CPC Delivery

[Davey]

I placed an order online with CPCFarnell on Wednesday afternoon, after

5 pm, with normal speed delivery, 3-5 days.

It arrived the next morning at about 10 am, by courier.

Now that is service.

I placed an order with Heating Controls Online on Wednesday afternoon, at about the same time as the CPC one. Again, standard shipping only,

3-5 days. It arrived Friday morning, again at about 10 am, via ParcelForce.

I am impressed, having suffered several erroneous "Note through the door because you weren't there" incidents in recent years, although not with these particular companies.

Glad to report something good!

[newshound]

Similar from Amazon today, usual central European courier.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Yes. I'm pleased to see they no longer seem to use UPS as they did when they first did the free delivery on small orders - or at least did to here. They were useless. No real point in having free delivery if you end up having to drive somewhere to pick things up.

[Bob Eager]

Did it have a lithium battery or lots of aerosols in it?

That forces 'courier mode' - as does a large parcel.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'd say they got fed up with the complaints. So went back to a more reliable service. Bought 15 quids worth of stuff from RS at about 1900 - and that arrived first thing next day too. Small relays - so no hazard.

[Davey]

Alkaline batteries and 'O' Rings. The parcel was, as is common, much larger than the goods contained within, but that was CPC's choice.

[Andrew Gabriel]

I ordered some transistors, resistors, etc, and in the space on the order form, asked that it be sent in a jiffy bag so it would fit through letter box.

Nope, it still arrived in a box filled with air pillows.

[pamela]

Our Amazon courier, who is Romanian, thinks nothing of vaulting our

4 foot garden fence in full view to visit the neighbour. Maybe this sort of thing is normal in Romania. I guess he means well.

[Tim Watts]

Back in the 70s-80s, IIRC, Maplin shipped everything in jiffy bags unless it was actually something moderately big.

When I was expecting a parcel on Saturday for the magazine project I was making, I used to sit on the stairs willing the postman to come up the drive.

Happiest days of my life (I'd never raise that level of enthusiasm now!)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Yes - and next day delivery too. Thought it marvellous. And if you went to one of their stores to buy components and they were out of stock you got free postage on it. They then expanded their range to sort of take on RS etc. Wonder where they went wrong?

Heh heh.

More important things to panic over now. ;-)

[Adrian Caspersz]

I almost feel like giving these guys an order for old times sake.

[Chris Green]

They used to be my mainstay for components sent out to me in Oman in the 1980s.

[D.M.Chapman]

Heh, they reappeared a couple of years back IIRC.

I recommend

for the odd bit - or via their ebay store (can work out cheaper sometimes for postage).

Handy for small orders, and normally stuck in post that day.

Darren

[Andrew Gabriel]

On one occasion, second post came, but still nothing. I rung the sorting office in Reading, and they went and looked and said there was a jiffy bag which arrived too late to go out in the second post, but I could come and collect it, which I did.

Can't imagine that today.