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after praising amtrak the other day what do they do,didnt pick my birds up from west yorkshire today the b------s.i will now have to wait till monday so now its in the do or dont they catagory.

                                       billy

had amtrak pick up yesterday afternoon at 2-55 pm and delivered to tariq in south wales today !!!  i have never had trouble with amtrak yet,but,i suppose depends on the area and depot !!!

Yep, birds were here at 8:25 in the morning

Tariq.

I have had some bad service but they have started to get better and the new driver (releif i think) has been exceptional so much so i gave him a tenner tip today

Quoted from vallance lofts

I have had some bad service but they have started to get better and the new driver (releif i think) has been exceptional so much so i gave him a tenner tip today

Well puts my 'Cuppa Tea' to shame   ... but it is a good strong cuppa in a mug!

got my  1 st pigeons by  amtrak .driver was wondering what the P on paper was for ( P for pigeons )  so me be 1 st 1 s he had moved  ; but they were all ok , boxes not damaged    

Quoted from Roland

Well puts my 'Cuppa Tea' to shame   ... but it is a good strong cuppa in a mug!

Its a rareity i tip Roland but i have had such bad service from them in the past to get a chap on for a couple of weeks who could not be more helpful is surely worth keeping onside.

Anyone who i have sent pigeons to can probaly verify that they came in big boxes this is because i have been waiting for the normal driver to bring normal size since September but the relief driver brought them first time of asking

they leave you ok, but no guatantee where there going to end up is there!

amtrax turned up on monday to pick a bird up
without a box coming back on tuesday this is
the second time this has happened prices they
charge and no box

Quoted from vallance lofts

I have had some bad service but they have started to get better and the new driver (releif i think) has been exceptional so much so i gave him a tenner tip today

As I keep posting ALL the drivers for amtrack are self employed and work on franchise that is why there is so much difference in service some do a good job others don't

4 pigeons were picked up in Scotland Tuesday morn and arrived in large box at 1200pm Wednesday. No problem. It was my first delivery of pigeons since my husband passed away 2 years ago. I didnt know what to expect. We used Amtrak and the Phantom Flyer when we were racing together. I am now going to do this with a friend of his this summer.Friends have been good and given us gift birds.

Used Amtrak to deliver my pigeonbasics Auction youngsters  from Aberdeenshire to Exeter no problems at all as birds arrived with no problems

amtrak picked pigeons up to-day at 1-30 ,and left me 10 boxes and i,ll get you more to-morrow if you wish he said i asked if he was on franchise with them answer (no) i work for them , and i,ll phone anytime to let you know what time i,ll be here to pick up  o.k.
    
HOW,S THAT FOR SERVICE AND IT WAS THE SAME GUY WHO DELIVERED THE TIME BEFORE TO ME AND WAS REALLY VERY HELPFUL

its alright if you you get a good service all the time where i am you never get the same person so you dont know if you get boxes or not

  two seperate deliveries this week , both seperate days,, birds picked up about 3 pm,,,,, here at between 9 and 10 am , so credit where credits due

Quoted from shadow

As I keep posting ALL the drivers for amtrack are self employed and work on franchise that is why there is so much difference in service some do a good job others don't

I worked for Amtrak for a few months the drivers aint self employed up here. The franchise is bought/leased and they employ the drivers but it is still a joke at our local depot

I used them this week, with no problems, so as previously stated, credit where it is due.

Quoted from sapper756

I used them this week, with no problems, so as previously stated, credit where it is due.

must be a drivers dilemai have no problem here in ladybank must be the same driver as sapper gets he even brings them up the stairs for me and leaves me boxes

do amtrak  bring the boxs on the day they pick the birds up as i dont no how they work

Quoted from shadow

As I keep posting ALL the drivers for amtrack are self employed and work on franchise that is why there is so much difference in service some do a good job others don't

Very true, and a little word to the drivers work wonders... THEY mostly want to do a good job, have a good repore and future work.
But two things that 'WE fancier's consistantly forget is numbers, THOUSANDS of pigeons are transported every season! AND that is just a very small % of the amount of cargo hey shift!
Sorry yes indeed for those who have had bad expierences! But on a far more jubilant note very glad indeed for the vat majority that have had really good service, and that crock of the matter is MOST have! Sorry.
Tammy that shoulkd raise my 'Stake' in the company a few pence eh!