>> DHL also sucks. (The Royal Mail at least *attempt* to deliver. DHL 
>> couldn't be bothered to do that...)
> 
>    Yeah, do you know why that is? I think it's because it's got to the stage 
> where they actually deliver the *most* parcels that are allocated for that 
> van/truck. I.e., if your parcel was the only one in your area, they'll leave 
> it a couple of days (or more?) until they have enough to make it worth their 
> while. I can't really see that happening where you are though, but then 
> again a full load is better than half a load too.

Well, the parcel was due to be delivered, so I sat next to the front 
door. All day. And at the end of the day, I discovered a small slip of 
paper shoved through the letterbox claiming that they tried to deliver 
at 2PM but nobody was home. This is obviously an outright lie.

I suspect that what they *actually* do is that rather than send round a 
delivery van, they just send a guy in an empty van to put notes through 
everybody's door so they eventually have to pick up their parcels 
themselves. Probably saves DHL a considerable amount of money not having 
to actually provide the service they're paid for.

(I did arrange to have it redelivered on Wednesday. Took the whole day 
off work. No parcel. Eventually discovered it was scheduled for delivery 
Thursday. Not Wednesday, as I'd agreed over the phone. So in the end I 
had to collect the ****ing thing myself anyway! And it's quite a long 
drive - about an hour each way.)

On top of all that, *then* they had the cheeck to try to charge me 
import duty...

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