Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To want to report these men!

26 replies

Nando95 · 18/06/2010 17:01

My mil and fil who are in their late seventies ordered a child's bed for their grandchildren to sleep in when they visit from a very well known company.
Thet ordered it and paid for delivery.
On they day of delivery the delivery men came and placed the bed just inside the front door. My pil said they couldnt manage to get the bed upstairs between them but the delivery men just shrugged their shoulders and offeered no help. In desperation they offered the men 25 pounds to take the bed upstairs and to put it up in one of the bedrooms, the men duly acepted this, took the money and placed the bed upstairs.
It wasnt until later when I checked the delivery terms that I realised they were supposed to put the item in a room of your choice whether up or downstairs for free.

I am really angry that these men took money of two frail pensioners when they should have done it for free and must have been well aware of this.

The only reason I am reluctant to complain is that these men if reprimanded would know where the complaint came from and to not be too dramatic would know the address of my pils who never ask for trouble and dont really want me to complain as the men seemed friendly and one had recently had a new baby but I am so angry that they knowingly took advange of 2 pensioners and I wonder whether they have done this before or will do so again.

Should I complain to the company??

OP posts:
ShinyAndNew · 18/06/2010 17:02

Of course you should complain.

foureleven · 18/06/2010 17:04

I actually wouldnt complain as yes they have their address and you never know these days, its a sad fact of lfe but for £25 I just wouldnt bother.

Nando95 · 18/06/2010 17:04

I know but I want to respect my pil wishes and they are adament that they dont want any further action taken.

OP posts:
Ripeberry · 18/06/2010 17:08

Sorry, but your FIL should not have offered the money in the first place. He should have waited for a relative to move it OR rung the company to check if they do take furniture upstairs.
How do they know they had a baby anyway? How many other pensioners are they fleecing?
In this day and age, they should watch out as there are plenty of other (better) people out there who would love their jobs

diamondsandtiaras · 18/06/2010 17:12

is it a well known company? If it's a large company then I would definitely complain very strongly. If it's a small independent company then I would probably think twice in case of recriminations tbh. Don't do it if your PIl don't want you to though.

Nando95 · 18/06/2010 17:13

Its a very large and very well known company beginning with the letter A.

OP posts:
Shallishanti · 18/06/2010 17:18

In that case I would deffo complain, explaining with the complaint all the reservations you have, keep a record of the complaint- I'd say v unlikely men would take revenge but if anything untoward happened, finger would point straight at them, wouldn't it. Company should be eager to restore their good name.

Sammyuni · 18/06/2010 17:24

Of course you should complain those people tried to take advantage of the elderly many people do this because they tend to be more vulnerable than the average person.

TidyBush · 18/06/2010 17:24

These p**s takers may not know that it's your PILs case that has been reported. I had really a poor and rude delivery service from one of my regular suppliers and when I complained it turned out that mine was just the last in a long list of complaints about this particular deliveryman and as he was already on his last warning he was dismissed.

Saying that if your PILs want to let it go then you need to respect that, but hopefully it's a lesson learned and they'll check the T&Cs in future.

giveitago · 18/06/2010 17:35

Complain for them. Terrible.

januaryjojo · 18/06/2010 17:43

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn

Nando95 · 18/06/2010 18:03

Januaryjojo u may be correct!

OP posts:
hmmSleep · 18/06/2010 18:17

I would complain.

Many years ago I had a sofabed delivered from same shop, (and before I continue I can see why the delivery men were pissed off, but it was also their own mistake), I lived in a top floor flat, no lift. The men carried the sofa up 6 flights of stairs, started to unpack it when I noticed it wasn't the one I'd ordered. They actually argued with me that it was. I pointed out that the name on the box wasn't mine, to which they swore and threw, yes threw the sofa back down the stairs . Not only could they have injured someone who innocently happened to be walking up the stairs, I should imagine that someone either didn't receive their sofa, or received a very badly damaged one that day!

Ineedmorechocolatenow · 18/06/2010 18:23

Complain. Definitely.

undercovamutha · 18/06/2010 18:23

We once had a sofabed delivered by Argos. They wouldn't take it upstairs - apparently health and safety, and insurance reasons!

We have a very small hallway, and they propped the sofabed (boxed) so it went halfway up the stairs. It was then impossible to get up the stairs or easily open the front door. There was no way I could have moved it myself so had to wait for DH to come home hours later!

They mumbled something about not being insured if they damaged anything in the house. However, no other delivery people have ever refused to put the item in the room that I specified.

COnclusion - Argos are shit! But in OP's case, it seems they are also thieving bastards......

januaryjojo · 18/06/2010 20:32

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn

isthatporridgeinyourhair · 18/06/2010 20:41

What total bastards. COMPLAIN

chitchat07 · 18/06/2010 20:46

Op, if they've done it once, they would surely have done it before, otherwise they wouldn't have been so blase about it. Definitely complaint.

Nando95 · 20/06/2010 13:10

They live in Shropshire x x

OP posts:
ThatVikRinA22 · 20/06/2010 13:15

i wouldnt hesitate to complain, they are taking the worst kind of advantage! id put a sternly worded complaint in writing to the head office.

lolapoppins · 20/06/2010 13:18

Oh my god, those bastards.

We have had problems a few times with them and now won't use them again. We had to return an armchair, they took it upstairs, but then refused to carry it down again when they came to collect it. I had to argue with them about it.

Definatly complain.

bluecardi · 20/06/2010 13:19

Complain - taking cash like this is wrong plus they should do their job

SagacityNell · 20/06/2010 13:24

When we lived in the flat we had a faff with them. It was a flat above a shop and our door was on teh ground floor behind (if that makesw sense). I needed them to carry it upstairs and into DS1s room as it was his bed and i was about 8 months pregnant with DS2. They refused to even bring it into the house[shck]
DH rung to complain and we got vouchers as an apology AND they sent someone round to help him move it.

Having said that, when we got our sofa just after DS2 was born (from DFS i think) they brought it up, took the old one down, vacuumed where the old one had been, made up the new one, made me a cup of tea!! and took all the rubbish!

louii · 20/06/2010 13:31

They made you tea? Brilliant!
They were great when I got couch from DFS, carried it upstairs, tidied up after themselves etc but I never got tea!

SagacityNell · 20/06/2010 13:33

I must have looked a real treat Louii lol!