d_Guy?
Nobby will either be cleared or found guilty, once my friend 'Neeraj', at Amazon, has done her investigating.
Anyone want to plead guilty now ? (It'll be a lighter sentence.) :P
Or shall we run a book ?
For fun only, they'd be........
Nobby - Evens.
Orcs - 5/1
Mad Lemmey - 10/1
Leon - 20/1
Fenton - 50/1
Westmarcher - 50/1
100/1 - Bar.
Cheers - Phil
Not me.
I'm skint!
Evens? Is that good?
If not, I'll be in the 100-1 Bar, cadging a drink off d_Guy.
I've heard back from an Amazon autobot.
I'm either going to end up with the orders being duplicated.....or the person that originally sent them will be getting a big box of plasters and a crepe bandage sent to 'the correct address'.
I can keep the originals though...For the inconvenience caused.
We'll see. X_X X_X X_X
Cheers - Phil.
=O =O =O
Quote from: Techno on 12 September 2017, 08:36:09 AM
I've heard back from an Amazon autobot.
I'm either going to end up with the orders being duplicated.....or the person that originally sent them will be getting a big box of plasters and a crepe bandage sent to 'the correct address'.
I can keep the originals though...For the inconvenience caused.
We'll see. X_X X_X X_X
Cheers - Phil.
But that still won't solve the mystery though
Quote from: Techno on 12 September 2017, 07:08:43 AM
Nobby will either be cleared or found guilty, once my friend 'Neeraj', at Amazon, has done her investigating.
Anyone want to plead guilty now ? (It'll be a lighter sentence.) :P
Or shall we run a book ?
For fun only, they'd be........
Nobby - Evens.
Orcs - 5/1
Mad Lemmey - 10/1
Leon - 20/1
Fenton - 50/1
Westmarcher - 50/1
100/1 - Bar.
Cheers - Phil
Nobby EVENS !!!!!!!!!!! I'd have tought he was 6/4 favourite
Quote from: Orcs on 12 September 2017, 10:21:00 AM
But that still won't solve the mystery though
No, Mark.....But if I end up with another load of first aid stuff....This time I'll phone the oiks up....I'll have more info.
Be ironic if it IS a genuine mistake by Amazon and not
Nobby one of you lot extracting the urine.....Rule #39.....There's no such thing as a coincidence. :P
Cheers - Phil
You can keep em if Amazon don't arrange for collection in 6 weeks
IanS
Sounds like a good excuse to go out and get plastered.
Andy........Get your coat !!
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: fsn on 12 September 2017, 08:02:29 AM
If not, I'll be in the 100-1 Bar, cadging a drink off d_Guy.
No need to cadge, I'll happily buy you a couple of rounds. Never said that the MoEA's work isn't brilliant!
Well, I had a word with Neeraj and I can exclusively reveal ..... g'aaah! .... no .... who? ... how did you get into my house ..... get your hands ..... the comfy cushion :o ..... aaaargh! .......
*adopts dark and sinister tone*
Such a fate befalls all who would ... *I say! You don't know it's me do you? I'm using a dark and sinster tone*
*ahem* Such a fate befalls all who would betray the Brotherhood! No traitor will be allowed to grasp through our slip!
Mwah-ha-ha-*cough*-Ha!
.. as I was saying (before I was so sinisterly interrupted) ... g'aaah! .... no .... who? ... how did you get into my house ..... get your hands ..... the comfy cushion ..... aaaargh! ....... .... [stifled (but unexpected) moans of pleasure] ..... uuuuuh .... for my silence .... do that thing you do, again .... you know .... with the uuuuh ...... yes ..... that's it! B)
X_X X_X X_X X_X X_X
Cheers - Phil.
Well YOU started this !!!!!! >:(
No I didn't....Whoever sent the plasters kicked this off. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
And an update.....
I haven't had any more 'ordinary' plasters...or another crepe bandage from Amazon. But, today there was a tiny little package in the post box.
Feels like there might be a 30mm figure for me to convert, thought I.
OH NO !.......It was a box of butterfly plasters.
