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Re: Not happy with delivery US to UK
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Tue, 9 Mar 1999 21:21:47 GMT
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I've had similar trouble with things I've bought from eBay. The post
office employees will bend and stuff a priority folder into my mailbox
rather than hold it or use one of the parcel lockers available. (I got
a nice wrinkle down the back of an old Atari Pole Position service
manual that way.) In the US, there are a few things that you can do.
1. Write 'Do not damage or fold' on the package. The post office is
then legally required to put it in a parcel locker or hold it at the
post office. You can also call the post office and request that all of
your packages be treated this way, but I doubt that would work for me,
since I've never seen the same person on my mail route twice. (I think
I'm on a trainee's route.)
2. Write 'Customer will pick up at post office.' on the package, and
circle it with a red marker. I shipped some stuff to myself from my
parent's house to Knoxville after Christmas, and I didn't want the post
office to leave all my clothes and Lego sitting on my front porch. The
lady at the post office suggested that I write this, and it worked fine.
I don't know if any of these would work in the UK or anywhere else, but
it's worth asking...
Naji
n (dot) norder (at) utk (dot) edu
Simon Robinson wrote:
> > Anyone any similar experiences? Or does anyone know anything about what
> ParcelPost is in the States?
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> Thanks!
>
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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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