My Volvo has gone missing

[Huntsman]

I was hoping to start a thread about my newly purchased Volvo 240 estate.

A courier from Shiply was supposed to pick it up 4pm yesterday, that was delayed to 10am today, he collected from Maidstone in Kent for delivery to Southampton.

Apparently...he's waiting for another job before he delivers it, which might be tomorrow. Or not. It is somewhere, unknown to me, which is his base.

[Huntsman]

I'm getting text messages from a number that says its going to deliver tonight at 9.30.

Its a different one than the number on Shiply where I booked it and a different number than the one on the truck.

Curious.

[Huntsman]

I've been sent bank deets. Account name matches Shiply, so I've paid the £140.

Delivery tonight...

[Koyaanisqatsi]

This should be good. I'll check back just after 21:30.

[Andwoo]

Best of luck with the pending arrival and I look forward to reading another thread on the latest addition to your eclectic collection!

[Huntsman]

Its been found! Huzzah!

It arrived at my Dad's on the mainland at 9.30 last night, it was missing for about 11hours, I've no idea where it was.

I'm going over to collect this evening.

[wolfracesonic]

Huntsman said:

Its been found! Huzzah!

It arrived at my Dad's on the mainland at 9.30 last night, it was missing for about 11hours, I've no idea where it was.

I'm going over to collect this evening.

Abducted by aliens? Minds immeasurably superior to ours intrigued by the practical possibilities of a boxy Swedish estate?

[anyoldcardave]

Huntsman said:

I've been sent bank deets. Account name matches Shiply, so I've paid the £140.

Delivery tonight...

If you paid 140, through Shipley that is not what the contractor will be getting and that is already very cheap for that trip.

To make it pay they are usually running with trailers needing two vehicles the same way, or if single, a return journey and will delay delivery to make things pay.

[Huntsman]

[MDifficult]

Huntsman said:

Do they do returns?



Only joking - good luck with it!

[stevemcs]

Shipley would have charged less than Red Funnel

[SJfW]

anyoldcardave said:

Huntsman said:

I've been sent bank deets. Account name matches Shiply, so I've paid the £140.

Delivery tonight...

If you paid 140, through Shipley that is not what the contractor will be getting and that is already very cheap for that trip.

To make it pay they are usually running with trailers needing two vehicles the same way, or if single, a return journey and will delay delivery to make things pay.

Exactly. Maidstone to Southampton return is 200 miles. After Shipley fees the transporter is down to about 50p a mile.

Would love to know how may of the subjects in the posts on the road policing facebook pages were booked at rates like these.

[AC43]

Huntsman said:

First car I ever drove. At the age of 15-ish. I'd gone potato picking with my mate. His dad ran the business. He left his keys in his 245 DL so we did a few doughnuts in a field.