News: Order online today for xmas due to delivery problems

bizzarebird

The news this morning advised today as last day to order online for xmas standard delivery due to many carriers extending their delivery targets to 10 days! Yodel, Royal Mail and Amazon all have HUGE delays. Prob be info on sites today about it. Dont wait if possible as with Boots going pink today the parcel post is only going to get worse!


click and collect is a winner!

Helix

bizzarebird wrote: »

click and collect is a winner!

Many stores use standard courier services to run their click and collect so that won't always be a winner as it will get stuck in the same backlog.

bizzarebird

my hermes delivery woman came yesterday at 18.30 saying she started at 7am and had reloaded 4 times and still had a car full. she said it was too much. amazon logistics guy the other day said he didnt leave warehouse until 11am due to volume of sorting. said no parcels were going to neighbours as he didnt have time.


how do these companies not plan ahead!

bizzarebird

Helix wrote: »

Many stores use standard courier services to run their click and collect so that won't always be a winner as it will get stuck in the same backlog.

i have never had a problem with collecting parcels they seem to get priority and have been better than trusting a hacked off driver. amazon didnt deliver a parcel a few weeks back because he could get access to door as it was outside business hours??? i live in a ground floor flat....hidious he could not be bothered to try! xx

gardner1

bizzarebird wrote: »

my hermes delivery woman came yesterday at 18.30 saying she started at 7am and had reloaded 4 times and still had a car full. she said it was too much. amazon logistics guy the other day said he didnt leave warehouse until 11am due to volume of sorting. said no parcels were going to neighbours as he didnt have time.


how do these companies not plan ahead!

because they all undercut each other and are desperate to get big contracts such as amazon/m&s etc.
if you want a good service you have to pay for it i.e. UPS
next year will be the same news that the same companies cant cope because of huge amount ordered online,
when you order online and it offers free delivery or £1.99 ask yourself who will be delivering at that price......answer HERMES OR YODEL