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[hifinutt]

thanks , a long story some may remember years ago . needless to say i am a bit wary of couriers

[Audio Al]

Of course, silly me..

Also when sending items for repair / servicing , Last item sent was a Quad 909 to Huntingdon , And I allways OVER pack and double box so the goods are bomb proof

[dave2010]

It's like mikeyb says...All couriers have issues..I guess I've just been exceptionally lucky and had no real trouble at all....I'll touch wood now...I hope they found your Arc Ref 5...Al..

Yodel seem to have a policy of deliberately kicking every box to ensure that the contents are damaged - or maybe they drop them from ceiling height! Many couriers do the door run trick, ring the bell at the same time as putting a note through the letter box telling you that they attempted to do a delivery, then run like the blazes so you don't see or catch them. Then usually a pain to follow up.

[Len Co]

As I recall you can send a turntable using various couriers, e.g. UPS, DPD via Parcel2Go and declare it is a tt and insure - but then, if you look, you’ll find tt’s are on the list of articles that cannot be insured. What I’m trying to say is they let you pay the insurance even though it will turn out to be useless. So do be careful.
I stand to be corrected on this but that’s certainly the way I read it last time I looked.
(Having said that I’m sure none of you are silly enough to send a tt via courier anyway)

[Lawrence001]

As I recall you can send a turntable using various couriers, e.g. UPS, DPD via Parcel2Go and declare it is a tt and insure - but then, if you look, you’ll find tt’s are on the list of articles that cannot be insured. What I’m trying to say is they let you pay the insurance even though it will turn out to be useless. So do be careful.
I stand to be corrected on this but that’s certainly the way I read it last time I looked.
(Having said that I’m sure none of you are silly enough to send a tt via courier anyway)

That's right it does say you should read the list of excluded articles before paying. The description is a free text field in case something goes wrong, they don't have banks of humans waiting at head office to read the details of every purchase to check for exceptions, they let the purchaser do that. It's always been clear to me. But I still don't bother checking

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[Vince]

I've sent loads of parcels with Hermes and received a few delivered by them as well. I've never had so much of a squeak of a problem.
Yodel, bloody YODEL, arranged a parcel to be picked up and the time slot was 7am - 7pm with no show. Phoned parcel 2 go and said they would pick it up the next day, same time slot......no show. Not a phone call or any communication. I phoned parcel 2 go, absolutely livid and they arranged another courier, picked up, no problem. I asked the operator at parcel 2 go why they use such a shambles of a company as I had read up the thousands of complaints about them.
They are cheap, she replied....what good is cheap if they don't turn up?
Honestly, never....ever use Yodel......a joke.

[tapid]

Also when sending items for repair / servicing , Last item sent was a Quad 909 to Huntingdon , And I allways OVER pack and double box so the goods are bomb proof

Be aware though Al bomb s sometimes go off !

[Barry]

Also when sending items for repair / servicing , Last item sent was a Quad 909 to Huntingdon , And I allways OVER pack and double box so the goods are bomb proof

Quad won't service anything of theirs, unless it is packed in the original packaging. If the original has been lost they will sell you suitable replacement packaging.

The situation might have changed, but the last time I sent an item to Quad for service (it was a few years ago) I had to have them send me (and pay for) suitable packaging.