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Crooked courier driver ?

Lons

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Waiting for a parcel sent overnight for delivery today sent via APC.

Instructions were to leave with one of two neighbours if not in but wifie was home all day (I was playing golf:banana:) Got home tonight and no parcel so tracked on line and APC website states, delivered 12.00, "left as instructed over back gate"
The lying b****ard! :vangry: Not only did I not instruct him to do that, it was bloody impossible for him to do. The box contains a largish compressor weighing almost 30kg, we have 2 side gates, both padlocked one being 6ft high and the other 4ft. The porch door was standing open and a car and van in the drive with numerous safe places to leave it if necessary.
My wife may have been in the back garden with the dog but both neighbours were at home.

There'll be some questions to answer tomorrow 'cos I've emailed the sales company with photos and I'll be on the phone when they open at 8.30 :rant: I'm ****** furious !!!
Hate dishonest sods like that though he must be a bit thick to leave that comment if he wanted to steal it.
 

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I bought it from Rhyas via ebay Brian and paid via paypay. APC can't have a signature so not a problem, it just pi**es me off big time.
It's you and your bl**dy postman issue - must be catching:funny:
 

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There are some tools out there Bob sometimes it unbelievable how stupid some people can be
 

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APC are shite, I ordered sausages from Supreme Sausages and they called me the day they should've been delivered to say apc had lost the parcel and a total of 3 packs of sausages to various customers. The arseholes delivered the consignment a week later bearing in mind the contents are perishable the whole lot had to go in the bin.
 

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Totally agree Bob, these guys should never be trusted to work in delivery once found out, low lives .. Good luck with the phone call tomorrow my friend ..
 

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Parcel delivery must be the same all over my precious VL 150 arrived I was so excited the guy said leave it I will bring it in it was put down at the speed of sound I signed he dissapeared the whole rear end was missing from the packing to this day I wondered if there was any thing missing luckily the check list seemed OK undamaged. It had come by courier etc 1000 plus miles. Someone must have grafted a spring in their bums and reduced their sense of honour and reliability. Trust you get satisfaction. The main depots are around 30 plus kms from my home in town even their hrs of contact are limited never on weekends or out of hours could write a book on sending and receiving parcels.

Peter.:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
 

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I'll be very interested to see how he got the large heavy box over these gates. Even if he had it would be smashed and it certainly isn't there!:nooidea: Dozy git.
 

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Lons

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Shouldn't have sent them the pictures of the gates, they'll nick them as well next time

:funny::funny: Haven't sent them to APC Neil. Emailed them to Rhyas so they can look at them when I 'phone tomorrow. Rhyas aren't at fault but my contract is with them as I had no choice of courier so I'll let them ask the questions and then later I'll email the MD of APC to let him know what the company is getting up to. They have no concept or interest in building a good reputation it seems!
 

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It could be anybodys gate, sure someone else ain't got it..Just a thought.

Small village John and I live in a small cul-de-sac where only my house and 4 bungalows. Can't possibly get it wrong and I've checked with my neighbours only 2 of whom have a gate anyway and one of those is 6ft and locked. No card left either which is very strange.

I doubt it's theft unless the driver really is thick, more likely couldn't deliver so he or his oppos put fictional info on website and will deliver late.:nooidea: Maybe hoping no-one will check. Happened once before with a different company and the driver showed me 12 parcels he just didn't have time to deliver. I wonder if they incur penalties for late delivery.
 

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They make you laugh some of them well:sob: really. My son had to send his gas analyser away for its annual recalibration. He sent it first class recorded delivery and it got to the company no problem. The service should have been 24 hour turnaround as he needs the analyser for his job. Two days latter no sign of it after contacting the company they said it had been delivered by APC and that it had been signed for. He had waited in all day for the delivery and no one from APC had been in his street that day never mind to his house. These Analysers are very expensive and it took two more weeks for him to get a brand new replacement free of course from the company who recalibrate it. Annoying that he lost a fair few boilers services due to this cock up. I swear blind that the delivery driver knew what was in the parcel and could make a few bob on it. The poor bugger who brought it will bein for a shock when he needs to get it calibrated next year as each analyser has its own unique I'd no
 

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Leave a stinker of a message on Facebook if they've got a page Bob, I'm amazed at how fast I got a reply when I did for another company.
 

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Update:

Managed to get through to APC local depot first thing this morning and an initial "bored" response followed by a rant from me which included the words "fraud, theft and my next door neighbour is a DI with Northumbria Police" changed to "hang on a minute please while I speak to the driver". Lengthy pause then the explanation " sorry but the website entry was an error as that was for a different delivery. Your parcel is on the van for delivery today as we didn't receive it yesterday".

These people think we were all born yesterday:thinks: biggest load of b******s I've heard in a while. I've 'phoned the sellers and told them they won't be sending anything else to me via APC. Pity as they are a decent company and not their fault the couriers are crooked. Next step is an email to APC hierarchy once I've found out his email address.
 

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It was APC who were lying to me the other week when I had my Courier problem.

Ring Stiles & Bates for a reference, they think APC are wonderful and will praise them to the skies. :ciggrin:


Their staff should wear chaps and Stetsons.
 


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