For. f*ck's. SAKE.

[Niall]

Of they are 4 separate parcels, regardless of if they are the same consignment, they will be treated as separate parcels. If they loaded 3 in a cage and there was no more room for the 4th, the 4th would of gone into another cage which may not of gone on that days lorry.

Not necessarily... I know with UPS, regardless how many boxes they are, it'll be box 1 of 4, 2 of 4 etc... If they were all booked individually then obviously it'b different.

Pretty crazy though and very annoying!

Yeah thats what im saying, if its all booked in one consignment (so parcel 1 of4, 2 of 4 etc) then they can still be split up. I get it a fair bit with my stock from work via DPD.