tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post564929249526023604..comments2023-10-22T07:42:55.369+00:00Comments on Skip's Acorn Treasury: Amazon's gone wrongSkiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15153208735469088823noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-83859583826853265172010-04-03T23:00:23.768+00:002010-04-03T23:00:23.768+00:00Darling, justx go to the shops.Darling, justx go to the shops.MISTER NORRIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13000830577338483922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-36047755438356838082010-03-29T10:24:19.989+00:002010-03-29T10:24:19.989+00:00The last time I had anything to do wtih HDNL it wa...The last time I had anything to do wtih HDNL it was a Virgin Wines delivery which resulted in me being under house arrest for a week trying to get my sodding wine. Which I don't even drink. It was for a party which was long over by the time the wine was eventually delivered.<br /><br />I foresee a grim future where we all e-work from home and daren't leave our bio-units for fear of missing a delivery.Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153208735469088823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-29407175389208854662010-03-28T20:43:09.728+00:002010-03-28T20:43:09.728+00:00I with you. I'd rather the parcel took a week ...I with you. I'd rather the parcel took a week to arrive and was left at my local sorting office. I know where that is - it's... local. Otherwise you have to trek to some god awful industrial estate for all the reasons you've explained above. Using courier companies which require a signature for everything is a 'taking my business elsewhere' offence in my book.Nairnskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873104187161018460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-17353204911657520802010-03-28T16:53:36.555+00:002010-03-28T16:53:36.555+00:00God, we're thrilingly middle-aged aren't w...God, we're thrilingly middle-aged aren't we? But it's all true.<br /><br />One of the lovely things is that my local postman is great, genuinely. ("Wouldn't fit through your letterbox, so i picked the lock on your catflap, popped it through then re-locked it") and the local depot is a two minute stroll.<br /><br />The issue with these couriers is that the bit they shit up is the actual delivery - if they just had more depots and let people pop round to pick stuff up, then they'd be fine. Instead of which they seem to offer really good call centres and really terrible deliveries.<br /><br />Lordie. Next post, I'll talk about mortgages, shall I?Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153208735469088823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-81520912017679372812010-03-28T12:30:38.528+00:002010-03-28T12:30:38.528+00:00It's true, HDNL are the pits and the Royal Mai...It's true, HDNL are the pits and the Royal Mail recently closed the sorting depot 3-doors away from me to replace it with one a train ride away with a HUGE queue and short opening hours.<br /><br />In better news, though, I used to have no end of trouble with Parcel Force - always ending having to pick-up from their "local" depot which is a train and two-bus-rides away in a Charlton industrial hell. Now, though, they have gotten into the habit of dropping any packages for me while I'm out at the local Post Office. Genius!Nimboshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641328022362217877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-60617243130310554122010-03-27T20:57:43.997+00:002010-03-27T20:57:43.997+00:00Amazing. Home Delivery Network are the worst of th...Amazing. Home Delivery Network are the worst of the lot.<br /><br />That said... The flatmate got an email off Amazon the other day with the general thrust that it was "good news" because they'd sent his parcel by CityLink.<br /><br />It was hard to see in what way this could ever be construed as "good news". CityLink, frankly, suck.<br /><br />But Amazon suck more if they randomly decide who you get and won't fix it.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572458157166707012noreply@blogger.com