View Full Version : This is why i won’t send vintage Hifi
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1707914/Video-Shocking-moment-careless-Fedex-driver-kicks-hurls-parcels.html
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Sorry sorry I put this in the wrong place!!!
I work for them so I'm going to ban you and delete the thread :D
Do you really?
Surely those 2 are gone ?
The scumbags should be locked up in my opinion [emoji35]
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I don't think that is in the UK, the livery on the vans doesn't look right. Although the background looks like it is the UK, it's hard to tell these days.
It wouldn't take much to fake that footage in fact. Just get some livery made up, not expensive, and off you go. That does happen. I'll have a closer look.
Okay had another look. The car in the background seems to have a UK plate, but the livery on the vans is completely wrong for the UK.
Plus if you look how he handles those boxes, there is nothing in them. I'd guess it's a fake.
Plus if you look how he handles those boxes, there is nothing in them.
That'll be the van delivering your wages!:D
Marco.
Apparently it’s in Ireland and Fed Ex have said the incident is under investigation
They have sacked that bloke as the one in the van could obviously just chuck the parcels on the floor himself - in fact he could sling them straight into the other van saving quite a bit of time.
jandl100
15-06-2018, 06:55
I've seen a similar vid with a DPD van and driver.
I'm sure it happens with all the others as well.
I guess you get incompetent twunks* in any firm or line of business.
* Am I allowed to say twunks? - I don't think it refers to anyone's genitalia. :scratch: :D
I've seen a similar vid with a DPD van and driver.
I'm sure it happens with all the others as well.
I guess you get incompetent twunks* in any firm or line of business.
* Am I allowed to say twunks? - I don't think it refers to anyone's genitalia. :scratch: :D
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Personally I’ve heard about bad experiences with all of them except( so far ) with ups .🤷🏼*♂️
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I have had a bad experience with UPS.
I refused to sign for a delivery as it looks like someone had played football for 90 minutes with a parcel.
I guess that confirms that they’re all crap.
Collection only rules
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Is there a niche in the market here [emoji848][emoji848]
I have the van
I have the time
Hmmmm
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Just checked, it was in NI and he was sacked yesterday.
Just checked, it was in NI and he was sacked yesterday.
Kind of good news but then someone losing their job makes it bitter sweet plus that’s going to hurt Fed ex mate .
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should be charged with criminal damage.
I've got no sympathy for him.
You've got to bear in mind that FedEx employs almost half a million people. Your always going to get the odd rogue in a company that size.
Minstrel SE
15-06-2018, 21:32
Yes but why wouldnt you think that goes on from time to time. Thats the worst case scenario I imagine when considering sending anything...then falling off the end of a conveyor belt and so on.
I wouldnt dream of sending a turntable, or anything above a certain weight to fragile ratio. I wouldnt send anything that can easily be damaged.
I have been up all night packing things in a bombproof way. If I time myself at minimum wage I am often making a loss on the deal
Im not calling that particular firm...they all have lowest common denominator drivers who suffer stress and anger issues.
The other problem is everyone wants stuff delivered for £3 so you get the rise of the zero hours private vehicles couriers who are left with little incentive to get things right.
Yes but why wouldnt you think that goes on from time to time. Thats the first worst case scenario I imagine when considering sending anything...then falling off the end of a conveyor belt and so on.
I wouldnt dream of sending a turntable, or anything above a certain weight to fragile ratio. I wouldnt send anything that can easily be damaged.
I have been up all night packing things in a bombproof way. If I time myself at minimum wage I am often making a loss on the deal
Im not calling that particular firm...they all have drivers who suffer stress and anger issues.
The other problem is everyone wants stuff delivered for £3 so you get the rise of the zero hours private vehicles couriers who are left with little incentive to get things right.
That’s true . In the long run the customers suffer by either paying for the better higher cost service or taking a big risk with irreplaceable items . Collection rules
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I paid ~£200 for a flight-standard packing case to transport a £2,000 record deck from Hungary. The packing case was massive with 60mm dense foam packing all around inside, fitted with metal fixings and canvas straps.
The arm had been removed, counterweight detached and both and packed separately. The platter was removed, the bearing drained of oil which was decanted into a separate bottle and the platter replaced, but packed so it was spaced from the chassis. Small items such as the cartridge/headshell and output leads were also packed separately.
When I collected the item from the airport the packing case turned out to be so large I couldn't get it into my car, so had to unpack it there and there, place all the contents in the back of the car and discard the wonderful (and expensive) wooden packing case!
I paid ~£200 for a flight-standard packing case to transport a £2,000 record deck from Hungary. The packing case was massive with 60mm dense foam packing all around inside, fitted with metal fixings and canvas straps.
The arm had been removed, counterweight detached and both and packed separately. The platter was removed, the bearing drained of oil which was decanted into a sepatate bottle and the platter replaced, but packed so it was spaced from the chassis. Small items such as the cartridge/headshell and output leads were also packed separately.
When I collected the item from the airport the packing case turned out to be so large I couldn't get it into my car, so had to unpack it there and there, place all the contents in the back of the car and discard the wonderful (and expensive) wooden packing case!
That’s the only way , bomb proof
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Lawrence001
15-06-2018, 22:46
I paid ~£200 for a flight-standard packing case to transport a £2,000 record deck from Hungary. The packing case was massive with 60mm dense foam packing all around inside, fitted with metal fixings and canvas straps.
The arm had been removed, counterweight detached and both and packed separately. The platter was removed, the bearing drained of oil which was decanted into a separate bottle and the platter replaced, but packed so it was spaced from the chassis. Small items such as the cartridge/headshell and output leads were also packed separately.
When I collected the item from the airport the packing case turned out to be so large I couldn't get it into my car, so had to unpack it there and there, place all the contents in the back of the car and discard the wonderful (and expensive) wooden packing case!It actually sounds like you got a good deal on that packing given the amount of effort and material that must have gone into it.
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It actually sounds like you got a good deal on that packing given the amount of effort and material that must have gone into it.
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The seller was used to sending high value items of audio equipment around the world, so it was nothing unusual for him to have such packing cases made.
I ought to add there had been several e-mail exchanges between us, so I was assured that he knew what he was doing.
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