"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 04 May 2009 17:59:11 +0100, St. wrote:
>
>>     In my job, we're always sending packages to works addresses, and
>>     some of
>> those addresses are Govt. departments or big companies like the BBC/ITV.
>
> Interesting.  I think maybe my job in college had that, but that doesn't
> really count.
>
> My current employer strongly discourages having personal packages sent to
> the office, and I seem to recall the one before that (a Fortune 50
> company) also did.  Before that the memory gets a little fuzzy.

     Hmm, I wonder if it's because of the 'security' issue now?

      As for the packages that we send, the people receiving them are 
usually 90% women receiving their wedding rings, so I wonder if it's more a 
case of "The Boss better not dare say anything!"  :)

      ~Steve~


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> Jim

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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>> if it's any consolation, the USPS isn't much better.
>
> 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.

      ~Steve~


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>> 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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On Mon, 04 May 2009 19:07:32 +0100, St. wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:49ff240e$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Mon, 04 May 2009 17:59:11 +0100, St. wrote:
>>
>>>     In my job, we're always sending packages to works addresses, and
>>>     some of
>>> those addresses are Govt. departments or big companies like the
>>> BBC/ITV.
>>
>> Interesting.  I think maybe my job in college had that, but that
>> doesn't really count.
>>
>> My current employer strongly discourages having personal packages sent
>> to the office, and I seem to recall the one before that (a Fortune 50
>> company) also did.  Before that the memory gets a little fuzzy.
> 
>      Hmm, I wonder if it's because of the 'security' issue now?

Could be, I'll have to ask some coworkers who have been with the company 
longer if that's relatively new or not.

>       As for the packages that we send, the people receiving them are
> usually 90% women receiving their wedding rings, so I wonder if it's
> more a case of "The Boss better not dare say anything!"  :)

Sending isn't a problem, because we take it to the mailroom and pay for 
it - it's just receiving that's a problem because it adds to the delivery 
load (and possibly other reasons).

Jim

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> A lot of companies don't allow personal mail to be delivered to the
> office.  Reason is they get enough business related mail that hiring
> extra people to deliver people's personal mail isn't enhancing the
> business but does increase their expenses.
>
> I'm trying to think if I've ever worked for a company that has allowed
> personal mail to be delivered there, and I can't think of a one.

I guess it also depends on the size of the company.  Where I've worked has 
always been in small sites (100 or fewer people) and there was no such thing 
as someone delivering the mail/packages, you had to go and collect it 
yourself from reception when you got a package.

Where I work now there are only 3 people in my office, so often I am the one 
who opens the door to the delivery guy :-)

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> Somewhat related, package from amazon.co.jp arrived this morning.  Thing 
> is, I only just ordered it Friday.  Now that's fast!

Are you sure it actually was shipped from Japan?  I have ordered stuff from 
amazon.co.uk to be shipped to Germany (because it's cheaper than amazon.de) 
and it's actually been sent from Germany.  I guess it saves amazon the extra 
shipping costs if they have the product already available in the country you 
are shipping to.

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> DHL also sucks. (The Royal Mail at least *attempt* to deliver. DHL 
> couldn't be bothered to do that...)

Hey, that sounds like our post office. I'm guessing DHL is one step 
above in terms of customer service, here...

My favorite thing about driving clear to the other side of town, and 
waiting half an hour in line to pick up my package, is I drive by 
another post office on the way. That one I have mailed packages from. 
It's usually not very busy. The one where my packages are is the busiest 
post office in the city. Oh, and forget about ringing the bell at the 
door that says "For parcel pick-up only" nobody ever actually answers that.

FUn spelled with a capital F-U .. :D

-- 
~Mike

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"scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> Are you sure it actually was shipped from Japan?  I have ordered stuff 
> from amazon.co.uk to be shipped to Germany (because it's cheaper than 
> amazon.de) and it's actually been sent from Germany.  I guess it saves 
> amazon the extra shipping costs if they have the product already available 
> in the country you are shipping to.

Well, I doubt a brand-new artbook (imprint of the first of this or last 
month) by a Japanese artist would be available anywhere else yet.  Another 
thing to factor in is express shipping runs 'round the clock and on 
weekends, so they had like three days.

-- 
Tim Cook
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On 4-5-2009 20:07, St. wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
> news:49ff240e$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Mon, 04 May 2009 17:59:11 +0100, St. wrote:
>>
>>>     In my job, we're always sending packages to works addresses, and
>>>     some of
>>> those addresses are Govt. departments or big companies like the BBC/ITV.
>> Interesting.  I think maybe my job in college had that, but that doesn't
>> really count.
>>
>> My current employer strongly discourages having personal packages sent to
>> the office, and I seem to recall the one before that (a Fortune 50
>> company) also did.  Before that the memory gets a little fuzzy.
> 
>      Hmm, I wonder if it's because of the 'security' issue now?
> 
>       As for the packages that we send, the people receiving them are 
> usually 90% women receiving their wedding rings, 

Don't wedding rings come in pairs, one for each gender?

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Thread been going on for some time but I though it was mainly about 
postmen. Now it seems to get more general, so here is my personal 
experience with parcels: When my wife and I are not at home, parcels are 
generally delivered to a neighbour. Likewise we get parcels for 
neighbours. Delivery addresses are sort of normally distributed with a 
standard deviation of 1.5 houses. The delivery guy leaves a note at 
which address the parcel is. That is of course only for parcels that 
have been paid for already.

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