Anybody else had this?.
One morning last week, as I crawled out of bed, the phone started ringing. It was an 0207 number that I’d never heard of. Depending on mood I might have ignored it but bracing myself for an internet support scammer, I answered...
“hello?”
“Hi, is that <my address>?”
“Yes...”
“OK, I have a delivery for you, just making sure you’re home, see you soon.”
About 10 minutes later, an Amazon delivery man was at the door. I asked what he’d have done if I’d not answered the phone? Seems he’d have aborted the delivery, and tried to find an alternative such as leave it with a neighbour or (I assume) return it as undeliverable.
This seems pretty bad to me, I don’t often fail to answer the doorbell, but I often miss phone calls, either accidentally or on purpose.
The package was nothing special, just a couple of cheap books and assorted stuff other half had ordered, with standard free delivery. I have searched for the 0207 (In full) number and it is indeed used by Amazon delivery.