No return addy...though it must have come from a firm, as there was a very neat "Dispatch To" label on the front.
What's next , I wonder. =) =) =)
Cheers - Phil
a) What was the postmark?
b) How do you put plasters on a butterfly?
c) What's next? Antiseptic wipes.
No postmark...An 'automated' address sticker where the firm effectively 'prints their own stamp'.
I MIGHT be able to do some detective work though. :d :d :d
I'M wondering what's next.
Cheers - Phil
Wait and see - you'll like it, not a lot, just a little.
IanS
Have you ruled out one of your brighter sheep? I know that it seems far fetched but my observations of sheep suggest they are simply biding time, as though they are waiting for the signal. I would take this whole affair as a sign of love, respect and deep concern for the damage you visit upon yourself. Who better to suspect than a simple creature who must bear witness to the carnage on a daily basis.
Does one in particular have access to a postal meter?
Quote from: d_Guy on 15 September 2017, 01:56:58 PM
... my observations of sheep suggest they are simply biding time, as though they are waiting for the signal ...
(http://www.jking.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Two-Sheep.jpg)
Quote from: d_Guy on 15 September 2017, 01:56:58 PM
Does one in particular have access to a postal meter?
No.
Snowy's in the barn getting over fly-strike (YUK !) from a few weeks ago.....And the other few we've got left now are FAR too stupid to try anything smart.....Apart from Jess. :-\
She IS a smart cookie. She escaped from her previous owner and onto our land....We phoned the farmer concerned and he took her away.
She was back within the month.....So we bought her, as it was only going to happen again and again.
Cheers - Phil
Dont tell me - Jess is nesting ?
Ithoriel, I recall this picture! It is even more sinister in these context. ;D
Quote from: ianrs54 on 15 September 2017, 02:32:33 PM
Don't tell me - Jess is nesting ?
Not unless the Balwen ram in the field next to Jess could clear a five bar gate. ;)
Cheers - Phil
So, Mr Techno.
Have you, the only detective in the village, unmasked the culprit?
Have your little grey cells worked out who is the dastard who keeps sending you rather useful medical supplies?
Have you cleared my name or is my reputation still in the gutter along with absinthe and wearing white after Labor Day?
When is Labor day?
What do Americans do with all their unused 'u's?
Is there a huge pile of them somewhere in Utah (which the locals call "'tah")?
What do the Welsh do with all their unused ewe's?
Where do I put in my claim for besmirched honour?
Not yet, Nobby.
I can't get through to the contact I need to, yet.
I'll persevere.
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: fsn on 18 September 2017, 12:27:59 PM
What do Americans do with all their unused 'u's?
Is there a huge pile of them somewhere in Utah (which the locals call "'tah")?
If there's a big pig of them it could be the U higher heap :D :D
Cheers
Ian
;D
You know the way out?
Perhaps one of you guys could just own up, and bring this thread to a well deserved rest? You know it makes sense!
Mollinary
Dear Mollinary.
It still wasn't me.
Anyway, because I'm a curious sort of fellow, and thinking that your monicker must be someone quite interesting, I googled "mollinary".
Third entry was from "mollinary.tothestrongest.yuku.com". The blurb says "About me. Mollinary · Friend me · Write me; More. Hug · Kiss · Toast · Dropkick · Bite · High five · Wave · Party · Block me."
Is this you? :D
He's also just put himself in the frame, Nobby.
I'd forgotten those who would have my home addy, from the "You want wot making ?" thread.
I'm pretty sure I know who it was (or at least whose idea it was) now.....May even have been a collaboration to point the finger at you.
Cheers - Phil
The plot thickens... :-\
Plot, we lost that ages ago...
Now I'm ashamed at you lot;
A true paranoid, like myself, knows we all sent them as an elaborate plot.
Cat-Pigeons? :d
Ah. The "Murder on the Orient Express" plot?
Who has the safety pins?
You know you cant have sharp implements Nobby.
I'M allowed to.....I've got oodles of plasters in the cupboard, now. :D
Cheers - Phil
Much smoke and many mirrors but:
Mollinary in the left pan...fsn in the right...The Pendrakenus lifts the scale on high and it comes down...hard...against fsn.
