Handed to resident

[screenman]

Not a problem using Amazon here, the best drivers we get have english as a second language not their first. Maybe the OP could answer why he thinks so many do not speak english well, I can have a good guess.

 

[Archie_tect]

Don't use Amazon on principle... billionaire, non-tax-paying business owners' manipulative working practises forcing workers and self-employed to accept pay and conditions the Victorians would've baulked at.

I try first to buy from shops in NE or then use Royal Mail buying on line direct from retailers.

 

[Illaveago]

Someone, somewhere, must be called Mr Resident.

Donald Trump !

 

[Globalti]

TBH I feel sorry for delivery drivers nowadays, many of them are recent arrivals in the UK either legal or illegal. Some got here by paying out huge amounts of their family's savings to crooks and now their job is to earn cash and send it home though the Hawala system. They are an investment by the family, effectively. I had a van driving job back in the late 70s and found it the most exhausting thing I have ever done in my life, and that was before traffic jams became common. Now the UK is on a crazy path towards traffic deadlock so most of their day must be spent sitting in traffic jams, breathing filthy fumes, sweating in summer, hungry, thirsty and exhausted with the effort of delivering all those packages against unreasonable deadlines. It's no wonder they are not the cheery chappie who used to deliver the post with a tug of the forelock when I was a child. It's the reason why, when I see a driver standing knocking at a neighbour's door I usualy take the package and tell them to leave a note and get on their way. I don't dare speculate on whether they took driving lessons and got a licence before being taken on by some of the less scrupulous employers.

 

[Low Gear Guy]

I had an Amazon delivery to work in December. They actually delivered it the company's other site in the same town. It was pointed out that the address was wrong but I am told they just walked out without the parcel.

 

[vickster]

These days, I try to avoid deliveries of anything to home that isn't going to go through the letterbox. With Amazon, I'll use one of the lockers in town, you know when it's arrived and just go collect. Otherwise, click and collect from the retailer, Argos, John Lewis (Waitrose), M&S, Halfords, Evans whatever. In control and not reliant on overworked drivers arriving when I'm home.
Not even that keen on RM as having to go to the sorting office is often more hassle (busy, shorter hours)

 

[gbb]

Lots of problems for us with Amazon, from stuff that simply never turned up and yet was signed for, so probably thieved.
Stuff left on the doorstep in full view of a footpath 4 ft away.
Fragile stuff launched over the garden fence.
A couple of occasions where the delivery time was days and days after it should have been.
Lots of furtive signing us up for Prime without us knowing or realising, this used to be a very common complaint I gather, it doesnt happen so much now.
Personally I cant stand them, it can be useful but it comes with frustration too often.

That said, some delivery drivers are very polite, which is nice considering they're talking to you for 5 to 10 seconds.

 

[fossyant]

Never had an issue, my stuff is generally to my home (unless I'm not arround then it goes to 'the locker' on occasions). My son usualy has his stuff delivered to work. I did feel sorry for the driver delivering all the cat food to us on Black Friday - it had apparently been manic.

 

[Levo-Lon]

8-10 hr day, minimum wage, 80-100 drops... Traffic, and fooking moaning people.. What's not to love, where do i sign...

 

[Drago]

And if you take a day off sick, not only do they not pay you but you get to pay for the replacement. Nice.

 

[PeteXXX]

I've never had any trouble with Amazon, or the local delivery drivers. MrsPete gets stuff from her catalogue and the regular drivers are quite polite.
Difficult to be when they're rushing around doing 100 drops a day!

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Amazon makes it's money through three fundamental strategies:

1. Monopoly position
2. Tax avoidance
3. Worker exploitation

Before ordering I ask myself: (1) Do I really need this; (2) Can I buy it from a reputable retailer instead.

Can't remember the last time I used them for anything.

 

[Bill Gates]

OK. Here's the thing.

Granted; exploitation of work force re terms and conditions. Still their choice though. no one is making them do it.
Granted; They don't pay their fair share of tax. Can't say I blame them as they would be stupid to pay it if they didn't have to.
Granted; They are dominant in the market. That's because they are a successful business providing goods to your door at very competitive price and if you have Amazon Prime (which I do) free (mostly) next day delivery.

I worked with a guy once and we had a conversation about Reggae Reggae sauce. I loved the spicy sauce myself and asked him if he had tried it. No was his reply and wasn't going to because that would mean that the owner, Levi Roots, would get some of his money and he didn't want that to happen. WTF he was depriving himself out of principle.

Same applies here. I enjoy the shopping experience in the High Street but the online shopping is mainly cheaper, easier, and gives you a wider choice. The morality of it all I leave to those who are in a position to influence the situation.

Now you underpaid, exploited, thick, lying, foreign Amazon driver who said that you handed me my parcel on Tuesday. Where the hell is it you toe rag?

 

[oldwheels]

Cannot remember what I ordered now but it arrived ok in 2 parcels both addressed to me . One had a Kindle Paperwhite and a pizza tray, neither of which I ordered and both invoiced to somebody in Bournemouth. I was tempted to keep them but being sort of honest I emailed Amazon and the errant parcel was collected fairly promptly.

 

[Drago]

The morality of it all I leave to those who are in a position to influence the situation.

That person would be you, the consumer.

The reason nothing ever changes is because the people who can influence the situation - the consumer - by and large don't, and these businesses are able to carry on unchecked.