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Title: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 11:35:30 AM
So, n Tuesday I send a package from Limassol to Wales by EMS Datapost - costs me €20.

All the paperwork was correctly completed with a sender address and destination address.

On the back of the box was a teeny-tiny label with the 'Return Address' in Epsom.

So, guess where Parcel farce have just delivered it to!  cussing:

 Angry9:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Misty on February 22, 2013, 11:40:50 AM
where?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 11:42:14 AM
where?  rubschin:

Fecking Epsom!  Explode:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Misty on February 22, 2013, 11:47:28 AM
 lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Miss Demeanour on February 22, 2013, 11:48:04 AM
It's probably where it wanted to go  whistle:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 11:49:18 AM
And LL bastard signed for kit!  Banghead
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Miss Demeanour on February 22, 2013, 11:50:43 AM
She was prolly hoping you had sent her a pressy  noooo:

Poor LL  noooo:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Steve on February 22, 2013, 11:51:09 AM
The frustrations of smuggling?
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: GROWLER on February 22, 2013, 11:59:10 AM
It's probably where it wanted to go  whistle:

Indeed. VERY nice place is Epsom, (shite printers though) and if you'd posted me, that would have been my fiirst choice of destination, so wtf's the problem ey, EY? Shrugs:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 11:59:57 AM
She was prolly hoping you had sent her a pressy  noooo:

Poor LL  noooo:

If she'd taken it with her last week this wouldn't have happened!  cussing:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: GROWLER on February 22, 2013, 12:01:25 PM
She was prolly hoping you had sent her a pressy  noooo:

Poor LL  noooo:

If she'd taken it with her last week this wouldn't have happened!  cussing:

It'll still be your fault though, you do actually realise that don't you? ::)
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 12:02:12 PM
She was prolly hoping you had sent her a pressy  noooo:

Poor LL  noooo:

If she'd taken it with her last week this wouldn't have happened!  cussing:

It'll still be your fault though, you do actually realise that don't you? ::)

Oh yes indeedy-doody!  Banghead
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: GROWLER on February 22, 2013, 12:16:29 PM
She was prolly hoping you had sent her a pressy  noooo:

Poor LL  noooo:

If she'd taken it with her last week this wouldn't have happened!  cussing:

It'll still be your fault though, you do actually realise that don't you? ::)

Oh yes indeedy-doody!  Banghead

Or mine. ::)
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 12:17:20 PM
She was prolly hoping you had sent her a pressy  noooo:

Poor LL  noooo:

If she'd taken it with her last week this wouldn't have happened!  cussing:

It'll still be your fault though, you do actually realise that don't you? ::)

Oh yes indeedy-doody!  Banghead

Or mine. ::)

Unlikely on this occasion...  lol:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: GROWLER on February 22, 2013, 12:20:48 PM
She was prolly hoping you had sent her a pressy  noooo:

Poor LL  noooo:

If she'd taken it with her last week this wouldn't have happened!  cussing:

It'll still be your fault though, you do actually realise that don't you? ::)

Oh yes indeedy-doody!  Banghead

Or mine. ::)

Unlikely on this occasion...  lol:

Well you can blame me if you want.
Everyfuckingthing else in the werld is MY friggin' fault...apparently, so 'they' say like, whoever 'they ' actually are like,, so in for a penny, in for a piggin' misguided parcel. Thumbs:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 12:32:38 PM
She was prolly hoping you had sent her a pressy  noooo:

Poor LL  noooo:

If she'd taken it with her last week this wouldn't have happened!  cussing:

It'll still be your fault though, you do actually realise that don't you? ::)

Oh yes indeedy-doody!  Banghead

Or mine. ::)

Unlikely on this occasion...  lol:

Well you can blame me if you want.
Everyfuckingthing else in the werld is MY friggin' fault...apparently, so 'they' say like, whoever 'they ' actually are like,, so in for a penny, in for a piggin' misguided parcel. Thumbs:

 Thumbs:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Baldy on February 22, 2013, 12:33:54 PM
Blimey. It is usually me that gets the blame round these parts.
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: apc2010 on February 22, 2013, 12:47:39 PM
Blimey. It is usually me that gets the blame round these parts.

