Post Deliveries

[shillelagh]

sorry to bring this back

but im complaining about post being delivered late.....and found this on the bbc website!

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Ivorians sort five years of post

At least i get delivery every day - 5 years is a long time to wait!!!!

[jaysay]

Another point about postal deliveries, does anybody know what the new charges are. Just before xmas I got a note through the door from the posty say there was an item for me with an excess postage charge, idn't knock on the door just pushed this card through, I had to stick stamps to the value of £1-12 and post it back to them. When I finally got the item delivered it was an xmas card, didn't seem over big to me about seven by sixinches and it had a first class stamp on, I'm just mistified

[panther]

i wish my bills would come every 5 years.......whoohoo no bills for 5 years

[harwood red]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Another point about postal deliveries, does anybody know what the new charges are. Just before xmas I got a note through the door from the posty say there was an item for me with an excess postage charge, idn't knock on the door just pushed this card through, I had to stick stamps to the value of £1-12 and post it back to them. When I finally got the item delivered it was an xmas card, didn't seem over big to me about seven by sixinches and it had a first class stamp on, I'm just mistified

there is new charges for over sized envelopes...anything above the norm and there is an extra charge now

[shillelagh]

The reply to the email that i sent has arrived:

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the time of your mail delivery. I was
sorry to learn that the current delivery time is inconvenient for you.

Whilst I realise that this is not an ideal situation, our main focus is to
ensure that we fulfil the terms of our operating licence, which state that
we must deliver mail to each UK address six days per week. The operating
licence does not however specify a set time for delivery in the day for
ordinary post, the exception being for Special Delivery items.

Nonetheless, I can assure you that we are committed to providing a reliable
delivery service to all of our customers. Royal Mail tries to deliver items
by 2PM in urban areas and by 3PM in rural areas. I can assure you that we
always endeavour to deliver items as quickly as possible. However, at busy
periods it may become more difficult to do so, and I am sorry that this has
been the case in this instance.

From 1st January 2008 there will be a lower speed limit of 56 mph (90kph)
for vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes. This is because of EU
legislation and will apply to all vehicles in the EU and the UK.

Royal Mail's network is changing to adapt to the new speed limit, but our
commitment to latest delivery times of 2pm for most addresses, and 3pm in
rural areas remains the same. While our delivery offices will inevitably
receive the mail later in the morning because our lorries over 3.5 tonnes
will have to move more slowly around the country during the night, we will
be able to absorb the delay over the course of the day. Some customers
will, however, see a change in the time their mail is delivered,
particularly if you are currently near the beginning of our postman's
round.

If you have further enquiries regarding this matter please get back in
touch.

Regards
Kirsty Roberts
Customer Service Advisor

So blaming it on the speed limit!!! Would you think that a lorry driving at night would upset the delivery of my post?

[harwood red]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

So blaming it on the speed limit!!! Would you think that a lorry driving at night would upset the delivery of my post?

But it does affect the time it takes to get post around the country though

[Doug]

Just think back a few years, we got our post twice a day usually 8.30 and the again at 11.30, it was also collected two or three times daily, 1st Class meant next day guaranteed and your kids weren’t robbed of their birthday money…..In the 21st Century it’s ****e.

[madkev]

Originally Posted by Doug

Just think back a few years, we got our post twice a day usually 8.30 and the again at 11.30, it was also collected two or three times daily, 1st Class meant next day guaranteed and your kids weren’t robbed of their birthday money…..In the 21st Century it’s ****e.

Cutbacks,That's management at top thinking of ways to line there pockets with more money i'm afraid

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

From 1st January 2008 there will be a lower speed limit of 56 mph (90kph)
for vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes. This is because of EU
legislation and will apply to all vehicles in the EU and the UK.


So blaming it on the speed limit!!! Would you think that a lorry driving at night would upset the delivery of my post?

Maybe the lorry drivers on here can clarify but wasn't the limit for the big wagons 60mph anyway ?

[madkev]

try working there lol

[jambutty]

Once upon a time mail trains would run regularly between the major cities. En-route they would pick up mail and also deliver mail without stopping. There was a special carriage attached to the train where Royal Mail sorters would sort the onboard coming mail and bag it if it were to be dropped off somewhere en-route.

Local trains would then take the mail on to the specified towns and also pick up. Then along came Beeching and privatisation and destroyed what was a very efficient way of sending and collecting mail from around the country.

They called it progress.

[Yolanda25]

im not being funny but why you complain about the time your mail arrives, as long as it does, im not bothered whether it comes at 6 in morning or 6 in afternoon as long as i get it i guess is alright, just a thought dont shout at me

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by Yolanda25

im not being funny but why you complain about the time your mail arrives, as long as it does, im not bothered whether it comes at 6 in morning or 6 in afternoon as long as i get it i guess is alright, just a thought dont shout at me

I agree, Yolanda.

Except where buisnesses are concerned. They need their mail in a morning really.

[Yolanda25]

Originally Posted by Lilly

I agree, Yolanda.

Except where buisnesses are concerned. They need their mail in a morning really.

yeah thats fair enough but they are talking about house mail in here

[Bonnyboy]

Why is it that if you ever get some kind of snotty letter from the Council, it always arrives on a Saturday morning. You then have to sit and seethe about it until Monday ?