Folk seem to be skating around the issue here:- "Regardless of the company you use" these "couriers" tend to be a certain type of person, do they not? I won't go into details, but let's just settle for:- "low quality"!
I can remember cussing a guy once for his stroppy "attitude" in hurrying me along to sign his sheet, and in response he started giving me all the
jive about "you couldn't do this job, man; all the pressure" blah, blah, blah (boo hoo). I advised him to seek other employment (well, that's the polite version).
I also recall a case where a van driver gave
us a cussing for calling him back twice in the same day (to send out some kit). Odd that - we had imagined that
we were the customer! Needless to say, we never used that "company" again.
As I say, if I were in charge (and for my own stuff), I would use our (my) own van, and/or a trusted independent guy.
As an aside, it can be "interesting" ("fun", whatever) to track your parcel via the internet. I remember one of mine leaving the local depot (yes, it had made it that far) early in the morning, only to be recorded mid-afternoon as "returned, unable to deliver"
five times! In the end, I phoned them then took a bus and picked up the darned thing myself. The address on the package was correct, the post code was spot-on, and other "couriers" found me OK. So what was the problem? Don't ask.
