Scrotes nicked my brakes - waaaah!

[swee'pea99]

Finally found the brakes I'd been after, after a couple of months keeping an eye on ebay. Got 'em for a good price too. PO tried to deliver, but we were out, so they left a card. Went round the sorting office, where they told me the van with my package had been stolen, and later found - empty. Aaaaargh! Back to square one...

 

[Globalti]

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Finally found the brakes I'd been after, after a couple of months keeping an eye on ebay. Got 'em for a good price too. PO tried to deliver, but we were out, so they left a card. Went round the sorting office, where they told me the van with my package had been stolen, and later found - empty. Aaaaargh! Back to square one...
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*disbelieving mode on* Suggest you check the brakes on Postie's bike tomorrow. Theft by PO workers is a major problem.

 

[yorkshiregoth]

I assume what was meant was that the whole van load of parcels was empty

 

[swee'pea99]

You assume right my friend. I suspect it's not actually my brakes the miscreanst particularly had their eye on...they cleaned out the lot.

 

[HLaB]

Don't believe it; it was planned down to the last detail just to steal your brakes (they were gold plated ones)

 

[Arch]

*disbelieving mode on* Suggest you check the brakes on Postie's bike tomorrow. Theft by PO workers is a major problem.

At least if he flies by, screaming, you'll know they were crap brakes...

 

[Crackle]

I dunno, when I lived in the Highlands, one day all the post was delivered wet; it wasn't raining. It quickly became apparent that the whole village had wet post in various states of sogginess. When eventually the breakdown truck arrived back at the garage, it set off a ripple information with it's arrival, spreading first to the village shop next door and then all points on. Apparently the stand in postie had reversed tthe postvan van into a lochan which had required a tractor and breakdown truck to pull out.

 

[Crankarm]

Well it could be you'll be claiming a nice new set of replacement brakes from the RM?

 

[swee'pea99]

Well it could be you'll be claiming a nice new set of replacement brakes from the RM?

Sadly compensation will of course be limited to my actual financial loss which, since I 'got 'em at a good price', is not a lot, and TBH I'm not sure I can be bothered with the kind of endless bureacrativ form-filling hassle it involves. In any case, the financial aspect hardly matters - it was the brakes I wanted, not 'compensation'.

 

[swee'pea99]

I don't know. Does anyone knw for sure? I'm not keen to burden the guy (who's played fair) but on the other hand...I *did* pay and they *didn't* reach me. Um...

 

[Hover Fly]

The general rule is you claim off the seller, then the seller claims off the Royal Mail. After all it's the seller who paid postage (even if you have reimbursed them by P&P charges).