swift air
Jul 2nd 2003, 10:52 am
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Re: swift air
>On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 07:10:13 +0000, alrobson wrote:
>Hi,
>I've used Swift Air a few times and they all arrived safely. I know what
>you mean though, the booklet explaining the service implies that you get
>a signature at the other end but Royal Mail can't give you that
>signature so what is the point. As soon as your letter leaves the UK it
>goes to another postal service which is why they can't get a signature.
>When I used it for the first time, they actually told me that.
No excuse at all. They could use as a local partner someone able to
provide a tracking facility.
On the other hand that costs money - swiftair is cheaper than
couriers, but like everything you tend to get what you pay for.
Jeremy
>Incidentally I have also used Parcelforce at the cost of £40 pounds and
>when I phoned them up to confirm delivery they couldn't tell me because
>they had passed it onto another courier in Australia!
Even less of an excuse in that case.
It's a free market, there are couriers out there who will provide a
door to door tracking service - make a shortlist from these and go
from there.
Jeremy
>Adrian
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This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction
>Hi,
>I've used Swift Air a few times and they all arrived safely. I know what
>you mean though, the booklet explaining the service implies that you get
>a signature at the other end but Royal Mail can't give you that
>signature so what is the point. As soon as your letter leaves the UK it
>goes to another postal service which is why they can't get a signature.
>When I used it for the first time, they actually told me that.
No excuse at all. They could use as a local partner someone able to
provide a tracking facility.
On the other hand that costs money - swiftair is cheaper than
couriers, but like everything you tend to get what you pay for.
Jeremy
>Incidentally I have also used Parcelforce at the cost of £40 pounds and
>when I phoned them up to confirm delivery they couldn't tell me because
>they had passed it onto another courier in Australia!
Even less of an excuse in that case.
It's a free market, there are couriers out there who will provide a
door to door tracking service - make a shortlist from these and go
from there.
Jeremy
>Adrian
>--
>Posted via http://britishexpats.com
This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction
