Max Power Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 22 minutes ago, Banker said: This is a comment from Iom today but mirrors my experience also Personally, if I never see another Amazon email saying "Hermes have got your parcel" I'll be over the moon. My experience of them is that they are unreliable, leave packages in the open, don't bother to ring the doorbell, don't get signatures (though I accept that might be a CV-19 policy), and chuck parcels around carelessly. (A recent parcel delivered by them had a massive dent in the packaging where something heavy had clearly been dropped on my parcel. Inside, the good were seriously damaged despite a triple layer of thick bubble wrap and cardboard packing) If you want to send something to the IoM by post, it costs no more to send it to the next town across, than it does to send it here. I have no idea what Hermes' USP is, because it sure as hell isn't quality of service. I've never had an issue with them myself, I've had parcels damaged through the post though? I think it can be down to 'shit happens' sometimes. To be fair, I'm a huge supporter of the post office and their service, I just don't think that this is a fair way to behave, our government behave like gangsters at times and think that they can use their muscle to eliminate opposition. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Newbie Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 47 minutes ago, Max Power said: I've never had an issue with them myself, I've had parcels damaged through the post though? I think it can be down to 'shit happens' sometimes. To be fair, I'm a huge supporter of the post office and their service, I just don't think that this is a fair way to behave, our government behave like gangsters at times and think that they can use their muscle to eliminate opposition. Agreed I’ve only ever had good service from Hermès too. Very rarely any issues or problems. Let’s face it how can most people fuck up getting out of a car or van, walking to someone’s front door, then leaving a package at the address that’s written on the package? It’s the exact same skill set used by an IOM Post Post man to get out of a van walk down someones path and leave a package for them. It’s not skilled work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Banker said: I have no idea what Hermes' USP is, because it sure as hell isn't quality of service. Well, that's easy. It's cheap. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Max Power said: Which one Teapot? i'm guessing the one Mr Braidwood has had something to do with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 6 hours ago, Banker said: Personally, if I never see another Amazon email saying "Hermes have got your parcel" I'll be over the moon. Instead you will see a message saying: "Does not to deliver to Isle of Man". 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, pongo said: Instead you will see a message saying: "Does not to deliver to Isle of Man". Very doubtful, there not going to lose sales over 50p or whatever difference is . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Banker said: Very doubtful, there not going to lose sales over 50p or whatever difference is . It's not the minimal sales they'd lose in the grand scheme of things, it's the cost of rewriting all of their procedures and having several of them for all of their suppliers to accommodate the Isle of the Damned! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Newbie Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Banker said: Very doubtful, there not going to lose sales over 50p or whatever difference is . Yes I believe the biggest worry of Jeff Bezos one of the worlds richest men will be - out of hundreds of millions of global customers somehow people in the IOM aren’t buying things on Amazon anymore. What can I do to help? Edited July 19, 2020 by Mr Newbie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Banker said: Very doubtful, there not going to lose sales over 50p or whatever difference is . Do you really imagine that hundreds, probably thousands, of retailers across Britain are going to bother having special, different, procedures in place for sending goods to the Isle of Man? It simply wouldn't be worth their bother. Edited July 19, 2020 by pongo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) Govt should be on the side of consumers. Edited July 19, 2020 by pongo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 29 minutes ago, pongo said: Do you really imagine that hundreds, probably thousands, of retailers across Britain are going to bother having special, different, procedures in place for sending goods to the Isle of Man? It simply wouldn't be worth their bother. All countries have different procedures, Hermès do not have an exclusive contracts with amazon. Multiple suppliers have contracts including Royal Mail is Iom post Office in Iom, DPD , fedex etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Banker said: All countries have different procedures, Hermès do not have an exclusive contracts with amazon. Multiple suppliers have contracts including Royal Mail is Iom post Office in Iom, DPD , fedex etc Amazon is also a market place for independent retailers. Many of them use Hermes. And what about all of the other retail websites which use Hermes exclusively? You'd be happy if people on the IOM had fewer shopping options? Edited July 19, 2020 by pongo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 No way they do this the year before an election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I'm surprised they've done it at all Is it in the remit of the Economic Policy Review Committee to prioritise the survival of state owned enterprises? This is a committee that needs beefing up significantly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 24 minutes ago, Donald Trumps said: I'm surprised they've done it at all Is it in the remit of the Economic Policy Review Committee to prioritise the survival of state owned enterprises? This is a committee that needs beefing up significantly What do you mean by beefing up? It should have more powers & members or the members need feeding up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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