Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
rural couriers (was cheap lawn aeration)
Jeßus wrote:
Do you live in a rural out of the way area? Yes, definitely rural and out of the way. Do you realise couriers have to do more than just your delivery, to make money? Goodness, why no Barb... I hadnt thought of that. Fuel certainly isn't cheap these days and neither is labour. Indeed... Queenslanders are notorious for the lowest wages anywhere. Goodness but you live in the past. If it takes extra time to get to where you are, it means they can't get to other places and so let other people down. Are you there all the time to take delivery? Nothing more annoying to go out of the way only to find no one is there to take delivery/pay COD etc and so then have to make a return delivery. Do you have *anything* to say beyond the bloody obvious? I have lots to say, but it's off topic. People who move from urban areas to rural areas and expect the same service as town dwellers and expect the deliveries for the same price are extremely annoying. Who expects the same service - and why would they? How insulting. Go **** yourself Barb. I have no need to, I'm married. I could volumes on the stupidity and lack of common sense of people and what they expect of couriers/carriers. I cringed when I saw your name in this thread, realising what you do (or did) Still do and have done so for 18 years now, I've heard/seen it all, though it must be pointed out I own a carrying business, not a courier business. I'm not sure there is much point taking the time to counter or answer the raher obvious and insulting points you made Barb. If it's all rather obvious why the whining? I deal with people like you all day long. Insulting....? well go up a few paragraphs, seems you've caught Peterlucasitis. All I will say is - NO amount of checking, asking or even pre-empting possible scenarios in advance results in these courier companies giving you the truth BEFORE commiting to using them. This makes it very, very difficult to convince business that you will have significant problems actually obtaining your parcel until its too late . Notice I said 'obtain' and NOT actually having it delivered. I've heard it all before from these so-called couriers. The key problem - as I have said - is that they have both the goods AND payment in advance. They have no incentive to deliver, or at least deliver in a timely fashion. Total crap, most courier companies rely on word of mouth advertising and if they are contracted to a large company to do their deliveries, well they bloodywell go out of their way to keep them happy, that means keeping the receiver happy too. 3.5 weeks for a parcel to travel 200KM is a joke, as is being charged extra for delivery to my town compared to their depot, only to find that they don't deliver to my town - ever. Extremely hard to believe, perhaps you're fudging a little *or* the company sending the goods is having a lend of you, an extremely common occurrence, it's always easier to blame the courier. I deal with that one on a daily basis.Companies promise goods, say they've been sent, when they haven't and then blame the courier for not delivering them....I have a thousand stories I could tell on that subject. Anyway, no point arguing with you about this, is there? No |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Aeration On The Cheap | Lawns | |||
other cheap rural papers will shout believably in bowls | United Kingdom | |||
how Yolanda's rural teacher grasps, Charles recommends against clean, cheap caves | United Kingdom | |||
lawn aeration | Texas | |||
Lawn Aeration, how many passes ? | Lawns |