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 

Quote from: Matt J on 27 April 2016, 10:47:56 PM
Dogs are great I take mine to work 

Other people also do it...

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.

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  

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 

Have a friend in Australia so you can both have stuff?

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.... 



edit: finally an opportunity to use the loser smiley.