I have ordered replacement crystal wine glasses online from Dartington's in Devon and had it delivered safely to Belgium so, with careful packaging and proper handling it's a perfectly safe and reasonable thing to do.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I guess I'm an idiot then @LittleGreyRabbit. I ordered it on-line because there is nowhere near here nowadays that sells clocks. Silly me, I thought someone would have had the gumption to package it well with lots and lots of bubble wrap etc to pad it out well knowing how parcels can get chucked about. ( as @Obelixx suggested).Even to put the word " Fragile" / " Glass" on the outside of the packing. Another idiot then 🙂 And cost enough to go through the faff and request a refund.🙂🙃
Sainsbury's never puts anything in their sale unless it's absolutely pony! I bought a reduced all singing and dancing multipurpose peeler for £3.33. Half the devil's price. I cut my thumb on it. I'm not a klutz . It's in the bin and I didn't even bother to wipe the blood off. I could queue for half an hour for a refund but I can't be 🪳ered
@Songbird-2 ask for a replacement, properly packed, if you like the item. It's up to the supplier to package it well and the courrier to deliver it well. Not your problem.
Last year I ordered a yellow magnolia online from a supplier I've use before and been happy with. It arrived badly packed and upside down with its roots in the air and the compost scattered around the leafy end. I reported that and we agreed I'd plant it and see what happened. It failed so this autumn they sent another, properly packed, but the "relais" who recieved it couldn't find it when I went to collect it.
10 days later, after much faffing, a very negative review posted online by me and many emails between me, the supplier and the deliverer, we learned that the receiver hadn't logged its delivery on their system so there was no reference to find it in their stores but there was a signature of he/she who had received it. I finally got the plant in a sorry state. The supplier has refunded me and I have planted it anyway. Fingers crossed.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Looks like time to take a trip to the vet, thats undignified for the dog and unhygienic for the family.
He's twinged his back and it tends to have knock on consequences sadly. Hopefully he'll be better after some rest but otherwise we'll be off to the vet for some anti-inflammatories. He's been quite sprightly lately so hopefully he's just over done it.
I had a parcel arrive today and the item was wrapped in foam sheet that was all taped up, that was wrapped in bubble wrap that was heavily taped, that was wrapped in crumpled paper that was taped up, this was all in a cardboard box which was taped shut and the box was wrapped in brown paper with plenty of tape. There was more chance of me damaging it trying to remove all the tape than it coming loose in transit.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@wild edges both of ours - 16+ and 14+ - have at least one trip a year to a vet who does osteopathy for dogs. She's brilliant and has done wonders realeasing tensions in their spines and arthritic hips. They both have a daily anti-inflammatory pill crushed into cat food for breakfast plus some plant based meds and we've just added a glucosamine and chondrotin capsule.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Silly me, I thought someone would have had the gumption to package it well with lots and lots of bubble wrap etc to pad it out well knowing how parcels can get chucked about. ( as @Obelixx suggested).Even to put the word " Fragile" / " Glass" on the outside of the packing. Another idiot then 🙂 And cost enough to go through the faff and request a refund.🙂🙃
I bought a reduced all singing and dancing multipurpose peeler for £3.33. Half the devil's price.
I cut my thumb on it. I'm not a klutz . It's in the bin and I didn't even bother to wipe the blood off. I could queue for half an hour for a refund but I can't be 🪳ered
Last year I ordered a yellow magnolia online from a supplier I've use before and been happy with. It arrived badly packed and upside down with its roots in the air and the compost scattered around the leafy end. I reported that and we agreed I'd plant it and see what happened. It failed so this autumn they sent another, properly packed, but the "relais" who recieved it couldn't find it when I went to collect it.
10 days later, after much faffing, a very negative review posted online by me and many emails between me, the supplier and the deliverer, we learned that the receiver hadn't logged its delivery on their system so there was no reference to find it in their stores but there was a signature of he/she who had received it. I finally got the plant in a sorry state. The supplier has refunded me and I have planted it anyway. Fingers crossed.
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