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1、Readers parcel delivery nightmares Continue reading the main story In todays Magazine Is Chariots of Fire a good running track? The great Olympics sponsorship bandwagon Quiz of the weeks news The Monitor Readers sent in hundreds of emails in response to last weeks piece about the parcel delivery con
2、undrum. Here, they share their stories of parcel deliveries gone wrong, and suggestions for solutions to the problem. I received a card through the door saying the parcel I had been expecting was in my blue recycling bin in the back laneway. In complete horror I ran through the house, out of the bac
3、k door, into the lane and opened the bin lid. Sure enough as I had expected the bin had been emptied that morning with all my recycling materials in it and also my parcel. I honestly couldnt believe someone could be so stupid as to put it in a bin in the laneway. The reason it was in the laneway and
4、 not my garden was because it was emptying day. After an investigation by the courier and the supplier I received a full refund.Victoria Graham, Glengormley, Co AntrimRecycling bins. Not letter-boxes at all, in fact I ordered some flowers for a friend, and the courier couldnt get past the high gates
5、 at the driveway so they threw the flowers - which were in a box - over the wall. She found them a day later soggy and rotten from the rain. Paul, NottinghamWhen I lived in a big city a deliverer simply gave my parcel to a random passerby in the street who said that he was my neighbour and always to
6、ok delivery of my parcels. Another time I had temporary mail redirection in place for a limited period of three months while I was away. On my return and the end of the redirection period I noticed a complete lack of mail. Soon afterwards friends and family told me that letters they had sent to me h
7、ad been returned as undeliverable. It turns out that rather than simply ending the temporary redirection some clever-clogs had decided that I didnt live at the address any more. As a result of this I missed several letters from my landlord and actually had my tenancy terminated. Anna, UKMy parcel wa
8、s delivered to a gate-post. After contacting the seller their records showed that the parcel had been delivered and the delivery company actually admitted that they left the parcel at my gate (which is on a main road). I was inside the house waiting for the delivery. The seller readily sent out anot
9、her, duplicate order which got through. After receiving the replacement, a gentleman called with my original parcel saying he had found it in a hedge down the road. Jane OMahoney, Launceston, CornwallContinue reading the main story Find out more Last week Andrew Bomford looked into the thorny issue
10、of how people should receive parcels when most were at work all day. The parcel conundrumI work in theatre and we needed a Samurai sword for a production. A friend let us borrow one - an original 1915 antique - and sent it registered post. The Royal Mail website said it had been delivered the next d
11、ay but it did not turn up until two days later. When it did turn up we heard a knock on the door and when we went to answer the post, a man was getting back into his van and the sword was left on the door step. To this day we do not know who signed for it and we still worry what would have happened
12、if this had fallen into the wrong hands. I returned the sword myself by hand. Iain Daddy, High WycombeMy partner was expecting a lovely dress she had ordered online. The postman thought it would be alright to put the parcel in the recycling bin. He left a scribbled note on a junk mail envelope and o
13、ff he went. By the time we got home and found the note, the bin men had collected the recycling bin. My partner tried to get compensation for the next two months. Matt, GlasgowNot much here that resembles a letter box On holiday with my grandaughter, Nuala, we went in a craft shop where she painted
14、a model fairy, it had to be fired to seal the glaze and the lady said she would post it afterwards. A week later the postman tried to deliver it. My daughter (Nualas mother) took her to the post office to collect it. Need some ID said the postie. My daughter offered her driving licence. No, ID for t
15、he name on the parcel, I need a passport or a driving licence. But shes my daughter, shes four, she doesnt have ID, Im her mother - heres my ID. No sorry cant have it.Nuala started crying. After 10 mins of arguing and refusing to move until Nuala got her fairy, my daughter asked to speak to a superv
16、isor, who quickly dealt with the matter. Sue Wright, KeighleyThe furthest Ive had to drive to pick up a package is a round trip of 88 miles. Two weeks ago I tracked some items I had bought from Sweden on a journey to Tamworth via Denmark, Germany and Barking, Essex. I wasnt in when the courier tried to deliver so I arranged redelivery the next day. It didnt arrive despite me being at home. Wh
