• cmrn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    “The driver will not knock, so make sure you are looking out the window and prepared for the 4 second timeframe when the driver will stand near the truck looking at your property, wherein you may run out and scream ‘wait!’. If unsuccessful, a delivery will be reattempted on an unspecified date within the next 8 months.”

    • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      And then you have some ridiculous retailers that don’t allow you to hold a package for pickup anymore. What the hell happened to that? I feel like it used to be when I had a package that needed a signature I could just request for it to be held at the parcel service center for me to pick it up later.

      But the last two times I had a package with a signature required, it wouldn’t allow me to do that. The package was going to be returned to the sender for ridiculous reasons. One was an age restricted item which I can kind of get, but the other wasn’t. Both times I had to beg and plead with the delivery company to hold the parcel even though it was not something they were supposed to do.

      And people wonder why Amazon gets so much business. They don’t make me take days off from work so I can hopefully receive a fucking package of the delivery person actually feels like ringing my doorbell.

      Never again with packages requiring a signature for me. I don’t work from home and my workplace is not in a location that can receive packages.

      • Eiri@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Hah, I had the exact reverse experience. For years when I had a delivery they would come by once (of course not staying nearly long enough to allow me to answer the door) and leave a notice saying the package would be at their warehouse the following day starting at 17:00.

        The warehouse was pretty far. The round trip would take nearly 2 hours by bus. And since they opening hours weren’t ideal, if I happened to have a class or be otherwise busy the one night of the week they’re open late, well I guess I’d better find a solution, because they’ll only keep it for a week.

        I would plead with them. Can you come back? Can you leave it at my door? It’s not even worth that much! I’ll take the risk! No. At least one thing they did agree to do was keep my package a bit longer once when I realized I had absolutely no way of retrieving it in time. But they only gave me two days.

        It was only when COVID hit that delivery companies started just leaving packages. Sometimes they just wouldn’t tell you at all about it, and you’d have a surprise when you’d open the door and hit your foot on a surprise package, if you hadn’t kept up with the tracking.

        Some people complained, because they were scared someone would steal their stuff, but I was so glad they were careless. I’ve worked from home ever since COVID.

        Finally, I can order a thing and actually receive it at home.

    • _____@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I believe it’s because they hope a driver will pick it up for you. Those late night packages are delivered by contractors and they might just not pick yours on a whim probably depending on several factors.

    • Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Probably depends on the delivery service partner. They have slightly different hours from company to company.

    • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      100% of my amazon deliveries for the past two years have been at least a day later than promised.

      They used to have excellent shipping. Now they just lie about every delivery time.

  • Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Next time change the delivery to a postnord delivery box. Most of then are pretty close to housing, and you can pick it up any time you want

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I usually use those, but it wasn’t an option because the package (containing 24 liters of cat litter. It was on special lol) was both too big and too heavy for those boxes…

  • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If it makes you feel any better,over here,in Spain , I get 09:00 AM - 11 PM delivery intervals,with deliveries sometimes arriving at 10:30 PM,so yeah…

  • DudeDudenson@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The Amazon equivalent of my country gives somewhat similar estimates, but they always end up showing up at 22:30 or straight up call me at such hours telling me they’ll come by tomorrow morning

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    For a while Amazon would estimate a time range and the delivery guy would never show up during that window. But sometimes it would do something like this: original estimate was 11am - 4pm, 4pm would pass with no delivery, then at 6pm, it would update to like 2pm - 5pm. Then it would show up at like 8pm.

    They seem to have gotten better lately though.

  • Cris16228@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I mean… Amazon does the same for me… Delivery tomorrow before 9PM, it just update the next day when it’s out for delivery.

    Not saying is not annoying, but for me it’s not that mildlyinfuriating (ik downvotes are coming 🤷‍♂️)

    • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I think OP is upset that it says he has to be there when it arrives. Makes me wonder if it’s related to what they ordered, or if there’s been a lot of deliveries stolen from the neighborhood recently.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        2 months ago

        It’s standard practice unless you pay for a “service” that lets them put it by the curb or your garage or designated package box.

        Since I live in an apartment on the third floor, I usually have packages delivered to a nearby package point, but there was a special on cat litter and the package is too big to fit so I have to be home.

        Which wouldn’t have been a problem if it had shipped yesterday like it was supposed to, thus arriving today where I’m home all day anyway, but I have to leave tomorrow afternoon and won’t be back again within the time window so HOORAY! 😮‍💨

        • myplacedk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          unless you pay for a “service” that lets them put it by the curb or your garage or designated package box.

