The problem of not being in when your Screwfix/Toolstation parcel arrives has been discussed here before.
Spotted one of these at a customers house yesterday
An alternative.
Ideal for those things normally wrapped discretely in brown plain wrapping paper... (hey, what am I typing?..)
My nearest is miles away.
Don't know what you mean....
So you have to leave it unlocked and you can have a maximum of one parcel delivered before the same problem recurs?
Presumably the woman in the photograph was just lucky enough to have six parcels delivered by the same courier at the same time.
I think leaving it with the neighbours is a better option.
yesterday
Thats about it yes. The guy I was working for said it was only a minor problem.
Presumably yes.
If any of them are in.
I've solved my problem by having stuff delivered to a hotel where I have a regular contract. They are open 24/7 and conveniently located.
A better design would have a night-safe-style rotating door, as well as the big lid.
That way at least smaller packages could be added throughout the day.
In message , The Medway Handyman wrote
I suspect that the average thief would just use a wreaking bar to open it in 10 seconds and they wouldn't bother a key or leaving it in pristine condition when they leave.
I have a plastic box that I don't lock and have yet to loser a parcel from it.
A metal box like that will probably be stolen for its scrap value, it can't be difficult it only has 6 mm anchors.
Actually I was very impressed by the build quality - built like a tank. Similar to those Van Vaults.
Angle grinder would do it mind.
I wonder how they get round the credit card company / vendor only delivering to the address that the card is registered to? Good idea though.
And their website is broken:
Find my nearest by box > enter a postcode choose (eh should that be find or search?) produces:
XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location:
In message , The Medway Handyman wrote
Possible the same quality steel as used in some of the heavy duty filing cabinets they once supplied where I worked. If someone had lost the key the trick was to drill a hole just above the lock big enough for an opened-up paper clip. The paper clip was then used to release the locking mechanism.
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It worked for me, but my nearest box is much further to walk than the post delivery office, and they only keep things until the end of the following day.
Owain
Same here.
Probably not what he said! I suspect he means 'discreetly'!
I've been considering making up a dropbox out of ply with a Yale type lock on the lid. Good enough for aroundhere...
Location:
Mine is outside the local Tesco, so could be useful. Can't get my head round the logistics of the thing though. Postman arrives at the box site with parcel, then what happens? How does it get into my box?
There's no 'your' box and the parcel isn't sent there directly. It goes to their own distribution address, they then deliver it to a spare 'box' at the location. They then text you an access code.
Would be useful if nearer.
Hmmm. Just noticed you have to pick up by the end of the next day. And the parcel is only covered for 50 quid, and only if 'their' fault.
And there's a fair use policy of two parcels a week.
How does the box manage to sign the delivery receipt?
And there's a size limit of 89cm x 51cm x 66cm. So if the sender packs something in a unexpectedly big box (as they sometimes do) then I assume it gets sent back and you probably get landed with any excess carriage charges.
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