On Friday 20 August 2004 17:31, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions wrote:
> Or you have the other companies that collect a "fee". Someone gave me a
> gift of a leather case for my Palm which cost about €50 in "duties"
I had a nightmare experience a few months ago
with an outfit whose name I've forgotten,
except that it had the word Logistics in the middle.
Anyway they said I had to pay them some ridiculous sum like 2 euro
plus 15 euro for collecting 2 euro - par for the course -
but what made it worse was that they would not accept a cheque or Visa,
and they wouldn't deliver (to TCD) on the off-chance they might get paid.
In the end I had to go to Dublin Airport to collect the parcel
and pay their fee.
My experience is that it is better to avoid Courier services of all kinds,
particularly those that claim to be fast,
and to use standard postal services whenever possible.
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