That's coz its normally your fault.......... whistle:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 12:50:16 PM
Blimey. It is usually me that gets the blame round these parts.

That's coz its normally your fault.......... whistle:

 lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 02:39:04 PM
You couldn't make this up!  Banghead

This surely couldn't be clearer?

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You have just delivered this parcel to the 'return address' instead of the 
original delivery address.

Please advise...

Thanks in advance,

Barman

To which they responded.... ::)

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Dear Barman

Thank you for your enquiry.

The parcel that you are enquiring about has been delivered after arriving in the UK from Cyprus.

For proof of delivery, please refer to our website at www.parcelforce.com (http://www.parcelforce.com)

If you require any further information or assistance, please reply to this email showing all conversations we have had on this enquiry.

Our hours of business are: Mon to Fri: 8am to 5:30pm

Kind regards

 


Mick Pitts
Parcelforce Worldwide
Customer Service Email Team.
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Steve on February 22, 2013, 03:16:16 PM
Targets   Banghead

Target 1:  all parcels must be delivered on time (don't give a feck where)

Target 2: all emails must be replied to within 30 minutes (even if fecking nonsense reply)

Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 03:18:44 PM
Targets   Banghead

Target 1:  all parcels must be delivered on time (don't give a feck where)

Target 2: all emails must be replied to within 30 minutes (even if fecking nonsense reply)

Oh noes....  noooo:

Each time I e-mail I get this back!  Banghead

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Thank you for your email.

We will get back to you as soon as we can but please be aware that our turnaround time is 12 working hours.

This is an automated acknowledgement to your email; please do not respond to this message.

 Our Customer Service email team opening hours are:  Mon-Fri: 8am to 5:30pm

                                       
Deliveries are usually started at 7am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday. Deliveries on a Saturday are only made where the sender has chosen and paid for a Saturday delivery service. These deliveries are usually made between 7am to 1pm.

We do not currently deliver on a Sunday.

The highlighting is theirs BTW....  noooo:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Pastis on February 22, 2013, 03:19:56 PM
I have come to hate ParcelFarce   evil:   So unlike me, I know  angel1

Their van usually turns up most days and whereas years ago the driver used to park up outside, get out from his van and press the buzzer etc which was fine...
Nowadays, in fact for the past couple of years, he just swerves into the kerb by the gates and toots his horn...

TOOT ... TOOT TOOT... TOOT TOOT.. TOOOOOOOOOOOT!

... in the expectation that someone will buzz open the gates so that he doesn't have to feckin well get off his fat @rse and press entry buttons  Banghead Banghead  evil:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Steve on February 22, 2013, 03:30:00 PM
Electric gates?  I dream of having gates, the games i could play with passing pedestrians
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 03:31:35 PM
Electric gates?  I dream of having gates, the games i could play with passing pedestrians

 whistle:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Pastis on February 22, 2013, 03:32:52 PM
Electric gates?  I dream of having gates, the games i could play with passing pedestrians

 whistle:

 whistle:  whistle:    eveilgrin:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Steve on February 22, 2013, 03:37:25 PM
Portcullis would be better, envigle them into range and cathunk drop it to within an inch of their heads - well that's if the dodgy brake holds
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Nick on February 22, 2013, 05:36:04 PM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: apc2010 on February 22, 2013, 05:41:08 PM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:

And a boiler............. rubschin:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 05:42:10 PM
They called and said there would be another delivery charge! happy002
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Steve on February 22, 2013, 06:10:23 PM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:
Cor, I am so jealous.  Can you use them to flick people out into the traffic?
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 06:11:08 PM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:
Cor, I am so jealous.  Can you use them to flick people out into the traffic?

