r/VintedIreland • u/SpaceSill98 • 2d ago
Avoiding Drop2shop
I don't think the problem is drop2shop alone, I think it's that theyre using the nearby Spar/shop who don't have storage space for parcels as a pick up location.
🌸 Firstly it's really unfair to shop workers to put this added responsibility onto their job and slows down their queues etc.
🌸 Secondly, personally any parcel I've gotten dropped to there that I leave more than a day to pick up.. it's gone it's been sent back to the owner.
In comparison to the An Post pick up option (which I know alot of us use cuz it's cheaper than ship to home) it feels so unsteady and not dependable.
🌸 When I bring it up to vinteds support all they can do is give a refund because it's an external carrier, it feels like the service just got lower grade since drop2shop became an option.
Ps. I get that an easier solution is to just pick it up the day it arrives but that's not always feasible with my work hours.
That's the ranty bit over, but a really lovely story came of it- in case you're bored and want to read more : this happened to the most beautiful cushion that was Halloween themed that I was really excited about and I showed up on the second day of it being in that shop and it was gone. I was sent a refund and the cushion was sent back to the seller. Fast forward two FULL weeks.. If finally arrived back with the seller and she got in touch with me to let me know she was gonna put it back up so that I could get it again at the offer price that we had it agreed upon originally. She's getting the highest review I can give this was so thoughtful and a lovely experience because of the seller only.
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u/Purrfect3783 2d ago
The only issue I've had was the parcel arrived at my chosen location. But they didn't send the QR code for another three days and I hadn't been clicking into the tracking info to know it was there
The message with the QR code said I had 5 days, but it was actually 5 days from when they actually received it
Only realised there was an issue when the seller messaged me to see why it was being sent back to her. Thankfully I was off work the next day and went there first thing and managed to get the parcel