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[Closed] A frame arrived in the post....but I didnt buy one.

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The postman left a box for me. It contains a road frame. I checked with the two people I was expecting parcels from, neither had sent it.

Does the parcel force number/ bar code tell anything of where it was sent from?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:06 pm
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Is there no return address?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:08 pm
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tracking code should give some indication, I'd imagine.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:09 pm
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Oops, sorry about that, it's mine, please post it back asap!


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:09 pm
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I think it must have been for me, can you forward it on?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:09 pm
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Road frame, you say?...
...bin it!


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:11 pm
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All I seem to get is bills.

There must be a lot of disappointed ducks waiting by their letter boxes.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:11 pm
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Is it a new frame?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:12 pm
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I lost some brown paper slips with a picture of the Queen on. Can you check in your wallet and see if you have any of them and then send them on to me. Ta.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:12 pm
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PS - if its secondhand do a search on classifieds for the make/model to see if you can track the seller/sender


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:13 pm
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I checked with the two people I was expecting parcels from, neither had sent it.

I think this counts as 'reasonable steps' to return it to its rightful recipient and means you can legally* keep it.

*this may not be true, I am not authorised to provide legal advice outside of Botswana.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:13 pm
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No return address, no documentation in or on the box.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:13 pm
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Post pub purchase forgotten about?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:15 pm
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What's the frame, then?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:15 pm
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[i]No return address, no documentation in or on the box. [/i]

But specifically addressed to you?

I guess it's yours then.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:17 pm
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Unsolicited goods can be classed as gifts. Happy new frame.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:18 pm
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post up pics - lets start a bidding war


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:18 pm
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Checked bank/credit card transactions yet?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:18 pm
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Ah, the old Nigerian road frame fraud, again......!

Can you post up some more pics of your fabulous wood stores just to brighten everyone's day up, please?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:19 pm
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I think we need a picture of the frame with a herring/mackerel on it or this is all bluff 🙂


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:22 pm
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Its a used frame, if the shoe was on the other foot, I would appreciate someone trying to reunite the frame with its rightful new owner.

It is light though....


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:22 pm
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I think we need a picture of the frame with a herring/mackerel on it or this is all bluff

Agreed. In extremis, we will accept a tin of tuna.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:24 pm
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What about a shrunk-wrapped sardine?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:26 pm
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Its probably someone who has seen the state of the Turner feeling sorry for you 🙂


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:30 pm
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Its a used frame,

Thought it was, the OP said it was a road frame...
😉
IGMC


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:30 pm
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Road frame though - so its still junk mail.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:33 pm
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We could narrow down who on here might have sent it by asking questions

Does it have any cutlery superglued to it? No - not cynic-al

Has it been ridden much? No - could be hora.

etc


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:33 pm
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junk mail these days eh? sheesh! 🙄

EDIT - Damn beaten to it ^^


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:33 pm
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Or so you told Mrs McMoonter.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:36 pm
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No sign of owt on the classifieds here.

I checked the parcelforce tracking number. It says it was collected from St Johns and its first stop was Worcester.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:41 pm
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its first stop was Worcester.

Is it stupidly large and made of drainpipes? If so, Stoner's your man.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:42 pm
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If it was collected then ParcelForce must have a return address - give them a ring?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:43 pm
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Frame Fairy innit. Did you leave your old bike under your pillow?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:45 pm
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Anyone dumb enough to post something of that value without a return address of any identifying marks deserves to lose it.

Having said that there are probably two people having a very heated conversation right now

- I haven't received my frame.
- But I definately posted it, look here's the receipt.
- But I haven't got it, I want a refund.
- No, how do I know you haven't received it and are just trying to scam me?
- How do I know your not trying to scam me?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:48 pm
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If it was collected then ParcelForce must have a return address

Collected from the post office.

Having said that there are probably two people having a very heated conversation right now

- I haven't received my frame.
- But I definately posted it, look here's the receipt.
- But I haven't got it, I want a refund.
- No, how do I know you haven't received it and are just trying to scam me?
- How do I know your not trying to scam me?

Immediatly googles the above, pitchforks and bombers


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:49 pm
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not your nobeersinthefridge mate printing the same label twice?


 
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Is it stupidly large and made of drainpipes? If so, Stoner's your man.

*Runs off to shed to do roll-call*


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:51 pm
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St Johns is an district of Worcester, not that it helps much.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:52 pm
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Have you been playing Drunk Christmas?


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:53 pm
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Thing is I've been away for two months, I've only bought a couple of things since my return at the begining of the week, I cant think who else may have had my address to hand.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:55 pm
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Having said that there are probably two people having a very heated conversation right now

There'll be a "Have I been scammed?!" thread along shortly


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:55 pm
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- I haven't received my frame.
- But I definately posted it, look here's the receipt.

In my post office they write the destination post code on the receipt. useful when shipping a load of eBay tat.


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 1:57 pm
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I emailed ParcelForce with the tracking number. I doubt they can do much as they fulfilled their side of the contract, they delivered the frame to my address on the box.

So until a disgruntled buyer starts asking questions from the seller, who then goes to Parcel Force to ask where the parcel went we will have to wait.

Of course if the frame in question was a Colnago C50 wrapped in caviar, I wouldn't be having this conversation at all. 👿


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 2:07 pm
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Oh must try this line of defence when the postie delivers a parcel!

"no dear I never ordered it!, I have no idea who it's from"


 
Posted : 15/11/2012 2:18 pm
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btw, I recently ordered a Colnago C50 wrapped in caviar which never arrived. Did anyone else pick it up by chance?


 
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