Polite Question!

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joeyboygolf
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Posted April 30, 2009 at 05:24 GMT
#1710690

Here is a nice polite question we received on an ebay item:

Hi was intrested until we see you are on a different planet! £40.00p shipment!! Your head is up your back side!!
YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!! 15KG with PARCELFORCE 48 IS £14.75P
Get A lIFE!!
DISGUSTED!

 - retrowoman777

And here is Brett's (Beo4life) considered reply:

Dear retrowoman777,

With £150 compensation on the parcelforce website, its 21.99.
Now try it with the correct amount of compensation 500-1000 and its 45.99 on the website.
My courier is 24 hours and the equivilent price on website is 49.99.
At least get your facts right before you insult me!
You'd be a bit annoyed if it got obliterated in the post and i give you 150 compo having just paid 740!

 - beo4life

I must admit that my reply would maybe not have been quite so considered, it's a good job that Brett got to answer the question before I woke up!!!

This is a good example of how rapidly the cost of courier delivery escalates when the correct amount of insurance compensation is chosen.

They are not my usual choice of courier but Parcelforce are not alone in this respect, having checked around, they are all much of a muchness.

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rayfenwick (archived)
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Posted April 30, 2009 at 05:31 GMT
#1710691

Ah yes, retrowoman777.  I've had some, err, interesting messages from her (him?) in the past.  IIRC they're on my blocked list now...

 

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h1npw (archived)
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Posted April 30, 2009 at 19:51 GMT
#1710692

Hi Graham

What was the item?

No matter what is was, if it was worth £740, £40 sounds very reasonable if shipping costs include insurance.......

Cheers

Nigel 

 

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beo4life (archived)
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Posted May 1, 2009 at 01:23 GMT
#1710693

Boxed Mint 4500 with mmc2.

The insurance alone was £25.

 

To be totally honest, if they'd offered £700 delivered, i would take it. 

 

I could understand if they'd said the deck was expensive, but they didnt mention that, just the postage costs.

 

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nickyg63 (archived)
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Posted May 1, 2009 at 15:43 GMT
#1710694

People grow balls when they are not face to face with you!! They can be ***'s on the phone too,  Why do people need to be so rude.  I would never talk to someone like that, I am impressed you were so cool with them! I may have been a little more stern.

 

Cheers Nick

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Craig (archived)
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Posted May 3, 2009 at 07:30 GMT
#1710695

joeyboygolf wrote:

I must admit that my reply would maybe not have been quite so considered, it's a good job that Brett got to answer the question before I woke up!!!

Shame, I would have liked to see your reply Graham.😂😂

 

Craig🙂

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