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ddraver
ddraver Posts: 26,695
edited March 2012 in The bottom bracket
I am so Angry

I had a package sent from the wonderful people at Bike-Discount.de sent to the post office so i can collect it. I went today and they would not let me collect it because I do not have a Dutch passport. Despite me showing them every form of UK identification I own, they still will not let me have the package.

FLIP THE DUTCH POST OFFICE!!!! FLIP THEM SO SO HARD UP THE @RSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

(Sorry)
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
- @ddraver

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Outrageous.

    What is it with the Dutch and ID?
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    It was the first time I have ever shouted at a shop assistant....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • john-e-big-guns
    john-e-big-guns Posts: 489
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Outrageous.

    What is it with the Dutch and ID?


    You should have worn ya Cloggs :(
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    I should have just grabbed it and ran - they were only little girls.....

    (should have done that actually, what would they really have done...)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    You should have gone postal......

    Boom boom
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    turn up tomorrow in a german uniform - you know a T-Mobile one and an ullrich face mask and threaten to eat their dinner, their families dinner and all of their childrens dinners...forever.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • t.m.h.n.e.t
    t.m.h.n.e.t Posts: 2,265
    Maybe they'd seen Girls In lycra thread
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Sounds like the Swedes.

    But any EU ID is perfectly acceptable.

    Ask for their manager next time.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    I did* - they need to fill in a special passport number and as that's not on EU documents they are not accepted. It's not because I had no id, but that their form would be wrong.

    *More accurately she came over when I started making a scene....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Get Dutch ID. Then for future issues.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Now, more than ever, I don't want to be a Dutch Citizen....

    I don't think there is anything I could get. i showed her my registration documents with the town hall, passport, Drivers licence,n rental agreement for the postal address i even had my sodding Birth certificate.....

    I ve had to get them to return the package to Germany so i can re-order it and have it sent to work. It's so much bullsh1t and will cost me the price of delivery again.

    cannot believe it!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Not citizen. Just an ID.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    I don't know if that's possible, usually the EU/GB Driving licence is fine. Are nt they now the same across the EU? I just don't think these people live in the real world unfortunately, probably another post office would have been fine.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Limburger
    Limburger Posts: 346
    I haven't had any problem here (NL) ever with that sort of thing. Maybe it's Hollanders or something. Even buying cars without a GBA form was OK.
    By their reasoning you can only use TNT post if you are Dutch...! Weird.
    Invite them to flikker op! Take the box, it's your property and not any criminal offence as long as you don't slap anyone in the process.
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  • Limburger
    Limburger Posts: 346
    Oh, just a thought. If you have the little orange leaflet left by the postman you can nominate someone to pick up your post on it I think (not 100% on this) so you can send an 8ft clog-man instead.
    God made the Earth. The Dutch made The Netherlands

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    I could - but who? I'd have to drag someone from work down which is not fair on them really...Plus what they re saying is that we can't give the package to the correct person but we ll happily give it to the wrong one...wtf?

    As I said to Nick, it required someone with a modicum of intelligence to realise what the problem was, but unfortunately that was nt the case in this one....I ve not ever received anything from them before, It was sent by DHL in Germany but for some reason they gave it to TNT to deliver to my home address (On saturday but, the guy did nt have enough intelligence to ring the door bell so I missed him). I went on the website hoping to have it sent to work but that was nt possible and where there was NOTHING about what ID I needed (hence I took my little bag with all my docs in it down just in case).
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Edit - Bike-Discount.de refunded the entire cost of the package, including postage - another very positive vote for them, They are fast becoming my chosen internet retailer, even over the Big British two

    Oh and GP4000 S' are great tyres

    Post nl still Suck though - Despite my passport being sent as a super secure, signed for service, they just dropped it through the door at work! So not only are they wrong - They re inconsistently wrong!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    is this rant over now .....is it safe to come out.... :D
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Yeah, just don't mention anything to do about Dutch postal services around me!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    Once, PostNL delivered my birthday cards late.

    Worst birthday ever.

    I'm glad I moved to Scotland.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    ...but at least they let you have them!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    I'm pretty sure that they have p0rn on the internet these days. You don't need to have it sent to you by post any more.

    HTH.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    certainly not in Holland, no....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver

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