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11/22/2006 04:50:42 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by kawesttex:
I think it should become a rotating DPC camera, keep it for a month and them forward it to another Canon owner (or maybe all members since it came with glass). :-) |
Starting with the Site Council members that shoot canons. :) |
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11/22/2006 04:51:01 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
If I found it on the side of the road after it had fallen out of a truck I'd keep it since the delivery company has insurance and would replace it for the buyer anyway. But if it was just delivered to the wrong house I'd call up and return it. |
Delivery companies are insured against this, as well. Some big corporation would eat up the expense and it would not even show up as a significant digit in the quarterly balance sheet.
I have stayed at home once when I was expecting one of my toys, only to find out that the driver just dropped the box in front of my door and left. It happens all the time, I have never been burned by it nor I have ever heard of someone not getting their package in my neighborhood. Maybe I'm just lucky...
However, someone will eventually show up and pick it up. Hopefully it will be soon. You'll return it and hopefully have a good laugh later about it with the legitimate owner... perhaps a photo shoot together.
btw, save for web removes the exif from the photos, so nobody would be able to trace it to you. |
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11/22/2006 04:51:09 PM · #28 |
Interesting question!
1. The carrier people left it, no signature hence no proof of delivery.
2. The carrier people come round and ask for the package back. What package? No package here when I came home. Do you have a signature for it?
I can see who is to blame here and its not the person who found it on their doorstep!
What would I do..mmm..**ponders decision** - ok I think I would keep it - yeh my bad!
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11/22/2006 04:53:19 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by MikeOwens:
Interesting question!
1. The carrier people left it, no signature hence no proof of delivery.
2. The carrier people come round and ask for the package back. What package? No package here when I came home. Do you have a signature for it?
I can see who is to blame here and its not the person who found it on their doorstep!
What would I do..mmm..**ponders decision** - ok I think I would keep it - yeh my bad! |
What is it with these Europeans?
:)
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11/22/2006 04:54:40 PM · #30 |
Wrong name, right address?? Hmmm I'd be careful to make sure no one is watching your place to break in and take it and other stuff, you just never know. Maybe I'm being paranoid.
Now wouldn't it be nice if it was from the Santa fairy or whatever, and you had it on your wish list?? :-) |
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11/22/2006 04:58:44 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Do they really put packets with contents like that on people's doorstep while they are not at home?
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Yes. I recently had a whole batch of checks stolen from my doorstep. Check fraud and new bank accounts and police reports. Talk about a pain. |
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11/22/2006 04:59:09 PM · #32 |
No question. I'd give it back.
But when I contacted the delivery company,
I would give them a ten minute window to pick it up.
Just a little revenge for waiting all day for those packages
that arrive at 5:10pm. |
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11/22/2006 05:29:26 PM · #33 |
The reason I asked the question was I recently sent my wacom tablet off to repair. I shipped it via USPS ground took 7 days to get there. Took another 7 days for them to work on it. Then they shipped it back by fed-ex. I called wacom and they game the tracking number and I looked it up. It showed delivered. NO WAY I home and it not here. But I found it on my back door steps hours before it began to rain. Because no car was at home the day before the delivery guy/gal did not knock or anything, just left it. And we are talking about a $400 tablet.
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11/22/2006 05:32:06 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by bigalpha:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Do they really put packets with contents like that on people's doorstep while they are not at home?
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Yes. I recently had a whole batch of checks stolen from my doorstep. Check fraud and new bank accounts and police reports. Talk about a pain. |
That's insane!
Here you get a notice that says: "Tried to deliver a packet, unfortunately you were not home, I will try again tomorrow between 10.00 and 12.00."
When you are not at home the next day you either get a third chance to receive it or you get a notice like: "Tried to deliver a packet for the 2nd time, so sorry to find you not at home again. We will not try again, you can pick up the packet at the local postoffice or our depot located at Any Street 1, Somewhere.
They do this with anything. From an expensive lens to a small book from Amazon. And when you receive or pick up such an expensive packet, most times you have to sign for it and in some cases even show your ID.
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11/22/2006 05:34:05 PM · #35 |
Listen to the Dutch and do what Philos said, claim you never got it!! Get the other Wacom tablet and sell it on Ebay!!
I won't tell :o) |
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11/22/2006 05:37:44 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Originally posted by bigalpha:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Do they really put packets with contents like that on people's doorstep while they are not at home?
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Yes. I recently had a whole batch of checks stolen from my doorstep. Check fraud and new bank accounts and police reports. Talk about a pain. |
That's insane!
Here you get a notice that says: "Tried to deliver a packet, unfortunately you were not home, I will try again tomorrow between 10.00 and 12.00."
When you are not at home the next day you either get a third chance to receive it or you get a notice like: "Tried to deliver a packet for the 2nd time, so sorry to find you not at home again. We will not try again, you can pick up the packet at the local postoffice or our depot located at Any Street 1, Somewhere.