          Here it’s cheaper to get it delivered to a pick-up place near my home. I’ll just pick it up on the way home from work, almost as easy as getting stuff from my own mailbox.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Same here, but my package is too big for that to be an option this time, so has to be home delivery this time…

  • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    That’s PostNord for you. Reminder that the CEO earns ~700k a month for doing helpful things like… introducing every other day delivery of post. Hmmm.

    • Wraul@programming.devEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Never forget who ruined the beautifully working Swedish postal service. Maud Olofsson screwed us over by taking on one of the worst deals in history. The Danish must have laughed their asses off when they offloaded their failing postal service onto the Swedish people.

      • cholesterol@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I’m sure Denmark has hurt you greatly and will do so again, but the ownership is 60/40 between Sweden and Denmark. PostNord operates the same in Denmark as it does in Sweden.

        • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 months ago

          It’s a shame that Sweden had to lower their standards to the Danish level. PostNord gotten a lot worse in Sweden since the deal with Denmark

        • Wraul@programming.devEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I think you might be misunderstanding me. I’m not trying to attack the danish people in any way.

          What I’m trying to say is this.

          1. Sweden had a great postal service and Denmark not so much
          2. A incompetent Swedish politician got us into a crap deal
          3. Now both Sweden and Denmark has crappy postal service
          4. And just as you point out, Sweden is now stuck paying for 60% percent of this clusterfuck while Denmark only pays for 40%.

          No wonder the Danish people often is considered some of the happiest in the world.

          I’m also trying to remind people that things like this is what happens when you elect politicians that don’t have the peoples interests in mind. And looking at the current people in charge such a reminder is unfortunately highly relevant.

          • VonReposti@feddit.dkEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Post Danmark actually wasn’t that bad. It was a bit old school, but the prices were decent and the service was high quality. A year after the merger and absolutely everything was shit.

      • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        SEK. I make 38k a month! Thus, she makes about ~18 times more than me and then a nurse’s salary on top of that.

        • edb_fyr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Funnily enough, the CEO of PostNord Denmark also earns ~700k, but DKK, so that is around 1.5 time that, but for running the part of the company with more losses

          Source (p. 23)

    • kungen@feddit.nuEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I don’t think she should be earning so much, but varannandagsutdelning does actually make sense with how few letters get sent (even though I’d also prefer daily delivery). But crazy that stamp prices have also basically doubled.

      But just like with so many other public service things and agencies, Sweden is determined to make a paper profit. Vinstkrav. Would be cool if SJ for example was allowed to sell their train tickets for cheaper prices, but nope, they need to make at least 10% profit or something around that.

      • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I don’t think she should be earning so much, but varannandagsutdelning does actually make sense with how few letters get sent (even though I’d also prefer daily delivery). But crazy that stamp prices have also basically doubled.

        I think the main issue I have is that this also applies to time critical post, and thus post can arrive too late.

        But just like with so many other public service things and agencies, Sweden is determined to make a paper profit. Vinstkrav. Would be cool if SJ for example was allowed to sell their train tickets for cheaper prices, but nope, they need to make at least 10% profit or something around that.

        When it comes to essential infrastructure it makes no sense to me that they need to operate on a profit.

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I wish more businesses would use Canada Post to deliver in Canada. They’ve got these great community mailboxes with larger ones for secure package delivery. They just drop the key to the big one in your smaller mailbox that works similarly to locked apartment complex mailboxes. It’s way better than worrying if someone will grab the box in front of my door or if the delivery guy will even drop it at the right door.

        • VonReposti@feddit.dkEnglish
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          2 months ago

          In Denmark Postnord (which is what OP is using) has drop boxes that you open with the app itself through Bluetooth. Almost everything about Postnord is terrible but getting your parcels delivered to your local Lidl and being able to open the parcel box with the app is pretty neat.

  • Xatolos@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Reminds me of my Telus internet.

    “A technician will come to fix your internet problem Tuesday and they will be there sometime between 8am to 5pm. They will give you a 15 minute call before they arrive. If there is no one home when they come by, you will be given a $150 no show fee.”

  • smokebuddy [he/him]@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I work for the phone delivery company. I’ve had a lot of experience with semantics, so don’t try to lure me into some maze of circular logic.