Arggh! Need to vent!
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Feeling so frustrated, need to vent!
You know when well meaning people screw up and you can't be angry at them (or at least voice that anger) because hey, they meant well right?
So I left my phone at a hotel after a recent wedding event. I got a call from a chap who works in the bar who had it handed in - result! So we have a nice chat, I'm obviously very grateful and offering beer tokens etc
So we discuss how to get the phone back to me as I live hundreds of miles away and it's agreed he will pay up front courier costs etc and I will pay him back via paypal.
So three days go by and no phone arrives. So I put in a quick call to him and he say's "oh thought it would be with you by now I sent it Monday!?", err ok do you have the reference number for the delivery chap/parcel force whatever?
"oh right, I went to the post office and sent it first class"
WTF!! You put a £500 iPhone in a first class envelope and just stuck it in the post. Jesus wept. It was so awkward as I just had to say "ermm thank you" as he sounds thoroughly decent and well meaning but who does that?? I suspect I won't see the phone again as 4 days is well over first class delivery timescales.
arrrghh!
You know when well meaning people screw up and you can't be angry at them (or at least voice that anger) because hey, they meant well right?
So I left my phone at a hotel after a recent wedding event. I got a call from a chap who works in the bar who had it handed in - result! So we have a nice chat, I'm obviously very grateful and offering beer tokens etc
So we discuss how to get the phone back to me as I live hundreds of miles away and it's agreed he will pay up front courier costs etc and I will pay him back via paypal.
So three days go by and no phone arrives. So I put in a quick call to him and he say's "oh thought it would be with you by now I sent it Monday!?", err ok do you have the reference number for the delivery chap/parcel force whatever?
"oh right, I went to the post office and sent it first class"
WTF!! You put a £500 iPhone in a first class envelope and just stuck it in the post. Jesus wept. It was so awkward as I just had to say "ermm thank you" as he sounds thoroughly decent and well meaning but who does that?? I suspect I won't see the phone again as 4 days is well over first class delivery timescales.
arrrghh!
DoubleSix said:
I suspect I won't see the phone again as 4 days is well over first class delivery timescales.
....and you'll still have to pay him for the postage! Even though he probably never actually sent it.If he literally put it in an envelope and posted it you might get a card saying it's too thick / heavy so there's a surcharge to pay. Although if you live in a dodgy area you've had it.
Edited by Sheepshanks on Thursday 10th August 16:10
Sheepshanks said:
DoubleSix said:
I suspect I won't see the phone again as 4 days is well over first class delivery timescales.
....and you'll still have to pay him for the postage! Even though he probably never actually sent it.
If he literally put it in an envelope and posted it you might get a card saying it's too thick / heavy so there's a surcharge to pay. Although if you live in a dodgy area you've had it.
I like to think you can judge a 'wrong un' pretty well and he just doesn't come across as that sort - posh hotel as well so not some oik. ....and you'll still have to pay him for the postage! Even though he probably never actually sent it.
If he literally put it in an envelope and posted it you might get a card saying it's too thick / heavy so there's a surcharge to pay. Although if you live in a dodgy area you've had it.
Why would he bother calling me and saying "hey, I found your phone" if he was then just going to flog it... makes no sense really.
DoubleSix said:
R8Steve said:
Is it not possible he sent it as a first class parcel via royal mail?
What would be the significance of this?I've sent phones, watches, etc this way with no issues and all I've done was go to the post office and send them first class.
R8Steve said:
DoubleSix said:
R8Steve said:
Is it not possible he sent it as a first class parcel via royal mail?
What would be the significance of this?I've sent phones, watches, etc this way with no issues and all I've done was go to the post office and send them first class.
You've probably been lucky, but if you do that through ebay or something and you're asking for someone to open a claim against you and just say the item didn't arrive.
Sheepshanks said:
DoubleSix said:
Why would he bother calling me and saying "hey, I found your phone" if he was then just going to flog it... makes no sense really.
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