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Getting stuff delivered from the Net

  • 16-12-2009 5:34pm
    #1
    obriensh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi all,

    Just a really quick question: Do any of you guys have a problem with getting internet deliveries to your house? I buy quite a bit off the net and because I'm not home during the day - any item that's too big to fit through the letter box ends up in the post office. And since the post office is only open during office hours it creates a major pain in the a$$ for me to go collect the item.


    I have a idea at patent stage for a relatively cheap product to overcome the problem, but I'm interested to see if there is a genuine problem or if there are alternatives people are using.

    Thanks a mill for your time!


Comments

  • #2
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    I'd love to see your answer to it, because nobody is going to trust a escrow service at its startup and somebody will screw it over early.

    I get my deliveries to where I work. That being said EMS/An post is the only place I know that won't try to re-deliver(or deliver in some cases) or have the option of a pickup from the Depot on a Saturday.


  • #3
    obriensh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭obriensh


    Thanks Cuddlesworth,

    Unfortunately I can't really divulge too much info, it's at the final stage of Patent so I'm not actually legally able to advertise it. But I can tell you that it will negate the need for an escrow service and it will allow secure delivery in the absense of the home owner.

    Thanks a mill for taking your time to reply - hopefully you'll hear more about my product in the not too distant future!


  • #4
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Hey,

    I spend a few ammount of money buying things online, and i have to say i never have a problem. If i know i will be home on the day of delivery then i have it sent there, if i will be in work i get it sent there instead. I have had a few issues of an post saying

    " Hey we tried to deliver but no one was home " But i was clearly in the house. I'd be very interested to see what your plan is, can you go into any more information at all that wont give away anything?


  • #5
    bandit197
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭bandit197


    Id be interested in this solution. Almost everything i buy from the net needs to be collected in the Post office.


  • #6
    monkeypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭monkeypants


    I just get the larger stuff delivered to work or arrange to be at home. It depends on how good a tracking service the company provides.


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  • #7
    mordeith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    90% of the time I have items delivered to work. Having said that, if something is delivered to home the postman usuually just leaves it in the porch (whether I'm there or not :D). Benefits of living in a village I suppose ;)


  • #8
    monkeypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭monkeypants


    If you're getting stuff delivered to work, don't take the piss. A colleague at work once got four car tires delivered. The postroom staff were not impressed.


  • #9
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    monkeypants wrote: »
    If you're getting stuff delivered to work, don't take the piss. A colleague at work once got four car tires delivered. The postroom staff were not impressed.

    Because he didn't get a spare?


  • #10
    monkeypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭monkeypants


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    Because he didn't get a spare?
    No, because they didn't come with a car attached. :)


  • #11
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,501 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    Me personally it doesnt create a problem. I dont work 9-5 every day so alot of the time i dont have issues just going to the PO a few days later.

    However those who work office hours and are not near the PO this would create a problem and there have been a few boards threads about the PO not being open after 5:30pm or the weekend.

    Post office bitching thread 1

    Post office bitching thread 2

    Personally i think i would use this service even if i could collect it a few days later in the post office. Nothing worse then knowing something is there waiting for you but not being able to get it for a few days.


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  • #12
    Maximus_Laggus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭Maximus_Laggus


    obriensh wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Just a really quick question: Do any of you guys have a problem with getting internet deliveries to your house? I buy quite a bit off the net and because I'm not home during the day - any item that's too big to fit through the letter box ends up in the post office. And since the post office is only open during office hours it creates a major pain in the a$$ for me to go collect the item.


    I have a idea at patent stage for a relatively cheap product to overcome the problem, but I'm interested to see if there is a genuine problem or if there are alternatives people are using.

    Thanks a mill for your time!

    An Post just won't deliver anything bigger than my letter box to my Apt. They just leave a slip saying "we attempted delivery" blah blah, even when I know I was in. I have to drive to my post depot (2 miles drive). Theres a Post Office across the road from my place but they dont leave my packages there either. Bloody infuriating. Would be interested in any product which overcomes this.


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