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Almost broke the law today (courier suggestions required)

Andrew L Weekes

Andrew L Weekes

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Had an ad on Gumtree to get rid of an old Peavey Microbass practice amp that my son no longer needs, it's been on there a while with little interest, a guy phoned today wanting to buy it and was going to drive from Brighton to pick it up.

Said yes no problem without thinking, then afterwards thought, hang about, he shouldn't be travelling for non-essential journeys and I shouldn't be inviting someone from one of the worst Covid areas in the south into my house!

So easy to do, have called it off and now looking at options for a video demo and shipping via courier, anyone have any recommendations for reasonably priced services?

Not even sure at present whether arranging a courier collection for non-essential items is legal? Presumably I can't go to the PO to send?

Will have to research later...it may just have to wait.
 
Andrew L Weekes said:
Not even sure at present whether arranging a courier collection for non-essential items is legal? Presumably I can't go to the PO to send?

Will have to research later...it may just have to wait.
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Post Offices remain open. If you are concerned about using one for non-essential purposes or about asking a courier for a non-essential collection you can arrange for your postman to collect when he delivers your (possibly non-essential) post.

https://www.royalmail.com/collection
 
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Shops that sell non-essential items have to close because there’s no way they can enable browsing in a covid safe way. They can still sell online though. So if you do the zoom demo and send by courier (who safely maintains distance) you haven’t done anything unsafe or illegal
 
Try Overland Express they deal with specialist items. I just had a guitar valve head amp delivered to me by them
 
timH said:
Try Overland Express they deal with specialist items. I just had a guitar valve head amp delivered to me by them
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I tried Googling Overland Express, and it came up with multiple companies. Do you have a link or address for the UK version?
 
Andrew L Weekes said:
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The new laws are supposed to be for reasons of public health and avoiding spreading the virus etc... But schools are still open for it to spread from pupil to pupil to teacher to parent etc and then it's apparently safe and legal for someone to go to work in a factory with 1000 other people but then illegal for anyone at said factory to stop off to hand over a parcel to another person outside your door! If you want to give it "the laws the law and I'll obey it even if they ban walking on the cracks in the pavement" then that's your choice of course;)
 
Arkless Electronics said:
The new laws are supposed to be for reasons of public health and avoiding spreading the virus etc... But schools are still open for it to spread from pupil to pupil to teacher to parent etc and then it's apparently safe and legal for someone to go to work in a factory with 1000 other people but then illegal for anyone at said factory to stop off to hand over a parcel to another person outside your door! If you want to give it "the laws the law and I'll obey it even if they ban walking on the cracks in the pavement" then that's your choice of course;)
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judging from yet another Greg Wallace programme most factories seem to have only ten or so people
 
Andrew L Weekes said:
Ignorance isn't a defence in law.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1200/part/2/made
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It's not ignorance. It's deliberately disobeying cretinous laws that are less use than a chocolate fireguard.... as I have always done, and will always do. If that arsehole in Number 10 decrees that all perambulation must be enacted in the style of "The Ministry of Silly Walks" I presume you would mindlessly obey that as well... after all, it's the law....
 
Andrew L Weekes said:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1200/part/2/made
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My reading of the situation (and I consider myself something of a legal expert as, like all university students in the 1970s, I used to watch Crown Court every day) is that it is acceptable for you to run an extension cable out to your front garden and give him a demo provided either (a) he is an elite athlete who will be using your amp for training (weight-lifting maybe), (b) you are going to provide him with an educational service (perhaps you can give him a guitar lesson) or (c) your house doubles as a recycling centre.
 
Arkless Electronics said:
It's not ignorance. It's deliberately disobeying cretinous laws that are less use than a chocolate fireguard.... as I have always done, and will always do. If that arsehole in Number 10 decrees that all perambulation must be enacted in the style of "The Ministry of Silly Walks" I presume you would mindlessly obey that as well... after all, it's the law....
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