Living in a somewhat rural area, we've also had some interesting delivery dilemmas. But since my other half is a cop, we just have anything worth a significant amount sent to the police department. You'd be amazed at the service you get from drivers when they know they're delivering something to a police station.
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 2:38 PM Subject: Re: More UPS Crap > > 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 . - 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 .
