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Re: Not happy with delivery US to UK
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Mon, 8 Mar 1999 18:56:19 GMT
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Simon Robinson wrote:
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> I've just received my first order from the States
> (to the UK) - the Dacta community vehicles from Kaplanco.
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> I'm not happy with how it was delivered. I just discovered the box
> on Saturday, left out in the rain, by the front door and wedged in
> amongst the rubbish bags by the dustbin. I'm sure I walked past it
> several days in a row, thinking it was something one of my flatmates
> had chucked out, before I looked more closely and noticed the Kaplan
> name on the box. Luckily, although the outer box was soaked, none
> of the sets inside were affected.
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> Two more days and the dustmen would have picked it up...
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> What happened to the idea that if someone's out, you take the package
> back to the local depot and leave a card
> telling them where they can pick it up from? That's what's happened
> every other time I've had something delivered.
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> I'm not blaming Kaplan for this - they did exactly as I requested,
> and had the stuff shipped out from the US by ParcelPost. But I would
> like to know who in that case would been responsible for delivering
> the package in the UK so I can write them a very angry letter.
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> Anyone any similar experiences? Or does anyone know anything about what
> ParcelPost is in the States?
Isn't Parcel Post just the regular US mail which would then be
delivered by your local mail service. Easy to tell, are there any
stamps
on it?
--
Paul Foster
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html
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| (...) Yep - you're right - it's got a postage thingy on the box. Thanks, Paul! That's wierd. I've had things delivered by post before and the UK post office have always left a note telling me to pick things up at the depot if I've been out before. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| I've just received my first order from the States (to the UK) - the Dacta community vehicles from Kaplanco. I'm not happy with how it was delivered. I just discovered the box on Saturday, left out in the rain, by the front door and wedged in amongst (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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