Courier purposely not delivering parcel

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zocchi123 wrote: »

- i cant afford to do this as the nearest taxi place is 15 miles away the taxi alone will cost me 30+ and halfords batteries are very expensive the cheapest they have for my car £115

- my sons school is 20 miles away. he can take the bus however that morning he was running late and just missed the bus if he does that i normally drive him there.. well i suppose i can just make him walk

the car cannot be jumped/bumped because the battery is that broken you can leave it running for an hour+ stop the engine and will not start again and needs to be rejumped. the built in diagnostics have the voltages going all over the place when the battery is attatched.
I have a jump pack that everytime i attach the battery it says its a bad battery and makes the jump pack go dingy while its connected.
look bottom line the car needs a new battery, it might brake the cars electronics if i try and force it to go somewhere

how can i be a fussy customer if ive never dealt with the driver before or spoken to him, the issue is problably the fact he is only getting 85p to drive an hour out of his way which will cost him more in fuel so its not worth his time and effort when he can just click failed delivery and drop it back of at the depot when he gets his daily packages, unless he has multiple packages in my area its just not worth it to him

Don't understand why the battery means you can't jump start the car. The majority of power a car requires is when initially trying to start it. It then (if its working properly anyway) recharges as you drive (which is why lots of short journeys can drain your battery). Over time, a battery will lose capacity which means eventually, the battery wont hold enough power to enable it to start the car.

Theres 2 ways you can jump start a car (that I know of anyway). One is your typical connecting it to another power source (battery pack or another car). The other takes a few bodies usually - someone to sit in drivers with car in gear & clutch depressed, another 2 to push it with sufficient speed so that when the driver lets up the clutch it forces the engine to turn.

What do you mean the voltage is going all over the place? Unless the battery is bulging/swelling or showing signs of damage, it should be perfectly fine - just not powerful enough to start the car. If there no signs of damage, the terminals are clean etc then theres no reason you can't jump start the car. You could then change the battery where you buy the replacement (only takes 5 mins).

But even £30 on a taxi would be a lot cheaper than living on takeaways - especially if you're having to pay 5 delivery charges each time. Its also cheaper than potentially losing any work/being liable to your clients if they suffer any losses due to your breach of their contract. Do no supermarkets do home delivery where you are? I live in the middle of nowhere and a few still deliver here. You have an obligation to take reasonable steps to mitigate your losses where possible and not take unreasonable steps to increase them. Would a neighbour/friend/family member not perhaps either pick one up and deliver it or take you to get one?

Its always wise to have extra food in general, but its even truer when living away from the convenience of local shops. We've been cut off several times for various reasons and didn't have to worry due to it.

Did you contract with the courier or did the trader? If it was the trader, you need to contact them as its they who have contractual obligations to you.

a dangerous main road

are all roads not dangerous?

to get to a drive to fish and chips just to give the kids lunch

no food indoors?

so we have spent a few days living on scraps the kids have lost a few days education and you have walked 2 miles and to top it all off you have lost 100's

and now you want to claim................

The chip shop is a 1 mile walk but delivery costs a lot because its 10 miles away?

You need the car for work and to earn money but wint jump start it to go and buy a battery?

Just kittens and nuns missing.