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Waiting for insulation contractors couriers and doctors
mangogrooveworkshop - 5/3/10 at 11:03 AM

Bloody hate it ......the courier showed up a day late and the Docs still to call back.....and as for the contractors....not a peep.

BenB - 5/3/10 at 12:53 PM

Doc's probably too busy reading Locostbuilders

David Jenkins - 5/3/10 at 01:08 PM

It annoys me too, especially as I try my very best to turn up on time if I have an appointment...

It's like waiting for a parcel delivery - "will be delivered sometime between 08:00 and 18:00" is no use to me whatsoever...

andyharding - 5/3/10 at 01:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
It's like waiting for a parcel delivery - "will be delivered sometime between 08:00 and 18:00" is no use to me whatsoever...


Then pay extra for a delivery service that allows you to specify the time slot....

blakep82 - 5/3/10 at 01:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
It's like waiting for a parcel delivery - "will be delivered sometime between 08:00 and 18:00" is no use to me whatsoever...


exactly, and they always turn up in the 10 minutes you go out to get some milk from the shop
and they don't deliver on weekends, when most people aren't at work, and here, if you have to go collect the parcel, its a 60-80 mile round trip depending on which courier it is...

saying that, i think i want a job with DHL and the like...

Jon Ison - 5/3/10 at 03:24 PM

We use DPD couriers ship 20+ per day, we provide DPD with the customers email address, they email them with a time slot of 1 hour when to expect delivery and links to change the time and date if required.

Its a great system, costs us no extra and customers love it, copied below straight from our screen current situation of a few deliveries.

04/03/2010 5607 gas belling hob 4104030735 1 Manifested On vehicle for delivery, due between 16:33 - 17:33
Shipment Detail 04/03/2010 curved = vent kit 4104030826 2 Manifested Delivered, signed for by PEEL, on 05 Mar 2010 at 13:41, using Saturn
Shipment Detail 04/03/2010 5619 utility sink 4104030932 1 Manifested On vehicle for delivery, due between 15:50 - 16:50
Shipment Detail 04/03/2010 5621 luxair D 4104031213 1 Manifested Delivered, signed for by HAJIB, on 05 Mar 2010 at 13:58, using Saturn
Shipment Detail 03/03/2010 5578 white slim 4104001463 1 Manifested On vehicle for delivery, due between 15:23 - 16:23

zilspeed - 5/3/10 at 04:50 PM

I arrange appointments at work.

We give them 9-12.00 or 1.00 to 4.00.

I think that's very fair compared to a lot of the instances quoted above.
We still get people asking us to narrow it down.

mangogrooveworkshop - 6/3/10 at 10:06 AM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
It's like waiting for a parcel delivery - "will be delivered sometime between 08:00 and 18:00" is no use to me whatsoever...


exactly, and they always turn up in the 10 minutes you go out to get some milk from the shop
and they don't deliver on weekends, when most people aren't at work, and here, if you have to go collect the parcel, its a 60-80 mile round trip depending on which courier it is...

saying that, i think i want a job with DHL and the like...




DHL no longer have a domestic parcel service in the UK....
They sold the whole bang shoot to HDNL and just use the brand. The other news is that all the couriers will be casual and they will have their own vans.......