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Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds

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Let me first say I'm not in any way having a go at John or the shop, I know it's all to do with new postal rules but....

I placed an order for some paints on Saturday, on Monday I had a notification that they were dispatched via Hermes, yet I'm still here waiting. According to the tracking site it was received at the senders depot on the 22nd. I know its all about Health and Safety etc but seriously I could have walked to the shop and back in the time I've been waiting. Again I know its not Johns fault but I had to vent my frustration, what made it worse is I ordered some other Apollo 11 merchandise yesterday and it arrived today, yes I know its not paints but still !

Adrian
 
Just looked at our rules for Jersey Post Office and this is what is excluded to be sent within Jersey and to the UK.

flammable liquids

(including petroleum, lighter fluid, certain adhesives, solvent-based paints, wood

varnish, enamels and acetones including nail varnish removers; also see Alcoholic

Beverages, Perfumes and Aftershaves and Nail Varnish)

See that they even exclude Petrol by post o_O

Laurie
 
Same thing I ordered some stuff paints were involved so delivered by Hermes not johns fault but Hermes fault I will just make sure in future to only order dry stuff if Hermes is involved not just from john but from anyone as far as I can see Hermes are not a good delivery firm.
 
That is a shame, have noticed this creeping in more and more. Health & Safety and the threat of terrorism is just making so difficult, I know we want to be safe, but...common sense seems to be lacking in many departments.

Hope you get them.

Si:)
 
Think with Hermes and other deliverers they wait until they have a good pile for each district until they pass on. Hence the delay.

FedX do all the "speciality goods" in Jersey and they are spot on.

Laurie
 
Have you tried posting anything via Royal Mail lately? I sent out a few eBay sales last week and got the third degree at the PO.
 
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Have you tried posting anything via Royal Mail lately? I sent out a few eBay sales last week and got the third degree at the PO.
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Have to agree with you there Rick, it is like they are going out of their way to go out of business.

Si:)
 
I think with Hermes its their system I tracked my order it went to the local depot from where it was sent 2 days later to central distribution spent a day there then went to my local depot spent a day there then went to my agent and was delivered so what i think happens is I live south the item comes from the south but instead of coming to me it goes right past me to central depot in the north then comes back to my local depot, then gets delivered.
 
Just had a thought !

How long.

Used to take 6 weeks for the England Cricket Team to sail and reach Australia.

Grandma's parcel from Hull to Surrey. A fortnight.

A Christmas Card a good week.

Even bills were at least a month behind.

News from the other side of the world probably a week.

Pathe news at the cinema, the only visual news around most a month old.

Laurie
 
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Another day and still no sign of my paints, if I had known it would be this long I wouldn't have ordered them and would have got them from the show I'm attending tomorrow !

Adrian
 
Never mind Adrian.

We have worse problems here in Jersey and Guernsey. One of the RoRo ferries bottomed out on the seabed and is out of action for 6 weeks.

The two boats bring virtually all food and more important wine and beer. Most women, the little dears, are worrying about food.:eek:

Low on the priority list the wine and beer is disappearing at an alarming rate in the shops. Empty shelves even. We men are facing a deep and desperate situation growing worse by the hour. Survival ! :cool:

Laurie
 
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Think with Hermes and other deliverers they wait until they have a good pile for each district until they pass on. Hence the delay.FedX do all the "speciality goods" in Jersey and they are spot on.

Laurie
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FedX do all the "speciality goods" in Jersey and they are spot on.

apart from aircraft maintenance Laurie:D
 
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FedX do all the "speciality goods" in Jersey and they are spot on.apart from aircraft maintenance Laurie:D
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I like it Terry ! Except it is probable the aircraft in the Aircraft Maintenance mishap article is the one that was scheduled to bring in all the missing wine and beer. :mad:

Laurie
 
There isn't a lot I can do with sending flammable products, you should have had standard delivery and courier as options, an easy way to tell if it will go Royal Mail is if you have 1st class as an option, if you was to choose standard that would go Royal Mail 2nd class

Any problems with delivery please contact me, if I'm not aware of a problem I can't sort it out, I will contact Hermes now to see where it is.
 
I've emailed Hermes and will let you know what hey have to say.

I must say I've not had any problems with Hermes, looking at tracking info most things are delivered within 2-4 days, some are even next day and apart from a damaged bottle of airbrush cleaner for Barry the other day I've had no other damaged or missing items.

The reason why I had to start partially using Hermes was because I got a warning from Royal Mail for sending hazardous goods and I wasn't willing to get a fine, I only use them as a last resort.

I just checked as there should be an express delivery option available if Royal Mail isn't but it wasn't there, I've fixed that now. Express will go by other next day carrier.
 
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Just had a thought !How long.

Used to take 6 weeks for the England Cricket Team to sail and reach Australia.

Grandma's parcel from Hull to Surrey. A fortnight.

A Christmas Card a good week.

Even bills were at least a month behind.

News from the other side of the world probably a week.

Pathe news at the cinema, the only visual news around most a month old.

Laurie
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Yes, but when the uniform penny post was introduced in the mid 1800s one could despatch a letter in the morning inviting someone to tea and they would receive it in time, just so long as you both lived in London :)

Here's another sign of progress. Due to 'padding' of airline schedules to make sure they keep their punctuality ratings, a flight to Amsterdam from London now officially takes ten minutes LONGER than when your aeroplane would have had propellers :)

Cheers

Steve
 
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Yes, but when the uniform penny post was introduced in the mid 1800s one could despatch a letter in the morning inviting someone to tea and they would receive it in time, just so long as you both lived in London :) Steve
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Yes I remember that well Steve. :D

Laurie
 
We shouldn't moan too loud. Letters usually still make good time within the UK. Daughter number 1 sent a series of post cards from S.E Asia last year (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand) and some of them took a couple of months to arrive here in Birmingham!

Cheers

Steve
 
And for John and the shop 99% of my stuff arrives within 36 hours which includes a 100mile journey aver sea.

Some stuff ordered say 4:00 in the afternoon arrives 10:00 next morning.

The delivery business is a streamlined effort.

Adrian you will soon have your own drone landing with the paint on your work top before you have time to raise a brush.

Laurie
 
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