Re: Did not recieve mail order hostas
- Subject: Re: Did not recieve mail order hostas
- From: L* J*
- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 08:36:47 -0400
Hi Laurel,
There is no reason why the shipper could not send with tracking, especially
if you are paying the shipping. I shop on E-bay ALL the time, and most
shippers provide this information so I can confirm the item shipped on the
carrier website. Good Luck anyway.
Lori
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann James" <annfree@earthlink.net>
To: <hosta-open@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Did not recieve mail order hostas
> Laurel,
>
> Nearly everything I buy except groceries is mail order, including plants,
> especially plants that aren't common here in Conroe, which is not exactly
a
> metropolis.
>
> I have an increasingly hard time getting the delivery people to get a
> signature, even though the vendors may request it. This is especially
> urgent when you order food from a distant supplier and the delivery people
> either just dump it in your driveway or in your entry. Half the time I
> would never know when packages come except for my alert dogs, who know
> precisely the sounds of the UPS and FedEx trucks.
>
> The downside of this is that they warn when the neighbors get a delivery
and
> raise unshirted cain that the driver didn't stop here.
>
> The U. S. Mail, though, never fails. My first order of hostas from
PlantCom
> came USPS and the box had deliver early stamped on it. Our route carrier
> came here first, before it was even remotely our turn to get mail. And we
> didn't get our regular mail then, just the plants. Now, that's service.
>
> I don't know who you ordered from, but I find mail order or the equivalent
> to be very reliable. And if you charged on a credit card, all you have to
> do is call your card people and lodge a complaint. They will take it from
> there.
>
> Ann James
> (who is very sorry you didn't get your plants)
>
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