They do this with anything. From an expensive lens to a small book from Amazon. And when you receive or pick up such an expensive packet, most times you have to sign for it and in some cases even show your ID. |
It's the company whose product is being shipped that determines what happens with it once it reaches the doorstep. The delivery companies just do as they're ordered (except for that fling it from the end of the driveway thing). |
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11/22/2006 05:38:26 PM · #37 |
Character is what you do when no one's watching. You know what you should do.
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11/22/2006 05:38:37 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by Southern Gentleman:
The reason I asked the question was I recently sent my wacom tablet off to repair. I shipped it via USPS ground took 7 days to get there. Took another 7 days for them to work on it. Then they shipped it back by fed-ex. I called wacom and they game the tracking number and I looked it up. It showed delivered. NO WAY I home and it not here. But I found it on my back door steps hours before it began to rain. Because no car was at home the day before the delivery guy/gal did not knock or anything, just left it. And we are talking about a $400 tablet. |
I can believe this - as I noted below (or above, depending on your thread reading preference) it happened to me. Now I know better not to force myself to go home when I expect something. I just order it at my work address... |
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11/22/2006 05:54:10 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by mk:
It's the company whose product is being shipped that determines what happens with it once it reaches the doorstep. The delivery companies just do as they're ordered (except for that fling it from the end of the driveway thing). |
Who is responsible for the stuff on your doorstep?
Over here something on your doorstep is something that is not delivered and still the responsibility of the sending person/company or the delivery company. They have to pay / send a new item when things go wrong. A company over here would be bankrupt within a week if he acted like that.
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11/22/2006 06:02:57 PM · #40 |
Look at it this way...
When you get it to its rightful owner, You will have a new shooting buddy who will probably let you play with his/her new toy :o)
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11/22/2006 06:03:00 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by Southern Gentleman:
The reason I asked the question was I recently sent my wacom tablet off to repair. I shipped it via USPS ground took 7 days to get there. Took another 7 days for them to work on it. Then they shipped it back by fed-ex. I called wacom and they game the tracking number and I looked it up. It showed delivered. NO WAY I home and it not here. But I found it on my back door steps hours before it began to rain. Because no car was at home the day before the delivery guy/gal did not knock or anything, just left it. And we are talking about a $400 tablet. |
Have you, or anyone else at your address, signed a signature waiver? If not Fed Ex, UPS or whoever should not be leaving things without a signature- unless the package is labeled no signature required.
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11/22/2006 06:07:39 PM · #42 |
If it's the right address but the wrong name, it's probably one of your neighbors that made a typo on the address? I'd probably google the name and deliver it to them (and ask if I can borrow it once and awhile). I probably wouldn't have opened it if my name wasn't on it though.
It's common here for delivery drivers to just drop stuff at the door step, ring the doorbell and take off. Some bean counter must have proved that the insurance they buy to pay for anything that gets stolen or damaged is less then the savings they get out of the driver not having to wait at each house for the person to answer the door, and then bring the package back if no one is home to try to deliver it again the next day.
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11/22/2006 06:15:04 PM · #43 |
i'd say pooh .. .its a canon
& call the owner & inquire if they were expecting a camera ..
if not .. to ebay it goes ;)
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11/22/2006 06:42:50 PM · #44 |
Originally posted by ralph:
i'd say pooh .. .its a canon
& call the owner & inquire if they were expecting a camera ..
if not .. to ebay it goes ;) |
The 5D is a very nice camera, once you opened that package and played with it a bit you'd surely keep it.
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11/22/2006 06:44:22 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by vxpra:
Originally posted by Southern Gentleman:
The reason I asked the question was I recently sent my wacom tablet off to repair. I shipped it via USPS ground took 7 days to get there. Took another 7 days for them to work on it. Then they shipped it back by fed-ex. I called wacom and they game the tracking number and I looked it up. It showed delivered. NO WAY I home and it not here. But I found it on my back door steps hours before it began to rain. Because no car was at home the day before the delivery guy/gal did not knock or anything, just left it. And we are talking about a $400 tablet. |
Have you, or anyone else at your address, signed a signature waiver? If not Fed Ex, UPS or whoever should not be leaving things without a signature- unless the package is labeled no signature required. |
I do NOT speak for UPS or DHL, they make their own policies. I work for FedEx. We implemented (last year) a residential release policy. If it can SAFELY (which Southern's package seems like it could) be left at the home, then we can leave it, with the exception if it is CLEARLY a thing of value (TV, stereo, camera, etc) and provided it is in a safe location (like a backyard door). Even though you pay the shipper, as far as FedEx is concerned, the shipper is paying for the shipping charges. If they do require a signature (usually things like cellphones, computers, controlled medications, etc) then under NO circumstance can we leave the package, regardless of how much the recipient begs, pleads and leaves notes (trust me, it's been tried). If the courier leaves a signature required package and it's found out, they will be fired....no questions asked. I've seen THAT happen to 15-20 year employees.
Added: I almost forgot. All packages are automatically insured up to $500. If the shipper insures the package for more than $500, signature required is automatic and can not be over-ridden.
Message edited by author 2006-11-22 19:15:13.
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