dranjithk Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Hello IVG, I'm not sure if this topic has already been discussed. As far as my search went, I couldn't find out something related to this topic. So here I am venting out my frustration! I'm a fairly new user around here in IVG. This morning, I went to ship a couple of discs to people who had bought them yesterday. My first stop was a Professional Couriers office near my house. The guy sitting behind the desk asked about the destination pin codes to check if they have network coverage there. That part went well as I wanted to ship the discs to Mumbai. The dude then promptly asked what am I shipping, for which I replied I'm shipping DVDs. He said Professional couriers do not ship DVDs. When I asked him why he gave me some central government regulation bullshit. I'm rather sure he dint know what he was talking. I din't want to waste more time arguing with that jerk and went straight to a DTDC office a little far away. There, to my surprise, I got the same response! And worse, he said Postal Service is the only way I could ships DVDs across the country. I was not sure what was happening! The discs are still with me and I had to post an apology to the buyers for the delay. What's happening guys? How do people normally ship discs? Don't ya'll declare what's inside the package? Is it an one off case happening in Chennai alone? Or, do I have to say I'm shipping "books" as a friend suggested? (I'm not a smuggler for god's sake! ) Is there really a central government regulation that says you can't ship discs? If that's true, then the government sucks! It would be just awesome if someone (who regularly ships discs) can guide me as to how to deal with the courier jerks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Try DTDC, they usually don't BS around. @Mods : IIRC there is a courier thread, or maybe I'm mistaken. Either way, this thread as a standalone makes little sense. Edit : Maybe merging with this thread would be good : http://www.indianvideogamer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24262 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeehunter Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Professional couriers smart asses .. They said the same thing to me , I just took my parcel back .. And I reached the door he says okk , they will ship it I haven't faced any problem with DTDC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Fedex - First Flight - Blue Dart, in that order. Professional/DTDC are a bunch of assholes. Have been burned by them so many times ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreak Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 DTDC guys are pretty good. So far didn't have any problems. Been shipping via em for 2 years now from Chd/Delhi Maybe go to other DTDC office (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Professional couriers guys are scumbags they always take alot of time and always give the same sh*t that its govt rules dtdc are have been good to me its been a year i have been using their services try an other branch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante77 Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Lets be honest here. DTDC is cheap and most of the times good but as you can see in the other thread, things can go wrong. I can see money is the only reason people don't use Blue Dart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roshan rocks Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Professional courier guys...........they said the same thing to me but i never faced problems with DTDC when they ask wats inside i just say that there are DVD's they never said anything to me i think you should go to local stationary shops there people just take courier on behalf of DTDC,trackon etc (franchisee guys) they dont really ask wats inside hope it helps further help read the DTDC FAQ's and rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dranjithk Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Oh, thanks everyone! I managed to ship the discs from another DTDC office (Thanks, Freak!!). These guys in this office themselves were not sure as to why the other DTDC office refused to ship discs. @Roshan: Do you think the stationery shop wala will give a tracking ID for consignments you ship? If they do, that will be the most convenient way to ship discs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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