happened to says it works like
this:
Wednesday a week ago, I had a phone call from
someone who said that he was from
some outfit called: "Express Couriers" asking if I was
going to be home because there
was a package for me, and the caller said that the
delivery would arrive at my home in
roughly an hour. And sure enough, about an hour later, a
uniformed delivery man
turned up with a beautiful basket of flowers and wine. I
was very surprised since it did
not involve any special occasion or holiday, and I
certainly didn't expect anything like it.
Intrigued about who would send me such a gift, I
inquired as to who the sender is. The
deliveryman's reply was, he was only delivering the gift
package, but allegedly a card
was being sent separately; (the card has never
arrived!). There was also a consignment
note with the gift.
He then went on to explain
that because the gift contained alcohol, there was a
$3.50
"delivery charge" as proof that he had actually
delivered the package to an adult, and
not just left it on the doorstep where it could be
stolen or taken by anyone.
This sounded logical and I offered to pay him
cash. He then said that the company
required the payment to be by credit or debit card only
so that everything is properly
accounted for.
My husband, who by this time was
standing beside me, pulled his wallet out of his
pocket
with the credit/debit card, and 'John', the "delivery
man", asked my husband to swipe
the card on the small mobile card machine which had a
small screen and keypad where
Frank was also asked to enter the card's PIN and
security number. A receipt was printed
out and given to us.