Deliveries...

[enduro]

I ordered some materials for a floor stripping job to start on Monday...I ordered them on Thursday and paid for next day delivery and they had to be signed for so the wife stayed in for the morning and i did the afternoon shift on friday. At 1pm i tracked the parcel and it was delivered to the local sorting office at 5am that morning...so at 4.30pm i rang UKMAIL and asked what time it was going to be delivered...Its not going to be delivered until monday due the the christmas rush on parcels was there reply...:incazzato:Cant it be delivered tmro (Saturday) We do not do Saturday deliveries she said..:incazzato:OK can i collect it Saturday morning from your depot 20 miles away...Ok she said, so at 9am i arrive at their depot to collect my parcel, go to reception and give them my details...The guy then tells me it is on the van going to be delivered today..:mad2: IM NOT HAPPY!!!

 

[Gazzer]

You would think that a better system could be designed theses days. Living alone I always struggle when having stuff delivered. Sometimes they wont deliver to site, the delivery address has to be the same as the card holders address !!! Crazy !
Luckily I know that with Tradetilers deliveries it will be next day so i have to time the order so I will be at home. If for some reason I miss the delivery they take it to the depot which is halfway to Tradetilers office !!!
U-Heat broke the rules for me and delivered to site in less than 24 hours.

 

[merlecollins]

I've lost 3 days work last week due to waiting for pallets of tiles/adhesive coming up:mad2:

Totally unavoidable due to the weather and no-one really to blame - such is the joys of self employment....rrr:

 

[Stewart]

Have managed to blag a lot of compensation from companies due to bad delivery practice. I've also lost countless working hours (or my apprentice has) waiting in for them to arrive. Now most of my deliveries come to site as I have accounts with all my usual suppliers.

........But deliveries have to be one of the most frustrating parts of my job as it's out of my hands, and I'm a complete control freak!

 

[enduro]

Well my delivery has just come..thank god!!!

 

[Andy Allen]

when i used to get deliveries of adhesive i just left them a key for the garage with a nabour and they would sort it out themselfs...........i could allways tell when they had been because i would turn into the road and all the branches from the trees would be hanging off, the truck they delivered it with was massive.