As to conspiracies...keep it simple...it was fsn...he is using too many head fakes.
"I blame you!"
"I'm not saying it's your fault, you understand."
"I'm just saying I blame you."
:d :d :d :d :d
Quote from: d_Guy on 19 September 2017, 02:01:41 PM
As to conspiracies...keep it simple...it was fsn...he is using too many head fakes.
I am as innocent as Innocent McInnocent, from 24 Innocent Street, Innocenttown, Innocentshire. Next to the Convent of the Innocent Poor Claires, (and slightly more knowledgable and well off Tracis. - with an 'i')
I have undergone the polygraph and Detective Techno grilled me and is convinced I'm clean.
(He didn't half yell when I put him under the grill.....so I guess I'm convinced.......I'm putting a duck in the oven, next.)
Cheers - Phil
🦆 , ala orange?
As the last late, great said, "When we have eliminated the obvious....". But we a'int, have we, Techno? If you, without equivocation, have eliminated fsn...I'll change my vote to Leman who apparently is working behind the scenes in some complicated way.
O.K.....Oiks
........Newest prezzie from Amazon arrived lunchtime today....I know it'll be from one of two people. (You can own up.)
All I can say is...That's a really, really nice thought.....And I truly appreciate it....Thank you. :-bd
Just got to figure out how to plug it into the Dremmel. ;D ;D ;D
Thanks - Phil
I'm not Sparticus !
Just be glad whoever it is hasn't found this yet...
https://www.amazon.ca/Passion-Lubes-Natural-Water-Based-Lubricant/dp/B005MR3IVO
Don't go there. :P
With my back, and the prescription drugs I 'neck' every day.....That would be something of a waste.
:D
Cheers - Phil
Wasn't me guv!
If it's what I think it is, some kind person has pre-empted me.
Quote from: Nick the Lemming on 10 October 2017, 03:18:30 PM
Just be glad whoever it is hasn't found this yet...
https://www.amazon.ca/Passion-Lubes-Natural-Water-Based-Lubricant/dp/B005MR3IVO
For that price I hope the models are included
A drum of 209kg!
Suppose it makes sense to buy a week's worth at a time.
Quote from: fsn on 10 October 2017, 07:15:19 PM
A drum of 209kg!
Suppose it makes sense to buy a week's worth at a time.
What, buy 3 barrels at a time then?
Quote from: fsn on 10 October 2017, 04:31:28 PM
If it's what I think it is, some kind person has pre-empted me.
I'm sure it will be, Nobby.
(I failed the original test on how to fit the wossname, onto the Dremmel. :-[..But I've sussed it now...Huzzah ! :-bd.....Had to change the collet and pull the 'spring' back from the flexishaft ....THEN I could tighten the fitting on the Dremmel, itself.)
Cheers - Phil
Be interesting to see how it changes the way you work. I find the flexi-hose thing makes the Dremel much lighter, so I can control it better.
You, with your sinewy, calloused, cut-about hands, are probably so adept a wafting the full weight Dremmel around, that you'll probably start off by overcompensating.
Collett - That's a strange word.
In my teens I had a crush on a girl called Collett
Cue bad rude jokes.
One question I've got.....
The vids I've looked at on YouTube, give the impression that you MUST 'dangle' the flexishaft, and not have it lying across the table-top.
I'm assuming, that's from a safety point of view.....Anybody just ignore this 'tip' ?
I can probably use a drawer handle to do this, if it's critical.
Plasters on standby. :D
Cheers - Phil
Which bit rotates?
I'm sure the one I got (which I have never used) came with a stand thing to hang the dremal from.
The end of the 'pen' like do-dah, Forbes.
The Dremmel itself, rotates a springy like thing through the flexishaft to the aforementioned 'pen'. (Damn....I'm SO good at explaining things... X_X)
Cheers - Phil
Thanks. I think. Clear as mud. :o
I have just left the Dremel laying there, but it would probably Vibrate across a smooth the desk top. When I used it last the dremel was laying on the carpet so would not move.
