Parcel Tracking

Hi

Do you ever do this?

Track your Parcel online to see where it is?

I ordered 2 new tyres for my car from an English Company, was under the impression the 72 hour delivery was from the West Midlands, the UK address.

Nope, they are coming from Poland, the Company itself being registered in Andorra.

The tracking is fascinating, coming from Lodz, where I was based in Poland, a completely different way to the route I drive..

They have gone North, dispatched in a few hours, first stop Nothern Poland,then across Germany to Holland, a depot in Best NL,late last night.

They are due at my house tomorrow.

This is a totally different route to the one I drive to Lodz, I do not go into the Netherlands at all,France and Belgium is my route.

I will be fascinated to see if they do arrive on time, and to follow the route.

The daftest route I have seen so far, is a parcel from Telford, picked up and sent to Northampton, Northampton to Stoke, Stoke to Wrexham, and then here.

I am only 30 miles from Telford.

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You get them delivered?

Is it cheaper to do that and get somebody to fit them?

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Yes - I track parcels - on Friday I ordered 1200 Yorkshire Tea bags from Taylors at Harrogate - they are arriving today via Leeds !

That is just a local one - it is fascinating to track the journeys of some of the Crafty stuff I order.

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Hi

Yep, very much so.

They are cheapo boring tyres, but still a B in wet grip, which is what I want.

215/50/17, rated W , up to 168 mph, with rim protection.

£83.24 for the pair delivered, £20.50 plus VAT for fitting, valves, balancing and the rear tyres swapped to the front.

Total £107. 94.

Cheapest available within 30 miles, £135 fitted.

When I had my last car, much bigger and flasher tyres, saving of £81 for a pair, or if Kwikfit, a saving of £136 for the pair.

I am a tight Yorkshire Git and proud of it.

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Being housebound in the winter months I tend to buy alot online especially around xmas so I track alot of my parcels. Being an ex courier it now does not bother me on routing.
I worked for one company in Bermondsey SE London and I collected from the Audit Commision in Vincent Square SW1 and it had to be delivered to Audit Comm: Whitehall SW1 next morning before 9.30am.

Collected at 17.30 hrs Vincent Square.
Dropped at Bermondsey 19.00hrs
Scanned/collected and delivered to the hub in Birmingham at 23.00hrs.
Scanned in Birmingham at 3am and put on trailer.
Delivered to Bermondsey at 5.30am.
I scanned and loaded onto my van by 6.30am.
Delivered to Whitehall before 9.30am.
That parcel had travelled hundreds of miles to be delivered a mile and a half up the road from where I collected it the previous day.
I ceased long ago asking why now I just smile and say its a funny old world.
Imagine the carbon footprint of these parcels and even envelopes. We create work that really is not needed and we wonder why costs are so high.

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I sometimes track my parcels but not all sites are helpful. Sometimes they say it's on it's way but they mean on it's way to the warehouse, not my house.

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I did order some wallpaper online once which was half the price it would have cost here. I received it the next day and when I checked the details, I found it had come from Belgium.

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It will be interesting to see how Amazon trials it's drone delivery service which will in theory save carbon footprint but will generate a whole new era of annoying disruption to normal life. I'm surprised they might be allowed to do this.

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This just seems crazy, to have to transport tyres over from Poland ! Made me have a quick search. I found these:


Black Circles

Budget Tyre - Wet Rating A
£56.21 fitted

http://www.blackcircles.com/catalogu...?tyre=33516065


Halfords Mobile Service

https://www.tyresonthedrive.com/list/4/215-50-17

215/50/R17
TOTD Value XL Tyre
£57.99

Speed W
Wet Rating B
Fuel Econ C
Extra Load - 95

Osset Tyres

KINGSTAR SK10 215/50/R17 91W
Wet Rating - C
£54.71

http://www.ossetttyrehouse.co.uk/searchresult


So roughly £108-£115 for 2 tyres fully fitted. Not really that far from your £107.

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Hi

Sadly, very few tyres now made in the UK, so the vast majority of what you buy will not be British.

I bought the tyres from a UK Company, just found it fascinating they were coming from Poland and not Dudley.