gaurav
i had to really search for that brand new pitts muffler amidst those tons of thermocole balls

haha. I thought I might get to bluff you that i just sent the thermacole .
Glad you got it OK .

See you at Aamby valley. I will be there from 24th.

Hmm.......

Interesting reading.

Now,I am changing the course of this thread(sorry augustinev,I am hijacking this thread),
I've got to send some tools to a friend in Delhi.Can I use DTDC courier and can I just wrap it in tons of newspaper and pack the whole box with newspaper balls to keep it safe?

you shouldn't have a problem, just hold it on your palm and fly. coz urhanuman

ha ha .(I am not religious in any way(don't mistake me for some 'god fearing' kind of guy).Sometimes,I curse myself for such a crazy username).

But really,is DTDC reliable?If not,who do you guys trust?

And I forgot to add,sorry for what happened but what is your next course of action?

I use DTDC professionally, on a regular basis. They are alright, but sometimes slow on delivery.

Thanks.I guess I'll go with them.

DTDC, isn't bad considering the cost, actually it depends on your local franchisee, how responsive he is, the delivery boy of DTDC here, happens to be my gardener, so you see the advantage i have.

Gaurav sent it by professional, not bad at all. Gati, is good but expensive for small stuff. ST courier can generate a lot of discussion >

I have used both DTDC and Professional Couriers... DTDC once took a while to deliver the stuff, but no real complaints about either.

I hate professional ...they are very slow. it took them 2 weeks to deliver an envelope from mumbai and a parcel from Bangalore never reached me which ujjwal bhaiya sent  me 

my experience with dtdc was postive

but still it concerns me
http://www.consumercomplaints.in/?search=dtdc  

Thanks a lot guys.

Sorry for hijacking your thread augustinev.

How come the seller has not even commented once .... hmmm....

I think he left the forum for good.

Extract of emails sent to me, i am enclosing here, if he fails to respond i am intending to take action, as advised by senior members of this forum

Mr Madhavan writes
Dear Augustine,

i received your mail . very sad to see the pics ,, i forwarded the mail to ST ,,but i don't think they will take any responsibility , still i didn't get any reply hoping that they will send an regret mail..blah blah
. you tell me your thoughts,, let us finish this isssue ASAP and move on ,,

I wrote
i agree vinod,
i have moved on, written it off, both the model and the engine, it is just that i am a salaried person and it is a big sum for me to not feel bad. as regards courier, i could have borne the expenses, or like you said, if you had sent it in a ply box, it would not have broken , isn't it easy to say move on when one is not at the receiving end of the stick. my penance is 'i will move on' what is yours ? i request you to think about it and if possible get back to me.

this was 20 days ago, no rep from him.

Hi Augustinev,
                    This is really very sad instance and disheartening also, and worst is one who was amongst us, has did this.
It is very hard for me to understand, how come, seller had not packed the plane in a wooden package, whence paid for, Suspicion, starts from this point. This can't be a excuse, that he didn't had proper arrangements to do, or what ever, this proves he certainly not a man of word. I have also bought a "yummy cub" from Madhavan and I know this fact very well. Anyways this was a very minor issue, so I moved on.

My point here is, it's very-2 important for each and every forum member, to post their experiences good or bad, specially when the deal is struck through this Forum. With out any offense meant or taken of course.

I hope this man gains some senses to resolve this issue.

Thanks Akshay , i do hope more than anything, he drops his greed, believe me it is the worst vice to have, 'desire is the root cause for misery' is mildly put

Human Goodness ain't dead, i got a email, from Madhavan
Dear Augustine,

i will get back to u in 3 days ,kindly bare the delay .

Regards
Vinod Madhavan

I hope that the matter gets resolved ... and justice is done .... BEST OF LUCK CHIEF

Augustinev, I hope Mr. Madhavan has the courtesy to return all the money he has taken from you and also gets a courier company to pick up the garbage from ur place.

Dear Anwar,
Would you please make a sticky thread of a list of people who have been complete @#!$%^&* on this forum so that everyone including the most senior members are not duped by these unscrupulous creatures, who are sorry examples of human beings.

I'm really p!$$36

Doc

Gusty,
Guess you are ready to bare with the seller

Captain

Saw that, chose to post it verbatim, dare to bare huh! 

 

Yeah. Grin and "bare" it!

What about this? Ain't the three days over?