Still ampless..

[thebird55]

Well, to be fair, I don't think they would ship something from location to location (I know they don't over here).
The courier isn't gonna pick the box up at your house, read the label, and say "Hey! That's just a few hours away. I'll take it there right now."
He's gotta finish his route, pick up (and drop off) all the other packages, then they probably go back to some sort of sorting warehouse.

That was my point. There are courier services that do one package at a time. Kind of like a taxi for packages. Then there's UPS, where it first has to go to a hub to be reshipped.

[Chris]

 Lowest life forms  How about Bankers, politicians , real estate developers, CEOs, indifferent corporations ,Polluters, anything Miley Cyrus,  inefficient bartenders..   ... plenty waaaay above on the list that the common couriers , on this side of the pond anyway ... I make friends of mine and they go out of their way to deliver in a prompt and courteous manner ...

 

You forgot lawyers. and journalists

but made up for it with the last two.

[GPW]

    Not enough room for them all eh ??   

[Jamesssssssss]

 Lowest life forms  How about Bankers, politicians , real estate developers, CEOs, indifferent corporations ,Polluters, anything Miley Cyrus,  inefficient bartenders..   ... plenty waaaay above on the list that the common couriers , on this side of the pond anyway ... I make friends of mine and they go out of their way to deliver in a prompt and courteous manner ...

 

All the ones i get are idiots. All the people that run the companies are idiots too, the managers will do anything to weasel out of actually giving you answers, they are all incompetent. And just don't do what you pay them. I pay for 24 hour delivery, how does it take 5 days? I pay for them to come to my house, why do they give up when my house is slightly hard to find, and expect me to collect it from their depot.

[Meeeoww]

You know, this can generally be avoided if you go to a shop and buy an amp in person. 

jusssayin...

[Jamesssssssss]

and pay the huge markup? Dont gotta car, or any local shops, cant lug a big amp back on the train from london. Where il pay £400.

In england we don't have guitar centres every corner, we only got mom and pop places and the few big warehouse stores, which are in the midlands and up north. Not near me.

[AKA Ninja]

and pay the huge markup? Dont gotta car, or any local shops, cant lug a big amp back on the train from london. Where il pay £400.

In england we don't have guitar centres every corner, we only got mom and pop places and the few big warehouse stores, which are in the midlands and up north. Not near me.

Funny, considering Britain is where most of the amp voodoo got started. You sorry bastids.

Get a car. Get a goat. Hitch a ride on a horse and buggy.

What we're saying is, this KEEPS happening to you. You can't force the courier system to change, you can't force shops to conduct better business. But you CAN get yourself a car and stop having to deal with so many incompetent middle men.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.

[Meeeoww]

In england we don't have guitar centres every corner, we only got mom and pop places

same here, and I pulled it off okay...

amd im sure you have a friend with car...or parents? C'mon man there's no way you're this helpless.

[thebird55]

If you contracted for 24 hr delivery then, depending on the fine print, the courier may be in breach of contract. It should not be too hard to negotiate at least a partial refund. Don't attempt to negotiate anything with whoever answers the phone. Don't even tell them the nature of the call. Get a manager, then ask for his supervisor.

[thebird55]

In england we don't have guitar centres every corner, we only got mom and pop places

same here, and I pulled it off okay...

amd im sure you have a friend with car...or parents? C'mon man there's no way you're this helpless.

Those of us without a vehicle will usually try to avoid becoming a pest to those with one. It becomes habit to avoid asking for help.

[Jamesssssssss]

In england we don't have guitar centres every corner, we only got mom and pop places

same here, and I pulled it off okay...

amd im sure you have a friend with car...or parents? C'mon man there's no way you're this helpless.

Those of us without a vehicle will usually try to avoid becoming a pest to those with one. It becomes habit to avoid asking for help.

My parents wont drive me 100 miles. And my only friend with a car demands cash when he picks me up from work, thats 4 miles away 

[Apopholis]

In england we don't have guitar centres every corner, we only got mom and pop places

same here, and I pulled it off okay...

amd im sure you have a friend with car...or parents? C'mon man there's no way you're this helpless.

Those of us without a vehicle will usually try to avoid becoming a pest to those with one. It becomes habit to avoid asking for help.

My parents wont drive me 100 miles. And my only friend with a car demands cash when he picks me up from work, thats 4 miles away 

50 over and back, I assume? Otherwise you're not exactly "Just outside London."