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Found a parcel in my shed on Sunday that was for next door. The date was 18th Nov, guaranteed next day delivery!
Also, someone at work got an email yesterday saying his parcel had been delivered to reception but there was nothing there. He has since got a refund from Amazon. Looks like this sort of thing is happening more and more often.
I once got sent photographic evidence of a delivery being left at my house.
I sent back google maps screenshots showing the 1 mile route between my house and the one they had delivered too, as well as a street view of both locations.
They suggested I go and collect it myself. This was a delivery of a large garden shed!
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At work I often come in to discover that we've had stuff signed by the driver and left in the toilet (it's outside, and totally accessible to the public). One one occasion it was about £20k worth of server equipment, and had been left there all weekend because the courier turned up at 7 p.m. on a Friday ...
Fortunately very rarely have we had stuff not actually be here or turn up. When we have, I simply contact the seller and say "It didn't arrive. Courier says it did, but their POD shows "Algernon" and we only have Cuthberts and Jocastas here, so what are you going to do about it?". They generally send out a new thing and tear the courier a new rear exit.
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I had one driver forge my signature, badly, showing I had received and signed for a parcel when I was actually in France at the time.
Argued with DPD that they delivered something to the wrong address "no it was the right address, signed for by a Mr Patel." at the time I knew enough of my neighbours that there was no Patel anywhere about. "well, that's as maybe but we delivered it to the right place"... How? How could it be right if no one by that name is in the local area? It must be somewhere else "nope"... Arg.
This month Yodel declared my parcel delivered, in an email and two texts... Nope. Amazon refunded the delivery and I had to re order (they even refunded the difference in price and postage)... Its international, so I'm waiting for attempt 2 still. I hold little hope.
Those are just three of the seemingly endless list of courier cock ups... If it were an option I'd have everything delivered to local shops and collect them myself (Though DHL managed to get even that wrong) but not everywhere let's you.
They went undercover and found a lot of drivers will sign for your parcel and leave it somewhere, because otherwise they don't get paid for a non delivery.
Its bad practice, but I can see why low paid drivers are going to do it.
The companies themselves have got to change.