Well today I posted off best part of 30 visor parts I did manage to print along with a donation cheque to the care home my Mum was volunteering at before all this chaos.
Printing project stalled somewhat the last week...
1) Replacement build surface turned up but a) without the magnetic base layer needed also and b) just tossed in to a poly envelope with no protection, so obviously it got damaged in transit, corner folded over. The DPD guy actually said he thought to just fold it in half so it fitted the letterbox rather than ring the bell, but he didn't. Refunded, as they have no others, it was a special offer
2) Had to try and find a base layer so I can try and make the replacement damaged build surface work still. Ordered what I thought was similar material, went to great lengths to select RM for shipping rather than DPD only to find them change it automatically after payment to DPD. Contacted them immediately to correct but they said not possible by RM due to "weight" so they would put extra packaging on for the courier. DPD turned up with a big bit of cardboard that looked like it had been used for target practice with a blunderbuss. Sheet inside was mostly wrecked, tear in the middle my finger passed through. No extra packaging at all -to be honest most carriers could have wrecked it the way it was sent. I put the details in to RM website myself to see for curiosity and got a quote for shipping absolutely no bother. Refunded again
3) My filament delivery arrived (apparently). Though, seems the Postman took it upon himself to appoint my waste-food bin as a "safe place" out on the street. He must know more about the rules than RM state to customers. If it's the same guy he's done it once before, and was reprimanded as that order was lost also. Dirty ......... So that's been reported not delivered as no way it was coming back out, and the bin got emptied along with the meat which went off and veg clippings etc. Struggling to get refunded for that so far! I'll have to try and order from elsewhere once I do get the refund somehow. I spoke to local PO today and they were disgusted a postie would do that with a delivery.
...And DPD smashed another box this week I went to great lengths with the supplier to ensure RM was used. Luckily the 2 boxes inside just rattled around loose with no packaging and managed to survive just...so co-vid or not, just been a bit of a shambles really, though I do admire our courier delivery system at the moment. So long as what you want is smashed to pieces, I've never had things delivered so fast, but theres just no telling suppliers and none of them seem to take pride in their products!