Perhaps put Dremel in a box or draw to stop it moving
Thanks, Mark.
If I find its really necessary, I'll just screw a cup hook into the desk somewhere, and dangle it from there.
(The desk isn't precious, so I won't get into trouble. :D)
Cheers - Phil
(https://www.missingremote.com/legacy/img/stories/Dremel/dremel_02-05t.jpg)
When using the flexible shaft (their name, not mine) I hang the Dremel itself from the drill stand. Just stops the Dremel skittering away.
Hmmmmm.
Cheers - Phil.
I've got to get me one of them things!
Does anyone know if the micro drill has sufficient torque to drive the thing?
PS to Techno:
Have you considered simply publishing your shipping address? The full extent of what might be dropped-shipped to you could then be fully realized! :D
Bill.....
Although there aren't SO many........Too many of the complete OIKS here, on the forum, know my daft addy in Wales....And ship things to me, via those nice people at Amazon UK. (Which is very, very kind.)
As far as I can tell......Though I still haven't used it in anger yet. (I've only had the flexishaft for a short while at the moment.) There should be enough torque for most uses at small scales.
Can't stay too long....Von....(Mrs Techno).....Is suffering from food poisoning, or gall bladder problems, today.
No rest for the wicked. :P
Cheers - Phil
Oh no!
Take care of her, then. Hope she recovers quickly.
So do I.....(Says Mr Selfish).....I did what I could, to help with the gee-gees, last night......My back is moaning like Hell, this morning.
Thanks, Bill.
Cheers - Phil
You expectin sympathy.....
Wish Von a fast recovery
IanS
Thanks, Ian.
She's definitely feeling a lot better today......Just rather 'washed out'.
Think it was a tummy bug/mild food poisoning, rather than her gall bladder.
She tends to go a horrible gray colour when that plays up.
Cheers - Phil
I saw that happen once to a Xhosa who had an attack of appendicitis. The poor woman went from chocolate to Confederate grey in the face; terrifying.
Been there.
Once when a pony kicked me on the side of the knee, right on a nerve.....And once when my back went 'bang' big time, when I was shoveling horse poo onto a trailer.
Cheers - Phil
I've suffered from the gall bladder. Von has my sympathies.
Quote from: fsn on 13 October 2017, 07:08:53 PM
I've suffered from the gall bladder. Von has my sympathies.
Not had gall bladder problems yet, but as the lucky recipient of kidney stones, I can sympathise too. Hope she feels better soon.
She's definitely on the mend, now.
Thanks for the thoughts, gang. :)
Cheers - Phil
Good to hear :)
Quote from: Techno on 14 October 2017, 06:06:28 AM
She's definitely on the mend, now.
Thanks for the thoughts, gang. :)
Cheers - Phil
Good glad she is improving - remind her she owes you for two days of Gee Gee poo shovelling .............that should bring some colour back to her cheeks
;D ;D ;D ;D
She didn't bother to muck out the first night....(That shows she was feeling poorly.).....Just made sure I did the appropriate water buckets and hay nets.
(Just for once in their lives, they could be a bit on the messy side overnight......They don't care, as long as they've got grub and water.)
She just took it very slow yesterday....But positively REFUSED to let me do any of the mucking out.
Cheers - Phil
A true Gem of a women :)
Quote from: paulr on 15 October 2017, 06:32:11 AM
A true Gem of a women :)
We Know that , she puts up with Phil,...... or is it the other way round ??
About 50/50, Mark. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 28 October 2017, 09:29:21 AM
About 50/50, Mark. ;)
Cheers - Phil
As all good relationships should be.
Mrs Orcs does not have to put up with me cos I am obviously Perfect !
Quote from: Orcs on 30 October 2017, 08:22:04 AM
Mrs Orcs does not have to put up with me cos I am obviously Perfect !
Which just goes to prove that your opinion of yourself is far higher than everybody else's !! (With apologies to Michael Flanders)
IanS ;)
Quote from: ianrs54 on 30 October 2017, 08:55:48 AM
Which just goes to prove that your opinion of yourself is far higher than everybody else's !! (With apologies to Michael Flanders)
IanS ;)
It can't be , I am Perfect :D :D
Proves my point methinks
It's happened again !
