On 12/07/2019 at 23:39, labrat said:

Actually bad thought of the day as well

 

Made a complaint to amazon, their delivery driver either climbed or pulled aside a fence to leave a parcel in the kids play house

 

Its left one spindle (it was a ballistrade type fence) broken

 

Sent an email to amazon who are now looking into it, just a bit worried its going to loose someone their job

 

After all its a home made ballistrade - I can probably replace the spindle for less than a fiver - was just really annoyed at the point I sent the email because its the second time a delivery driver (first time was yodel) has decided its OK to pull it aside and each time I have to replace the wall plugs on the screws

 

Debating emailing back and asking them to drop it but it's on the wife's emails and she's away until tomorrow 

Yeah, I understand it's a hard choice, especially when the poor sod just wanted to put the package somewhere where other people wouldn't see. 

I just wonder how I'll handle these deliveries when living in the UK... Where I live, you just pick them up at the post/transport company office, or have it delivered when you're home. The thing is that I may well have to have to leave regularily with short notices (due to my job, I sometimes have 48h to go to the airport and I don't want to come back to find a parcel that's stolen or all crumpled up because of a week of rain.

Okay, thanks, this will definitely be useful.

Hello everyone,

I'm creating an account on this forum as I'll be living in the UK for a couple years, starting this autumn; I'm originally from Russia, but the company I work for assigned me there for 5 years.

Since I have been a victim of unscrupulous - if not straight out illegal-acting - companies both in my homeland and in other countries, I figured I should be warned of the dangers that await me in the UK, so that I don't fall into any trap.

So, I'm completely unfamiliar with British companies, yet still want to know which ones to work with and which ones to avoid.

Thanks in advance and have a nice day!