RE: Burner and Scan

["Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>]

No use though Phil, they require a signature! one delivery company allowed
me to leave a signed note in my Meerkat shed for them to leave the goods!

Crazy situation....

Just thought, they said they could leave it with a neighbour! gets worse!

B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 September 2001 11:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Burner and Scan
>
>
>
> Marks site had a news article about a "hippo" ... some sort
of lockable
> delivery bin that such deliveries could be placed in and then locked
safe
> for you to retrieve when you return home.
>
> See - occasionally I do read that obscure site!
>
> Phil (Ducking)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 21 September 2001 09:32
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Burner and Scan
> >
> >
> > Makes sense but does not explain why they can deliver to work
> from a phone
> > order but not from the web! if it was the first time (which it
> > was) then OK
> > but from then on why not the work address? by using the card
> details they
> > match with my name and address and the fact that I had the
> missed delivery
> > card, what more do they need!
> >
> > A while back BBC's Watchdog (spit) were instigating a policy
> for delivery
> > companies to adopt and a lot of the companies signed up to it
> as they are
> > well aware of the difficulties of not having out of hours
> deliveries etc.
> > not sure what stage the policy is now at but I noticed Watchdog
> > is now back
> > on the box.
> >
> > Time to email Watchdog.
> >
> > B.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mark Hetherington (egroups)
> > > [mailto:mark.egroups@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 21 September 2001 00:31
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Burner and Scan
> > >
> > >
> > > > I did send them an email suggesting that after the
first order
> > > > maybe a second delivery address could be specified and
given the
> > > > option in the web order form for delivery. Haven't had
a reply
> > > > yet though. Maybe it's just the card company's rules
(although
> > > > Ebuyer operate a similar policy).
> > >
> > > IME, credit card companies insist that mail order deliveries
> > are only made
> > > to the cardholder address as part of fraud prevention
> procedures. It is
> > > entirely the retailer's responsibility if this is not
> actually followed.
> > > However since Credit Card companies offer no protection to
> > > retailers at all
> > > in the event of fraud, I am surprised so many bother to
follow
> > the rule at
> > > all. I do believe that they can revoke the merchant
agreement,
> > but rarely
> > > enforce it since any fraudulent payments have to be repaid
by
> > the retailer
> > > in addition to loss of the original goods.
> > >
> > > Where fraud insurance is available to a retailer, the
insurance
> > > company will
> > > not cover claims where shipping is not made to the
cardholder
> > address, so
> > > maybe companies refusing to deliver to alternate address do
> so under the
> > > terms of fraud protection insurance.
> > >
> > > Mark.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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