Big Up for Royal Snail

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Postman Pat or was it Eric, George, William??

Who cares he's just delivered a present for her indoors @ 09:43, today 19th Dec 2011

and we have 4" of snow this morning and it's -4.4c but rising

http://billinghamweather.com/wxlive.php

[mattJT]

Jeez, they must be backlogged.....delivering on a sunday....and in the snow...

[hammerhead]

apparently they have roughly 1 million parcels backlogged props to em for getting out on a sunday tho and in the snow

[mattJT]

Originally Posted by hammerhead

apparently they have roughly 1 million parcels backlogged props to em for getting out on a sunday tho and in the snow

1 million erghh, that's probably why the guaranteed special delivery service is currently suspended, time scale wise......mind you made me laugh tho, went to post a parcelforce 48 parcel, was told that this service was suspended (timewise) but would I like to pay more for parcelforce 24, which was also suspended

[mole2k]

Our postman was saying they where going to be working today to try and clear the backlog, we're stuck here in NI as they've closed all the airports so no mail is getting in or out...

[purplenut]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

Postman Pat or was it Eric, George, William??

Who cares he's just delivered a present for her indoors @ 09:43, today 19th Dec 2011

and we have 4" of snow this morning and it's -4.4c but rising

http://billinghamweather.com/wxlive.php

Agree there g
I ordered some stuff on Thursday (you know) and it still not here and that's a courier.
But the gear I ordered from the same guy on Friday came 1st thing sat morning and we had snow not as much as you tho

[big p]

our postie turned up today in his jeans and hoodie with a 3s lipo for me.

[mdb_75]

I don't think our posties were working at all yesterday (Saturday). I drove to the sorting office as they have the latest collection post box outside. The front gates were chained up and there was about twenty vans parked up all covered in about 20mm of snow!! Didn't see a postie about all morning either and we normally see a few. Shocking if they weren't delivering as the non-side roads were mostly clear.

[Aran]

i got post today, was bit surprised on a sunday lol

[Whiskers]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

Postman Pat or was it Eric, George, William??

Who cares he's just delivered a present for her indoors @ 09:43, today 19th Dec 2011

and we have 4" of snow this morning and it's -4.4c but rising

http://billinghamweather.com/wxlive.php

We are still waiting for a delivery from amazon that was ordered about two weeks ago because of the weather.

Also I hadn't noticed that we had started the new year yet!

[carlin]

I'm still waiting for my parcels that was sent out to us end November & December

But makes you laugh cause they getting all the recent stuff out though,i ordered something Monday but was here yesterday.

So makes you wonder what they have done with the mail sounds like Non Compliance then been destroyed just to get rid of the back log........

[mattJT]

Originally Posted by carlin

I'm still waiting for my parcels that was sent out to us end November & December

But makes you laugh cause they getting all the recent stuff out though,i ordered something Monday but was here yesterday.

So makes you wonder what they have done with the mail sounds like Non Compliance then been destroyed just to get rid of the back log........

or you could have done to you what royal mail did to me recently....my b4 spares from ebay were sent recorded, delivered and signed for...just not at my house or by me

[racingdwarf]

Originally Posted by mattJT

or you could have done to you what royal mail did to me recently....my b4 spares from ebay were sent recorded, delivered and signed for...just not at my house or by me

I have had that, recorded is fine, but they don't give a rats arse as long as someone signs for it, they just take it to the door, If like happened to me they take it to the wrong place and the oap signs for it cos he thinks that is what he has to do there job is done,took ages to sort the cock up,and royal mail were very unintrested, I had to find out where the parcel had gone.

I think the stand point is, If the wrong person signs for it, it's not the PO's problem! As if that person is not the name on the parcel, or the right address and not expecting anything they should not sign....If they do they are being dishonest the postoffice has done it's job.

Sadly the only reason I use recorded with all my parcels is so I can proove to the reciver that I have posted the item, by sending them the track and trace number

[bodgit]

Things are getting desperate. I,ve just had a DHL delivery by a private 4x4.
I,ve never seen that before. Are they paying the public with 4x4 to deliver now in snow.

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by bodgit

Things are getting desperate. I,ve just had a DHL delivery by a private 4x4.
I,ve never seen that before. Are they paying the public with 4x4 to deliver now in snow.

No.

He or she works out of DHL depots for another company who deliver parcels that are considered small enough for them. That's how it worked a few years back when I worked for DHL part time.

[hammerhead]

pity parcels2go arent doing as well as royal mail i have about 12 parcels here waiting to be picked up wich was yesterday

[shoebox-airbrushing]

Is first class supposed to be next day delivery ?

[blue_pinky]

Next day is the aim of first class, but is not guaranteed.

[big air]

Originally Posted by hammerhead

pity parcels2go arent doing as well as royal mail i have about 12 parcels here waiting to be picked up wich was yesterday

I have had parcels waiting to be picked up from Parcel2Go (DHL) since the 12th December and only picked them up yesterday and today.
useless gits

[hammerhead]

Originally Posted by big air

I have had parcels waiting to be picked up from Parcel2Go (DHL) since the 12th December and only picked them up yesterday and today.
useless gits

thats bloody ridiculous