City Link parcel firm gone into administration....

silvercar

custardy wrote: »

Mind,did you see the quality of the packaging?
They would have been far better whacking £10 on and going overboard with the packaging.

I was quite impressed how mine was packed and it arrived intact.

custardy

lostinrates wrote: »

We're volunteers involved in the packaging, or just the dismantling and collection of the poppies?

Doesnt really matter. Whoever organised the sale(which was pretty much guaranteed to sell out even at a higher price) scrimped on the packaging.

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Tower-London-poppy-packing-posting-contract/story-25726518-detail/story.html

As it turns out a company got the contract.




Pretty,but wheres the protection?
Oh its a bit of bubblewrap.

cells

BlondeHeadOn wrote: »

Link here:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30602326


Awful news for 2,727 employees, unless it can somehow be saved.

The demand for sending and receiving parcels doesn't disappear with that company so a not so different number of people will be hired by other companies so they can meet the demand left behind by them

lostinrates

custardy wrote: »

Doesnt really matter.

It does if the implication is that the couriers were responsible for the packaging when they had no involvement in it and any breakages were due not to widescale delivery/handling but packaging failure not the fault of the couriers.

Would rm/parcel force take responsibility for that?



Fwiw, I sent two parcels Royal Mail in december one was domestic next dAy, I know it hadn't arrived next day, nor some days after. I don't know if its arrived yet. One was Five day US , and while I know us mail cN be patchy, over three weeks was somewhat taking the biscuit for almost fifty quid. Only sent pRcelforce because of lack of organisation meant we were not sending from London where we tend to send with international couriers for better reliability. A parcel onsey box to Italy on the other hand, was cheapest offering and very fast. I might well use that again.

Crashy_Time

cells wrote: »

The demand for sending and receiving parcels doesn't disappear with that company so a not so different number of people will be hired by other companies so they can meet the demand left behind by them

Unless, like the "demand" for houses the demand isn`t really there :rotfl:

Feral_Moon

lostinrates wrote: »

The great delivery companies are the ones that txt or email an eta in the morning and those that have a tracker that tell you when 'ben' or whoever will arrive with your parcel. This revolutionises how people can get on with their day and is worth extra in many circumstances.

DPD and Ocado?

bugslet

marvin wrote: »

The directors are under a duty to announce at the earliest opportunity they were clearly hoping for something special for Xmas that did not materialise.

Over on trucknet on a thread dated December 13th, there's a post saying that citylink are rumoured to be finishing Dec 24th.

lostinrates

Feral_Moon wrote: »

DPD and Ocado?

DPD I think it is we have deliveries from. . Cannot swear to it though!

stator

marvin wrote: »

The directors are under a duty to announce at the earliest opportunity they were clearly hoping for something special for Xmas that did not materialise.

Once they have made the decision they might be obligated to announce it, but why were they making a decision on Christmas Day? Surely they could have held their meetings and made their decisions the day after christmas.

CityLink have always been a pretty good courier for me, very sad for the staff involves, especially those who were conned into become contractors instead of employees.

TBeckett100

I don't know how these companies can make money. Hermes collected a largish parcel from the office and delivered it 50 miles away for £2.99. I can't see how they turned a profit