GPS on parcel vans

It is DPD, but Interlink use the same system (they may be related companies).

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Bob Eager
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They are the same company.

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Tim Watts

Could you guarantee he'd be in? He might have just slipped down to the shops believing he'd get back in time to accept the delivery.

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Charles Hope

Are not most parcel force delivery drivers self employed owner drivers? Perhaps they have to pay for the handheld device and some may think it is cheaper to do it by hand until they realise it's not too efficient.

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alan_m

I have my proper signature and an alternative, and repeatable, signature for those hand held pads.

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alan_m

That is true of Yodel and Hermes, but not Parcel Force.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

Idiot. I WAS in. If the driver happens to be there early, and the customer happens to be in, why not deliver it then?

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Tough Guy no. 1265

Yes they're the same or linked. Interlink is the consumer version perhaps.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

I thought you were about to say you'd caught him having a coffee break etc.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

But if you are in, there is no reason for them to wait.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

In message , at 17:11:50 on Sun, 4 Oct 2015, Tough Guy no. 1265 remarked:

Agreed, but that depends a bit on whether there's somewhere they can easily park outside the house while waiting. At my current house there is, but my last one there wasn't.

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Roland Perry

Why not pull into your driveway?

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Tough Guy no. 1265

They can't delivery early. Their data loggers will not accept a signature earlier than the earliest time allotted.

Tim

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Tim+

Which is what I originally pointed out was stupid. If the driver is there early and the customer is there early, there is no harm in delivering it early. The data logger should only disallow "customer not in" being entered too early.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

In message , at 17:39:53 on Sun, 4 Oct 2015, Tough Guy no. 1265 remarked:

Many houses don't have them.

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Roland Perry

Why would anyone buy a house with a part missing?

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Tough Guy no. 1265

In message , at 19:02:15 on Sun, 4 Oct 2015, Tough Guy no. 1265 remarked:

Someone has to.

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Roland Perry

No they don't, nobody is forced to buy a house.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

Because a lot of very nice houses in towns date from a time when the hall-boy would whistle up a hansom as required, which negated the requirement to keep a carriage.

Owain

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spuorgelgoog

Doesn't change the fact it's inconvenient in the 21st century. Plenty houses like that have been given a drive.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

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