Mine open inwards...  evil:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Darwins Selection on February 22, 2013, 06:11:23 PM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:
Cor, I am so jealous.  Can you use them to flick people out into the traffic?

He probably has to climb over them himself.
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 06:14:56 PM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:
Cor, I am so jealous.  Can you use them to flick people out into the traffic?

He probably has to climb over them himself.

happy001
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Steve on February 22, 2013, 06:29:02 PM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:
Cor, I am so jealous.  Can you use them to flick people out into the traffic?

He probably has to climb over them himself.
happy001 here too

. . .Mine open inwards...  evil:
Am I the only one that hasn't got gates  redface:

Anyway surely you wait til nosy person approaches your estate and slowly open the gates, they will be drawn in a few cm won't they.  Then hit the turbo shut button and Ptwang they get flicked into the traffic.   

PS helps to have an estate, gates and a turbo shut option.  Just 3 of the 11,483,268 things in life I want but will never have
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 06:31:46 PM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:
Cor, I am so jealous.  Can you use them to flick people out into the traffic?

He probably has to climb over them himself.
happy001 here too

. . .Mine open inwards...  evil:
Am I the only one that hasn't got gates  redface:

Anyway surely you wait til nosy person approaches your estate and slowly open the gates, they will be drawn in a few cm won't they.  Then hit the turbo shut button and Ptwang they get flicked into the traffic.   

PS helps to have an estate, gates and a turbo shut option.  Just 3 of the 11,483,268 things in life I want but will never have

 rubschin:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: apc2010 on February 22, 2013, 06:55:23 PM
Bm needs a turbo open option for when LL is parking............ whistle:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 22, 2013, 06:56:07 PM
Bm needs a turbo open option for when LL is parking............ whistle:

 lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Steve on February 22, 2013, 08:33:47 PM
Aha I have now decyphered another code. LL=Landlady. 

(This pointless admission brought to you by Whatever it takes to keep the post count up Services Inc)
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Nick on February 22, 2013, 08:40:05 PM
Well done!

She is barking mad  :thumbsup:

Which is why she married BM  noooo:

Then she found out, or rather her carers did, that BM is werserer.

It's a mess. noooo: noooo: noooo: noooo: noooo:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Steve on February 22, 2013, 08:43:50 PM
I cannot throw the first stone.

Not cos Mrs K and I are also bonkers, it's just it's so hard to throw stones when I'm typing
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: GROWLER on February 22, 2013, 11:31:37 PM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:
Cor, I am so jealous.  Can you use them to flick people out into the traffic?

He probably has to climb over them himself.
happy001 here too

. . .Mine open inwards...  evil:
Am I the only one that hasn't got gates  redface:

Anyway surely you wait til nosy person approaches your estate and slowly open the gates, they will be drawn in a few cm won't they.  Then hit the turbo shut button and Ptwang they get flicked into the traffic.   

PS helps to have an estate, gates and a turbo shut option.  Just 3 of the 11,483,268 things in life I want but will never have

I've gorra moat. cloud9:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Steve on February 23, 2013, 12:06:05 AM
A moat?  Impressed

I did have scaffolding round the house but that went Tuesday.
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: apc2010 on February 23, 2013, 01:00:43 AM
A moat?  Impressed

I did have scaffolding round the house but that went Tuesday.

I just do not answer the door ......no door bell......... :thumbsup:  if you are not invited then do not come here.........
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 23, 2013, 05:54:35 AM
Well done!

She is barking mad  :thumbsup:

Which is why she married BM  noooo:

Then she found out, or rather her carers did, that BM is werserer.

It's a mess. noooo: noooo: noooo: noooo: noooo:

 evil:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Snoopy on February 23, 2013, 10:49:06 AM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:
Cor, I am so jealous.  Can you use them to flick people out into the traffic?

