Carrier Rant

Wossi · 28-05-2008, 13:46

My dad ordered a new Dell laptop for work the other week. When it was finally shipped from Dell we looked at when it was due to be delivered to us and noticed that it was being delivered by Walsh Western. Great, we thought, they are literally a couple of miles down the road from work. Got in touch with them and the laptop has now been shipped off to Birmingham to be delivered back to Nuneaton

So it's come from Dell, to Hinckley, then Birmingham only to be delivered to Nuneaton (Hinckley and Nuneaton are next to each other).

I can't be the only one who thinks this makes zero sense and in a time when companies are supposed to be "Carbon friendly" and when fuel prices are high they would ship it an hour or so away to be brought back again a few miles up the road? *smacks forehead*

28-05-2008, 13:46	#1
Wossi Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the middle Posts: 1,385	Carrier Rant My dad ordered a new Dell laptop for work the other week. When it was finally shipped from Dell we looked at when it was due to be delivered to us and noticed that it was being delivered by Walsh Western. Great, we thought, they are literally a couple of miles down the road from work. Got in touch with them and the laptop has now been shipped off to Birmingham to be delivered back to Nuneaton So it's come from Dell, to Hinckley, then Birmingham only to be delivered to Nuneaton (Hinckley and Nuneaton are next to each other). I can't be the only one who thinks this makes zero sense and in a time when companies are supposed to be "Carbon friendly" and when fuel prices are high they would ship it an hour or so away to be brought back again a few miles up the road? smacks forehead