Last week my 400mm f5.6 SMC-A arrived from the USA with USPS EMS, insured up to $500 for $38.75 from the USA to the UK. We were not at home, so they left a card in the mail box, with a phone number. I called them I wanted to pick the item up, but they couldn't stop it for another delivery attempt. That time it was successful. Else there was also an option to have it shipped to my nearest post office for a £0.50 ($0.70) fee, or pick it up myself from their station. Not too bad for the UK I think.
Frits Wüthrich William Robb: > > Rodger Whitlock wrote: > > > > > > > Actually, all the delivery services have one problem in > common: they > > > deliver to residential addresses during the day when no > one's at > > > home. Doing so was fine back in the fifties when Ozzie went > to work > > > and Harriet screwed the delivery man, but Harriet went to > work as a > > > corporate lawyer, so nobody's at home. > > While a broad generalization, there is a lot of truth to this. > However, the delivery companies are probably aware of this > problem, as they all have a method of telling the adressee that > they have a parcel, without actually completing the delivery. > If they are going to take on the responsibility of residential > deliveries, then they should also have protocols in place to > ensure that they can complete their contracted responsibilities > without putting customers goods at risk of theft or damage. > Abandoning a box on someones front step in plain view is not, in > my opinion, a responsible delivery method. > William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
