Footloose
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 11/08/2005
Posts: 3157
Loc: Berkshire based.
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I am expecting a parcel from LCE containing one of Olly's expensive FP-1 flash-grips. Today, I receive a parcel from DHL, with a DHL label on it, with my name and address. There is also another label on the parcel, printed in a very large typeface (20pt) with the address of someone near Oxford. I mention this to the Couriour, but he says, "Well, it must be yours, you are the person on the DHL label, aren't you?"
I open up the parcel, to find that it contains potting compost, and it's from a garden centre I have never heard of! Looking at the documentation, it's patently obvious that the DHL label, has been attached to the wrong parcel. From what I have managed to work out so far, LCE and the Garden Centre's couriers, have decided to pass the job onto DHL, and somehow at this point, my DHL label has been affixed to someone else's parcel. (Considering how big the other label is, one would have thought the person attaching the label, would have noticed the two addresses didn't tally!)
I have phoned LCE, the Garden Centre and also the rightful owner of the parcel, and received courteous and efficient responses from all of these. My dealings with DHL in this matter, have been quite as good, finding who to answer my questions, being my main bone of contention with them, since as far as they are concerned, someone else must have caused this mix up.
At first I hoped that this was just 2 parcels miss-directed but I gather a chain of customers are involved, probably caused by one label getting stuck inside the label-printing machine and about 12 parcels were miss-labelled before someone realised the labels were out of sync!
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Trainee reprobate with a pronounced limp (spelt L .. I .. M .. P.)
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swanseadave
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Reged: 05/10/2007
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Loc: Swansea, Gateway to Gower
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Nightmare! Must be a few angry people out there.I hope you get your FP1 soon.
Dave 
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beejaybee
Marvin
Reged: 18/07/2007
Posts: 4241
Loc: Really Here In Name Only
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At first I hoped that this was just 2 parcels miss-directed but I gather a chain of customers are involved
... so who got your flash grip?
DHL delivered a parcel to me yesterday (non photographic stuff) but it turned out to be correct!
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OneTen
'Two Breakfasts'
Reged: 23/06/2003
Posts: 2247
Loc: Hartland, Devon
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I've ordered a mountain bike that will be delivered by DHL sometime next week...fingers crossed.
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Footloose
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 11/08/2005
Posts: 3157
Loc: Berkshire based.
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It turns out LCE used a Parcel delivery firm who then passed the job onto DHL (That's quite a common practice) but the labelling machine they used for printing the DHL labels messed things up, so the parcels were labelled out of sequence. My bracket hasn't surfaced yet, which is a bit of a shame as I was hoping to use it this weekend.
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Rhys
Sasquatch
Reged: 15/01/2004
Posts: 2731
Loc: York (home of the speedbump)
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Bet you wouldn't have complained if it was a D3 
(the proper owner might though - especially if he ended up with a rubber dildo and a gimp mask) 
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Dave_Cox
old'n'grumpy
Reged: 12/07/2006
Posts: 2719
Loc: somewhere in Sussex
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Bet you wouldn't have complained if it was a D3
(the proper owner might though - especially if he ended up with a rubber dildo and a gimp mask)
Unless of course he/she really wanted the rubber dildo and gimp mask; and only ordered the D3 as a cover story........
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OneTen
'Two Breakfasts'
Reged: 23/06/2003
Posts: 2247
Loc: Hartland, Devon
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Bet you wouldn't have complained if it was a D3
(the proper owner might though - especially if he ended up with a rubber dildo and a gimp mask)
Unless of course he/she really wanted the rubber dildo and gimp mask; and only ordered the D3 as a cover story........
Surely it's too embarressing to order a Nikon.
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Mark101
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Reged: 15/03/2007
Posts: 437
Loc: Lincolnshire
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I've ordered a CF card and just hoping a gold bar is delivered instead.
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daft_biker
Action Man!
Reged: 11/10/2006
Posts: 6976
Loc: Doon the glen
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I've ordered a mountain bike that will be delivered by DHL sometime next week...fingers crossed.
Oooo...whatcha gettin?
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Footloose
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 11/08/2005
Posts: 3157
Loc: Berkshire based.
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I wasn't aware LCE sold rubber Dildos and Gimp masks .... I know LCE has an extensive range of second-hand equipment, but I'm left wondering, what they would have PX'd these goods for .... A D3?!!
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Trainee reprobate with a pronounced limp (spelt L .. I .. M .. P.)
Edited by Footloose (18/07/2008 16:04)
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OneTen
'Two Breakfasts'
Reged: 23/06/2003
Posts: 2247
Loc: Hartland, Devon
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I've ordered a mountain bike that will be delivered by DHL sometime next week...fingers crossed.
Oooo...whatcha gettin?
Nothing exciting I'm afraid, a GT Avalanche 3.0D to try and get back into cycling after a long lay off. If all goes well I'd eventually like to replace the Mercian I sold.
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daft_biker
Action Man!
Reged: 11/10/2006
Posts: 6976
Loc: Doon the glen
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Sound pretty exciting to me....you'll be hard pushed to find more bang for you bucks  Has been a few years since I had a go on one but they're very capable and seriously good fun Am guessing the D is for disc brakes?....I think you'll like those!
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OneTen
'Two Breakfasts'
Reged: 23/06/2003
Posts: 2247
Loc: Hartland, Devon
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Yeah, did a bit of research and they looked good value and the D is indeed for disc brakes.
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Benchmark
Is it safe?
Reged: 12/07/2005
Posts: 2870
Loc: Sedgefield, Co Durham
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SO now we know that DHL really does stand for Documents Hopelessly Lost.
Or was it Dick Heads Limited?
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Nod
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 08/04/2006
Posts: 4063
Loc: Devon, UK.
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I wasn't aware LCE sold rubber Dildos and Gimp masks .... I know LCE has an extensive range of second-hand equipment, but I'm left wondering, what they would have PX'd these goods for .... A D3?!!
I wasn't aware that ANYWHERE sold 2nd hand rubber Dildos and Gimp masks. I would be even more shocked to find that there was much of a market for them!!! Maybe BDSM-Bay but certainly NOT e-bay!
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Learning
Ethelred the Ill-Named
Reged: 26/09/2006
Posts: 2039
Loc: Nottingham
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mix up.
Actually the technical name for this is a 'Cockup'. Anyone who is offended by this terminology may be reassured that it is made respectable by no lesser organisation than the Ordnance Survey. See NY272333
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Rhys
Sasquatch
Reged: 15/01/2004
Posts: 2731
Loc: York (home of the speedbump)
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SO now we know that DHL really does stand for Documents Hopelessly Lost.
Or was it Dick Heads Limited?
Does the government use them for transporting top secret files and laptops?
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RGMP.co.uk (My Website.. well early stages anyway)
Benchinistas.org.uk The home of Benchism
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ermintrude
Hinkypuff
Reged: 30/06/2003
Posts: 12166
Loc: London, UK
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mix up.
Actually the technical name for this is a 'Cockup'. Anyone who is offended by this terminology may be reassured that it is made respectable by no lesser organisation than the Ordnance Survey. See NY272333
"Your search - Ordnance Survey NY272333 - did not match any documents.
Suggestions:
* Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
* Try different keywords.
* Try more general keywords.
* Try fewer keywords."
Was that a cock up?
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downfader
Mr Judgemental
Reged: 24/03/2005
Posts: 5437
Loc: Hugo Strange's Lab
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I thought "cock up" came from archery?
And yes "DHL ....argghhhh" was exactly what I said a little while ago
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