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So, what happened at the auction?
I received items and the box was full of items with gas under pressure. Both in bubble wrap and blown polystyrene, who should I call?
Bought a replacement Kindle battery the other day from a third-party seller on Amazon.
Li-Ion battery delivered with no kind of warning on the packaging, sent in just a jiffy bag.
Have previously ordered rechargeable AA's from Amazon with no warnings on the pack and normal Duracell AA's too, also with no warnings.
Interested to hear if there's been any further movement on this?
Apparently no rear shocks at the auction (what I read here , did not trawl through the thousands of items myself)
So maybe some lucky postie's got a positively plush ride right now, And just waiting on a new set of pikes.
I rx'ed a new iPhone battery that turned up in a Jiffy bag. RM are very random.
Track pump and a Fox Float shock just arrived via parcelforce. No delivery drivers were killed in the process as far as I know
If it never made it to the auction, doesn't that make matter worse? Staff diverting items for their own gain?
That auction house had very regular sales, pretty much weekly. I'm not sure if they list all stuff online or if you'd have to turn up in person.
Where's the OP on this? Any progress/updates?
The OP mentioned he was going on holiday just after xmas (if I remember rightly...) so he's probably on a beach somewhere DRY
Is this how they are paying for their increased divided? RM shares at 607p!!!!!
Regardless of what has since happened with your shock, simply have your solicitor send them a bill for the full replacement cost of the item. Title did not switch to the RM. So their disposal through auction is both theft and fencing. They made no effort to return nor gave you chance to collect.
When they ignore this this go to small claims, they won't turn up you'll get a judgement against.
A few people are saying I received "item containing compressed gas" via Royal Mail today etc. Isn't it actually the point that there is no issue for retailers sending such goods with RM when they're new in OEM packaging. The issue comes about when Joe Public sends such items, e.g back for repair, service or simply selling a used item
There's no obvious dividing line between retailers and Joe Public. Either the item is properly discharged and wrapped or it isn't.
As I posted earlier, my new forks received from a retailer this month contained 80psi, and were in a plastic bag in a cardboard box. If anything, I would have mailed them back to a retailer in a more acceptable condition in RM terms - fully discharged and properly bubblewrapped.
There's no obvious dividing line between retailers and Joe Public. Either the item is properly discharged and wrapped or it isn't.
Not necessarily. A commercial customer with a RM contract that sends lots of these types of articles out is likely to have someone trained in ADR/IATA type regulations and so be able to make an informed judgement about whether it is allowable in surface or air mail, which being reasonable, if RM want to deal with commercial customers they'll be happy to accept.
Joe Public doesn't have that qualification, hence RM have adopted the charts at each post office and this (draconian) approach to anything that gets through being quarantined. As I said some time ago, my issue - besides obviously what they do to 'dispose' of the items vs return them somehow to the owner - is that an organisation with the might of RM should have someone at every sorting centre that can evaluate and make a judgement instead of shipping them to Belfast or wherever it is!
Who are people using to post forks and shocks?
I have a shock I'm going to stick on ebay...cant do it until I know who I can post it with.
I just received a shock from TF tuned via interlink express..so could use them.
Parcel2go collect+ or hermes
Parcel2go are Hermes aren`t they? 😉
Are Royal Mail trying to bankrupt themselves?
Depends on point of view. They seem to be taking inspiration from bus tickets for their pricing.
After saying I'd happily boycot them when this all first kicked off, I ended up sending a couple of things back by RM to online stores that had turned out to be unwanted over Christmas. The prices for 2nd class signed were astounding! I especially liked that the shoebox with shoes in it couldn't be a small parcel as it looked bigger than a shoebox and cost about £11.
With prices like that a 24hr garage round the corner that does Collect+ I think I'll not bother again. If I'd had more time last week I'd have walked away.
i sold a pool cue on ebay and went to post office to post it yesterday. I was told it would coast £11 to post it as it was a 'medium' parcel. £11 to poat within the UK!! Anyway, i was then told that if i put it in a tube, the price would be £5.65 (this is despite it now being bigger and heavier). I went home and put said item in a tube. Went back to the post office and they said it would now cost £9 to post it?! The workers there had no idea about the pricing, sizing or anything parcel related. I told them to forget it and its now gone with Hermes for £4.20. RM are both useless and a rip off.
Sorry for the lack of updates, just got back from a great trip to New Zealand which included some biking in Rotorua and Queenstown! Cheered me up no end!
I see there are a few others who think they have fallen victim to RM's policy, I feel for you, I really do.
Sadly there is nothing to report. None of the 3rd parties contacted have shown any interest in investigating this further, other than STW!. I'm considering the small claims court but I'm not expecting to win (would be nice) but more to highlight this issue as much as possible.
Any solicitors on here with an expert opinion?
I posted something in a large jiffy bag the other week. The lady in the Past Office said that she was supposed to see if the item fitted into her "template" cardboard box. She wasn't supposed to push or fold it in any way. Well my jiffy bag was way too big so it wouldn't fit (even though it was mostly fresh air!). That would have cost £11. Very kindly she just folded over the end of the bag and taped it down so it went easily into the template - £6!
I use Collect+ now, cheaper and never any dramas like that to deal with.
Posted a Reverb the other day, I made a big deal of saying it's got oil and compressed air in it. He asked if it was compressed, i.e. in the down position I said no it's fully extended, that's fine then. Paid for Special Delivery to cover insurance cost, it arrived with no problems.
The folk in my local PO are in a permanent state of confusion, partly it's because they're all doddery old ladies but to be fair to them there's always something changing- parcel rates, sizes, amounts insured, restrictions, computer systems... They're used to knowing what's what, now they don't, that's no fun.
Wonder what happens when they're "downstreaming"- all those fake courier companies that use royal mail for their distribution...
Any solicitors on here with an expert opinion?
An inexpert one from a former lawyer working in another area: check the T&Cs, if they are against you, is there any way of getting out of them (unfair terms, uktra vires, technicality etc)
I went in yesterday with a box and told her it contained batteries and fireworks.
To which she replied simply - I hope not
Those that have used parcel2go and hermes, are you using the option where you drop the parcel off at one of there so called outlets...?
Which is normally a convenience store.
Leaving a shock at a convenience store doesn't fill me with confidence that it will get to its destination.
I went in yesterday with a box and told her it contained batteries and fireworks.
So, not charged and let off ?
Leaving a shock at a convenience store doesn't fill me with confidence that it will get to its destination.
Leaving a shock with RM never filled me with much confidence either, and that's before this whole debacle.
I've used Collect+ from a local corner shop and it was very convenient - no problems at all. They give you a receipt when you leave the item so it's all insured / above board.
looks like all eyes on the 18th feb for some bike cheap shocks 🙂
WHAT happened?!
looks like all eyes on the 18th feb for some bike cheap shocks
And just to rub it in "over £40,000 retail value..."
Next time I'm asked what the contents are, I'm tempted to say 'sex toys' in a raised voice 🙂
^ This.
"What does the package contain sir?"
"[b]DILLLLLDOESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS![/b]"
It's a penis pump, I have fully deflated the hand bellow could you just check with your T&CS that that's OK.
would not want to lose it,
Sentimental value and all that.
lean right upto the glass divide and whisper "it contains your soul" before putting the correct change on the counter and walking off