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The thought just struck me while out in the front garden doing my bird feeders ,when the DPD driver gave me a friendly toot as he drove by hmmmmm
But I think they really need to sort their packaging out, They put the smallest things in big box’s. They should to have a recycling scheme.
I seem to being getting parcels every day, Amazon Prime is so convenien. But I think they really need to sort their packaging out, They put the smallest things in big box’s. They should to have a recycling scheme.
I have a shop and we sell products online too but trust me, there’s a very good reason things come in big parcels.
We have pretty much gone to ridiculous levels of insulation with bubble wrap, double boxing with bubble wrap between boxes etc to try stop breakages.
Even products that really should be fine can be decimated by the courier system.
Quite frankly it’s getting ridiculous and I’m just hoping a newcomer comes on the scene (Virgin Delivery etc) and tears the rule book up. We would happily pay a little more per item for more care with our packages.
Sadly I think it’s wishful thinking as I feel they are all getting bigger and worse.
I see your point, but some of the items i receive are ridiculously packaged. Got a pack of wooden loly sticks in a 10 inch square box the likes of Amazon surely have enough revenue to start some kind of recycling scheme.I have a shop and we sell products online too but trust me, there’s a very good reason things come in big parcels.
We have pretty much gone to ridiculous levels of insulation with bubble wrap, double boxing with bubble wrap between boxes etc to try stop breakages.
Even products that really should be fine can be decimated by the courier system.
Quite frankly it’s getting ridiculous and I’m just hoping a newcomer comes on the scene (Virgin Delivery etc) and tears the rule book up. We would happily pay a little more per item for more care with our packages.
Sadly I think it’s wishful thinking as I feel they are all getting bigger and worse.
All the Amazon prime ones round here are fully electric ..All those delivery vans tearing around the country (western world) using up diesel and sending out emissions. All in the name of competition.......
Some of the DPD vans here are Nissan EVs.
All the Amazon prime ones round here are fully electric ..
I've bought a fair bit in the last year - enough that there's a delivery of some sort most days at my house - can't think of anything I've bought in that period which I'd be able to purchase in my local high street.By the way everyone. There is an answer.
When normality returns go back to shopping on your local high street and support local people and businesses.
Amazon etc are rich enough but trust me, many of your local shops are on the breadline now. I know this from personal experience.
Let’s face It, the high street as we know it is dead, it just can’t compete with the new Disruptive technology of online sales techniques. They have to adapt or go under. It will be all coffee shops a leisure interests.By the way everyone. There is an answer.
When normality returns go back to shopping on your local high street and support local people and businesses.
Amazon etc are rich enough but trust me, many of your local shops are on the breadline now. I know this from personal experience.
A lot on his mind :banghead:I am on a first name basis with my local UPS, DPD and Hermes drivers, we get get deliveries from them at least 3/4 times a week.
My posty can be a problem sometimes he often make mistakes delivering our mail to other people and delivering other peoples mail to us.
Just the other day he gave me a package and when I looked it wasn't for me so I waited for him coming back around to give it back to him. He explained that he had been a bit distracted as he was on the phone with the post office as his wages were wrong, he then said he had a parcel for me and would be back in 2 minutes. I then watched him walk back down the road to his van, jump inside and drive off.
I didn't get the package that was for me until the next day, he said he just forgot.
Let’s face It, the high street as we know it is dead, it just can’t compete with the new Disruptive technology of online sales techniques. They have to adapt or go under. It will be all coffee shops a leisure interests.
Do you mean I shouldn't be getting more than one a day?If it's photography related, there's no such thing as too many deliveries.
Remember the old rhyme "a camera a day keeps boredom away".
Do you mean I shouldn't be getting more than one a day?
It might not be frequent but there have been days when I've brought 2 or even 3.
I agree. I use Amazon for almost everything, but this really irritates me. Today, I had a 10m length of cable and some cable clips arrive - they easily would have fitted in a Jiffy bag and could have been delivered by the postman. Instead, it took Hermes five days to deliver them (four too many) and they were in a box 50x40x20cm.