He probably has to climb over them himself.
happy001 here too

. . .Mine open inwards...  evil:
Am I the only one that hasn't got gates  redface:

Anyway surely you wait til nosy person approaches your estate and slowly open the gates, they will be drawn in a few cm won't they.  Then hit the turbo shut button and Ptwang they get flicked into the traffic.   

PS helps to have an estate, gates and a turbo shut option.  Just 3 of the 11,483,268 things in life I want but will never have

I've gorra moat. cloud9:


Full of alligators no doubt or was Nick mistaken and wot he saw was Mrs G and Mini Moose swimming?
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 23, 2013, 10:59:07 AM
I have electick gates.  cloud9:   And a blipper  cloud9:
Cor, I am so jealous.  Can you use them to flick people out into the traffic?

He probably has to climb over them himself.
happy001 here too

. . .Mine open inwards...  evil:
Am I the only one that hasn't got gates  redface:

Anyway surely you wait til nosy person approaches your estate and slowly open the gates, they will be drawn in a few cm won't they.  Then hit the turbo shut button and Ptwang they get flicked into the traffic.   

PS helps to have an estate, gates and a turbo shut option.  Just 3 of the 11,483,268 things in life I want but will never have

I've gorra moat. cloud9:


Full of alligators no doubt or was Nick mistaken and wot he saw was Mrs G and Mini Moose swimming?

 lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Steve on February 23, 2013, 01:46:37 PM
A moat?  Impressed

I did have scaffolding round the house but that went Tuesday.

I just do not answer the door ......no door bell......... :thumbsup:  if you are not invited then do not come here.........
No door bell - no Jehovah's Witnits.  Cunnng plan Apey  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: apc2010 on February 23, 2013, 02:08:37 PM
A moat?  Impressed

I did have scaffolding round the house but that went Tuesday.

I just do not answer the door ......no door bell......... :thumbsup:  if you are not invited then do not come here.........
No door bell - no Jehovah's Witnits.  Cunnng plan Apey  :thumbsup:


No uninvited visitors...........friends know to call first......... :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Parcel Farce
Post by: Barman on February 25, 2013, 08:42:15 AM
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Dear Barman

Thank you for your email.

I have checked the tracking information and your parcel is out for delivery today to the correct address. Delivery will take place between 7am and 5.30pm unless it has been placed on one of our timed services.

If no one is available at the delivery address to accept the item an automatic redelivery should be attempted the following working day and again take place between 7am and 5.30pm.  Our driver will indicate whether this will happen on the attempted delivery card.  Alternatively, your parcel may be left with a neighbour, returned to the local depot or taken to a local Post Office and again, our driver will note this on the card.

To arrange redelivery, please use the options available on our website www.parcelforce.com (http://www.parcelforce.com)  by clicking on the “Receiving” tab.  Alternatively, you can also contact our Customer Service team on 08448 004466 and one of our agents will be happy to arrange a redelivery for you.
 
Please note:

              - International items with Customs charges cannot be redelivered to an alternative address or Post Office.
              - A redelivery to an alternative address will incur an additional charge of £5.50.
              - Redeliveries to a local Post Office will require a £1.00 payment to the Post Office Clerk and you must take 2 forms of ID with you

                when collecting and the attempted delivery card.  One form of ID must be photographic. We recommend that parcels left at the

                Post Office are collected the following day.
              - Parcels which are subject to international charges cannot be delivered to the Post Office.
              - Parcels in excess of 15kg may be refused by the Post Office.
              - Requests for Saturday redeliveries will incur a charge of £14.40

I trust that the above information has been of assistance to you.

If you require any further information or assistance, please reply to this email showing all conversations we have had on this enquiry.

Our hours of business are Mon to Fri: 8am to 5:30pm

Kind regards


Kate Spencer
Parcelforce Worldwide
Customer Service Email Team.

The sooner they get privatised the better...  noooo: