Deliveries to sites

JTCamper replied on 03/04/2018 19:08

JTCamper

Posted on 03/04/2018 19:08

Hello all, I have just been told that the Caravan and Motorhome Club Wardens are not allowed to receive / sign for parcels whilst you are staying on site.
I have orders bits and bobs from Amazon etc before whilst staying on sites without any issue but today I was told by a Warden at West Ayton this was not allowed. Apparently they are allowed to sign for parcels if it is an emergency and it is prearranged with them.
I ordered a new cable for my wife’s new phone as it had a USB-C connector.

£319 for my stay here... I am not asking for much just a signature and a 1 hour home for a small box.

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replied on 03/04/2018 21:51

Posted on 03/04/2018 21:51

Exactly DD. I ask first and if the answer is 'No' I am prepared to wipe my own bum

EmilysDad replied on 03/04/2018 21:51

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EmilysDad

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Posted on 03/04/2018 21:51

There are many assumptions being made here about wardens being expected to examine hold huge parcels, hold them for days on end or even forward them on. The OP was asking if we thought it too much trouble to allow delivery to a site. People are assuming that the wardens hadn't been pre warned either.

Amazon Prime will deliver a package the following day & I'm sure that the OPs small usb cable could easily have been signed for with or without being pre-warned.

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EmilysDad replied on 03/04/2018 21:53

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Posted on 03/04/2018 21:51 by

Exactly DD. I ask first and if the answer is 'No' I am prepared to wipe my own bum

Posted on 03/04/2018 21:53

We don't know that the wardens hadn't been asked first ...... you seem to have assumed they'd not.

replied on 03/04/2018 21:54

Posted on 03/04/2018 21:54

If a parcel arrives here for somebody that I do not know I will not accept it. Why would I?

Ask me and I then know - no problem. Live next door and no problem

replied on 03/04/2018 21:56

Posted on 03/04/2018 21:53 by EmilysDad

We don't know that the wardens hadn't been asked first ...... you seem to have assumed they'd not.

Posted on 03/04/2018 21:56

No assumption MM. I said that I would ask first and if the answer was 'No' ............ etc

replied on 03/04/2018 22:01

Posted on 03/04/2018 21:44 by JVB66

The cc is like the large, I would think, major companies who have any dealings with the general public in the uk , have to try to ensure that their staff and in the end themselves, minimise the chances of being open to what is now a Litigation Society how ever minimal the chances are

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DSB replied on 03/04/2018 22:03

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Posted on 03/04/2018 22:03

I'm not sure if this applies to Amazon, but are there not companies that deliver to local outlets for folk to collect from the outlet? Just might be worth investigating if site staff are unable to oblige.

I have some sympathy with site staff who are unable to sign for items, especially when they don't have a specific time for delivery. It could be that the office is shut while site staff are cleaning toilet blocks or doing other jobs around the site.

David

replied on 03/04/2018 22:08

Posted on 03/04/2018 22:08

It is available David I believe.

SteveL replied on 03/04/2018 22:14

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Posted on 03/04/2018 22:14

Unless there was some particular reason for needing it delivered to the site. Perhaps a package from someone without a major distribution network, required due to an emergency. I would sort it out myself. We have ordered things whilst on site from Argos and Tesco Direct and picked them up from the nearest store. If it was Amazon as ET said get it sent to a locker location. Then if for any reason it is delayed and you don't collect it, they return it and your card is refunded, less the courier cost. Other large suppliers will send things for collection at a nearby garage, or high street shop. Again if they are not collected within a certain time they are returned.

replied on 03/04/2018 22:17

Posted on 03/04/2018 22:03 by DSB

I'm not sure if this applies to Amazon, but are there not companies that deliver to local outlets for folk to collect from the outlet? Just might be worth investigating if site staff are unable to oblige.

I have some sympathy with site staff who are unable to sign for items, especially when they don't have a specific time for delivery. It could be that the office is shut while site staff are cleaning toilet blocks or doing other jobs around the site.

David

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