A spurious package from Amazon, this time containing some plastic, fantasy themed, Christmas figures. :o...They're rather amusing. ;D ;D
I've asked Nobby if it was him.....But he hasn't got back to me, yet. :-
Not totally sure if this one IS a jape as we ordered some coat hooks from Amazon last week.....which are due to arrive next Monday.
The tracking number on the box that's just arrived, is exactly the same as the tracking number on box that's supposed to contain the coat hooks, which hasn't reached the 'out for delivery' part on the order.
I'll have to wait until .....
a)......The box containing the hooks arrives here, (Then I WILL think this is a Christmas jape. ;))
b)......Amazon mark the coat hooks as being delivered......but not to us......In which case Amazon have done swapsies on the delivery stickers, and someone will wonder why they've got coat hooks instead of toy soldiers.
Be a strange coincidence if I've ended up with toy soldiers destined for someone else, Eh ?
Cheers - Phil
Just proves my contentions about Welsh honesty !! ;)
Me? Not me, Gov. I'm as innocent as the say is long. Not as if I'd do that sort of thing. Nope. Not me.
Nope.
Certainly not.
Awwww........Pants !!
That means sorting it out with Amazon. =)
Having looked at 'My orders' on Amazon, this morning....apparently my coat hooks were delivered yesterday.....But not here, they weren't.
STROLL ON !! (or expletive deleted, to be more accurate) :o :o :o :o :o :o :o.....I've just looked these models up on Amazon.......I've got two boxes of the same models priced at £91.37....and one box that I can't find there.
They're 'named' as "War in Christmas village", by Jackalope Enterprise....if you want to have a gander.
Amazon will want those back then......I was half hoping they'd say 'keep them'....Not a lot of chance at that price !
Someone who's got our coat-hooks is going to be a teeny bit peed off !!
Though I'll have to make sure I've not been billed for them first ! (I don't think I have...they're not showing in 'My orders'.....But I'm going to make damn sure.)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 14 December 2019, 10:01:25 AM
Awwww........Pants !!
That means sorting it out with Amazon. =)
Having looked at 'My orders' on Amazon, this morning....apparently my coat hooks were delivered yesterday.....But not here, they weren't.
STROLL ON !! (or expletive deleted, to be more accurate) :o :o :o :o :o :o :o.....I've just looked these models up on Amazon.......I've got two boxes of the same models priced at £91.37....and one box that I can't find there.
They're 'named' as "War in Christmas village", by Jackalope Enterprise....if you want to have a gander.
Amazon will want those back then......I was half hoping they'd say 'keep them'....Not a lot of chance at that price !
Someone who's got our coat-hooks is going to be a teeny bit peed off !!
Though I'll have to make sure I've not been billed for them first ! (I don't think I have...they're not showing in 'My orders'.....But I'm going to make damn sure.)
Cheers - Phil
Just checked this up on a website that should be familiar to you Phil - Saga.
Here is the link but the basics are below
https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/money/spending/consumer-rights/can-i-keep-goods-delivered-to-me-by-mistake
What are unsolicited goods?Items that firms send to you, but you didn't actually order are called "unsolicited goods". You're well within your rights to keep them.
The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 state that you have a right to keep goods delivered to you that you didn't ask for.
You have no obligation to send them back to the company or to pay for them. If you receive a demand for payment for unsolicited goods or services, you can ignore it – it's a criminal offence.
As I read it, these aren't unsolicited goods as Techno did order something, just not these.
Companies do have right to collect unsolicited goods, You have to tell them, and they have 6 weeks to collect - they pay the costs...
I have contacted Amazon about this.
They've 'refunded' the original cost of the coat hooks....(Apparently :-\)...so I've had to order them again. =)
'Monica'.....(I don't believe for one minute that was her real name, because of the accent) told me that I could keep the plastic soldiers.....But I've been emailed a docket to send them back.....Which I'll do.
When I feel like it. :P
Mark.
