Who Delivers for Games Workshop? (UK)

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**Clumpski**

this might sound like a dodgy question, but i ordered something on saturday for my tau, and chose standard delivery, now i expect it to take a few days to get here (even though checking at 6 monday morning it had already been dispatched), but for the UK who does the delivery? because i cant find out who does it via there website o.o and we've had some... legal dealings with parcel force because of reasons i wont go into o.o; anyone know? the last time i ordered something directly from them was 6 days after christmas and i was at work when it arrived, so if its parcel force i wont get the package and will have to send it to my local (eh, £5.60 to get there, and thats the closest) store x.x

**Avatar 720**

I believe it's Parcel "You won't know we're here until it's too late" Force.

**Cerebrium**

Yep, Parcel "I'm going to say you weren't in even though you were watching me from the window" Force.

I've actually seen them put the little collection slip in the letterbox at the same time as pressing the doorbell.

**Clumpski**

Oh dear, ill give it until thursday then im going to have to send it to derby or chesterfield x.x

**theocd**

Due to swearing and content and typical Lee Evans content, probably NSFW.

The OC-D

**Clumpski**

while not directly involved the title says it all x)

thanks folks

**Howard A Treesong**

Avatar 720 wrote:I believe it's Parcel "You won't know we're here until it's too late" Force.

You could always use the Home Delivery Network.

*shudder*

**Clumpski**

that bad? o.o; ive never used them... o.o

**Bastion of Insanity**

Oh yes! At least Parcel Farce leave you a card, Home Delivery Network rely on telepathy to inform you that you have a parcel to collect.

**Clumpski**

o.o jebus

**rubiksnoob**

Oh, you silly Brits and your "parcels."

**Velour_Fog**

Howard A Treesong wrote:
Avatar 720 wrote:I believe it's Parcel "You won't know we're here until it's too late" Force.

You could always use the Home Delivery Network.

*shudder*

Or Sh*tty Link.

*double shudder*

**Clumpski**

Well nothing today x.x hopefully tomorrow

**Howard A Treesong**

Bastion of Insanity wrote:Oh yes! At least Parcel Farce leave you a card, Home Delivery Network rely on telepathy to inform you that you have a parcel to collect.

We've had two deliveries from HDN that I recall. The first they put it around the back of the house and didn't leave a card or indeed any sign of having been to the house. It was out there two days before we happened to spot it.

Another time was during the summer and we had the front door of the porch open and just a fly net up because it was so warm. We were in the living room watching TV and reading etc and after a bit my wife decides to check on where out delivery is in the system. It says that it's been delivered. So thinking this is odd, I look out and a box has appeared in the porch. So umm... they snuck up the garden path, could see the door was open and that we were in, but quietly put the parcel down, didn't get us to sign for it, didn't even knock or give us a shout, and cleared off!

Oh well, at least it was dry unlike the first package.

**mattyrm**

Parcel Farce.

The delivery company that likes to say "pick it up next week because you weren't in, even though I didn't knock"

**CoI**

I thought it was just the australian post office that pulled that gak... While my place isn't always the easiest to find, if you can find my mailbox you can figure out what to do. You see there's this gate. with a chord. No doorknob, just a the chord. You pull the chord and what happens? the gate opens

now this is all beside the mailbox, less than 1 meter away. I have literally had the door open all day as I was cleaning the yard/inside and it was warm. Went out to check the mail, what do you know. there's the card

**Clumpski**

dun dun dunnnnnnnnnn my three broadsides have arrived and are ready for conversions!

(wait and see :3)

ROYAL MAIL! YOUR SLOW BUT YOU'VE NEVER LET ME DOWN!

and as its turned out my address has been black listed by parcel force, remember guys they dont like you complaining!

well worth it though :3

**Brother Azul**

CoI wrote:I thought it was just the australian post office that pulled that gak... While my place isn't always the easiest to find, if you can find my mailbox you can figure out what to do. You see there's this gate. with a chord. No doorknob, just a the chord. You pull the chord and what happens? the gate opens now this is all beside the mailbox, less than 1 meter away. I have literally had the door open all day as I was cleaning the yard/inside and it was warm. Went out to check the mail, what do you know. there's the card

You have problems with Aussie Post? They always gets my letters here on time. Do they do parcels and packages too or do you have couriers that do that in Sydney? Because in Melbourne there are two couriers companies that deliver packages (i.e stuff ordered of the interwebs.) and one of them is really good the other... not so good.

Clumpski wrote:ROYAL MAIL! YOUR SLOW BUT YOU'VE NEVER LET ME DOWN!

I've heard that about the British mail service, Slow but effective.

**notprop**

Dreadfleet arrived buy UPS and required signiture so they left it with my Alpha-Course neighbours. I think they were very pleased when I took "THE PARCEL OF THE DEVIL!!" from their otherwise divine existance. Thats not UPS's fault though I suppose.

Usual parcels from GW/FW if we are not in get left in the carport and usually get delivered before expected. I think we are lucky in that parcelforce don't actually bother to come to our village and leave it to the local posty who is a decent feller.

**Alsath**

I'm glad you got your stuff

I usually find that smaller deliveries from GW and Wayland come by Royal Mail and big boxes with several items in come by courier. I can't remember which courier though, but I don't think it was one of the dreaded ones.

I've been lucky with Yodel (ex-HDN) in the past. I myself can't complain, but when you read the stories of what happens to other people it makes you wonder how a company like that can still survive...