Same Day Courier! Kinda....

PixelRabbit · Apr 26, 2014

What Ron and Steve said, also don't mistake nice for laid back

Up until this point I've never had an issue with shipping, actually I've been shocked more than once when things arrive in shorter time than I expected, like my 30D, it made it across the border and would have been in my hot little paws in two days had we not missed the call from the delivery guy at the end of the driveway lol The snow hadn't melted and our driveway was treacherous, you can only see a short distance in and he wasn't chancing it, he "had enough mishaps this winter already" lol

bribrius · Apr 26, 2014

Ron Evers said:
Oh, Quebec, I forgot about Quebec, they are a distinct society.

That was indeed a troubling experience Bribrius.

Here in Ontario where our son works in the engineering department of a manufacturing facility, it is not uncommon for him to be working overtime & on weekends resolving problems on the shop floor in order to meet deadlines. Different world altogether from what you experienced.

Now talk about laid back, try Mexico or the Caribbean islands.

i think the furthest i shipped out of there was by Peterborough if im not mistaken. That was the gentlemen that acted like he went above and beyond coming in on Saturday. Mostly it was out of montreal, laval, granby area.
i actually love Canadians. i spent a lot of time there as a three man operation i was the buyer and did the entire buy side and selfemployed on my own at one point too doing the same thing. super nice people i made a lot of friends in Quebec. Just as a buyer, Quebec isn't the easiest to work with. Kind of like the red headed step child. i think i spent one or two days a week there might as well moved in. we kept warehouse space but warehouse space costs money, so like all u.s. everything is pushed for just in time delievery. so scheduled for a production run the first week of may means deliever to a retailer or another wholesaler the second week of may. Preferably it never comes off the truck until destination to avoid rehandling time and costs. Quebec hadn't quite caught on to the notion of just in time delivery, least not then. Schedule a production run for the first week of may they figured they had until june to get it done. Really nice people though. i liked Quebec, other than from looking at it from a buyer standpoint. Needless to say i spent a lot of time in hotel rooms there emptying minibars. I used to basically live out of the granby hotel at one point. I always took the honeymoon sweet with the balcony. It seemed no one every got married and took that room so i did and not knowing French and getting around i utilized the room service. i don't do that anymore, not a bad thing, way stressful long hours and always traveling.

bribrius · Apr 26, 2014

PixelRabbit said:
What Ron and Steve said, also don't mistake nice for laid back
Up until this point I've never had an issue with shipping, actually I've been shocked more than once when things arrive in shorter time than I expected, like my 30D, it made it across the border and would have been in my hot little paws in two days had we not missed the call from the delivery guy at the end of the driveway lol The snow hadn't melted and our driveway was treacherous, you can only see a short distance in and he wasn't chancing it, he "had enough mishaps this winter already" lol

oh geesh no. Don't take that the wrong way. i love Canadians. super nice. im not easy to deal with either i get real pissy and turn into a total dick in some situations. I cant think of a single time one swore back at me no matter what i said and i used to totally flip out sometimes up there..ya know, that stress level would get me peaking sometimes. i think i only got into one major altercation and that was with the guy in charge of operations at one of the places and it was actually over a truck load i was shipping back for quality issues they missed the specs. That got pretty heated. For the most part, everyone i met up there was always really nice. Kind of looked at me like i was stupid if i was in a area they didn't know English and i was trying to motion to what i wanted but other than that.....:lmao:

why are some areas English speaking and some aren't by the way? never did figure that out.

Ron Evers · Apr 26, 2014

"why are some areas English speaking and some aren't by the way? never did figure that out."

The early settlers along the St Laurence river were predominately French. The English/French war was in favour of the English who allowed the French Canadians to retain their culture & this is the Quebec of today. There are some French speaking communities outside of Quebec in Canada but they are comparatively small. When Quebec started agitating to separate from Canada many English speaking folk & businesses left, further concentrating Quebec to the French language. To assure the French language, Quebec made French the only official language in the province. If my memory is serving me correctly.

bribrius · Apr 26, 2014

Ron Evers said:
"why are some areas English speaking and some aren't by the way? never did figure that out."

The early settlers along the St Laurence river were predominately French. The English/French war was in favour of the English who allowed the French Canadians to retain their culture & this is the Quebec of today. There are some French speaking communities outside of Quebec in Canada but they are comparatively small. When Quebec started agitating to separate from Canada many English speaking folk & businesses left, further concentrating Quebec to the French language. To assure the French language, Quebec made French the only official language in the province. If my memory is serving me correctly.

Thank you. wow. They really are segregated i never really caught on to the extent. kind of hear stressed tones or the occasional slam of Quebec when outside it but never really caught on to the negativity toward it. i always grouped all Canadians together. And always was wondering before i spoke who would understand me when in Quebec but didn't follow the difference between in Quebec or out of it. wicked nice people though. quite the history you guys got going..

PixelRabbit · Apr 29, 2014

Well... I never left the house all day and somehow still missed the appointment. I'm batting 1000 lately!

bribrius · Apr 29, 2014

PixelRabbit said:
Well... I never left the house all day and somehow still missed the appointment. I'm batting 1000 lately!

unfortunate. maybe a stork will show up and drop it off...?

BillM · Apr 29, 2014

I ordered a lens from Adorama yesterday mid morning, it was at my house less than 24 hours later. And that was free ground shipping !!!!

Still waiting on the email to tell me that it had shipped :lmao:

PixelRabbit · Apr 30, 2014

That's exactly how my shipment from KeH went Bill!

Now, Sameday Courier has officially become Someday courier lol
Tuesday after Easter I got the notification from Henry's that it was shipped. Friday I get a call from Someday to set an appt for Monday, day comes and goes no delivery.
Tuesday morning get a call, sorry got a list from supervisor, your package didn't make it on the truck, it's still there, set up an appt for next day (today), guess what... Today was not someday!!! Perhaps tomorrow will be someday but I'm not holding out too much hope lol

BillM · Apr 30, 2014

Sounds like Henry's choice of shipping company is rather fitting, from what I have heard of Henry's the two seem to share the same business model :grumpy:

Lets keep our fingers crossed that tomorrow is "Someday" for you :thumbup:

bribrius · Apr 30, 2014

when it finally shows up don't forget to tip the driver...

PixelRabbit · May 1, 2014

bribrius said:
when it finally shows up don't forget to tip the driver...

Agree Bill! This is even a totally different transaction from the other one!

Bri, they need to find it first, they don't know where it is lol at least I'm not the only one now I suppose lmao!!!

ronlane · May 1, 2014

Dang PR, you need an intervention to get rid of this mojo.

PixelRabbit · May 1, 2014

Definitely Ron!

It's honestly just laughable at this point, regardless of how it all pans out Henry's head office is going to get a nice detailed account of both transactions, between themselves and the companies the choose to work with...this is officially the perfect storm of incompetence and horrible customer service.

PixelRabbit · May 3, 2014

Putting together a nice little timeline to share with Henry's when all is said and done with both transactions I have going with them right now, this is the one for our friends at Sameday Courier.

Online order of darkroom chemicals from Henrys.com
March 22nd place order for chemicals online, one listed as 14-21 Days to ship because of availability.
April 22nd get shipment sent email notification from Henry's.
April 25th get call from Sameday to set up an appointment Monday April 28th 9-5.
Monday is a no show.
Tuesday April 29th get a call saying it didn't make it on the truck, set up another appointment for Wednesday April 30th 9-5.
Wednesday no show.
Thursday May 1st I call them, she shows it out for delivery on the 30th, they don't know where it is, she will call me back after she gets more information.
Friday May 2nd still no call back.

To be continued...