Saga ?.....That's for kiddies :P ;)
Cheers - Mr far too old to sort out other peoples' **** ups. :(
PAH !!!
The docket they've sent is complete gibberish.
If I printed that out, stuck it on the box, and took it to the Post Office in the village...They'd give me a very funny look.
I give up.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 14 December 2019, 12:24:40 PM
As I read it, these aren't unsolicited goods as Techno did order something, just not these.
Ithoriel
I would beg to differ. Techno ordered coat hooks. These have not turned up. The mystery package did
Quote from: Techno on 14 December 2019, 02:13:18 PM
PAH !!!
The docket they've sent is complete gibberish.
If I printed that out, stuck it on the box, and took it to the Post Office in the village...They'd give me a very funny look.
I give up.
Phil,
Just keep them, you have advised Amazon and fulfilled your legal duty. If Amazon want them back to return to the supplier they need to arrange for them to be collected from you. Why should you faff about, waste your time going to the post office?
Quote from: Orcs on 14 December 2019, 07:13:43 PM
Ithoriel
I would beg to differ. Techno ordered coat hooks. These have not turned up. The mystery package did
"It's a different story altogether if items are sent to you by mistake. That is, if the order wasn't meant for you, if it was sent to you twice, or if there's extra stuff on top of what you ordered.
In all these scenarios, they are not classed as unsolicited goods, they still belong to the trader and you should try to give them back.
Firms can take you to court to recover their goods, if you were to resist."
Quote from: Orcs on 14 December 2019, 07:14:02 PM
Phil,
Just keep them, you have advised Amazon and fulfilled your legal duty. If Amazon want them back to return to the supplier they need to arrange for them to be collected from you. Why should you faff about, waste your time going to the post office?
I had an item which needed to go back to Amazon. They said "Print this out and post it to us." I said,"It's too big to carry, pick it up when you deliver what I ordered.* They said,"Oh, okay then, just keep it." :-)
First I'll contact Amazon about this strange 'wossname' they've sent as a (what I presume is) a sticker to go on the box.
It looks like you'd need some sort of scanner to 'translate it'...(It's not bar code.....Just a white square with lots of tiny black squares within the margins) ...I don't think the local Post office will have anything that can read that.
I've sent stuff back to Amazon before, when one package went missing.....Which meant they sent me a duplicate package....Then the original package turned up a week later.
I got a 'proper' address label for that....and a bit of a form that went inside the package.
Cheers - Phil =)
Phil, sounds like a barcode, but just a different form. Have a look here and scroll down for the examples:
https://www.barcoderesource.com/pdf417barcode.shtml
https://www.barcoderesource.com/qrcodebarcode.shtml
https://www.barcoderesource.com/datamatrixbarcode.shtml
or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code for general information.
It is..... :)
I looked it up, and apparently my little local Post Office can cope with it !! :o :o :o (I asked, this morning...The PO is in the local mini supermarket...and open on SUNDAYS)
All I need to do is print it out.....Then OBLITERATE all the addy labels that are currently stuck to the box...so it doesn't come back to me....stick the 'GCHQ' code on the box, and it'll be sorted !
Huzzah !
Cheers - Phil
I believe that funny little box is called a QR code.
You can get an app (Program) for your phone that can read them and bar codes
It can be quite useful when your shopping at actual shops for something relatively more expensive as it will compare prices and tell you how much you can get it for.
When we bought our last printer we were in PC world and scanned the bar code and it told us that it was £20 cheaper across the car park at Comet (shows you how long ago) and they had one in stock. PC World refused to beat it or even match it so off we walked to Comet
Quote from: Orcs on 15 December 2019, 07:49:05 PM
When we bought our last printer we were in PC world and scanned the bar code and it told us that it was £20 cheaper across the car park at Comet (shows you how long ago) and they had one in stock. PC World refused to beat it or even match it so off we walked to Comet
Kind of suggests that's why Comet is no longer in business and PC World still is ..... :P
Quote from: Orcs on 15 December 2019, 07:49:05 PM
I believe that funny little box is called a QR code.
Yep...That sounds right, Mark. :)
Cheers - Phil