They have just started a 48 hour strike today, there will be another 24 hour strike on Monday which means that there will be no mail in the UK until next Wednesday at the earliest. Can I file for compensation due to loss of funds?
2007-10-04 05:54:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I'm interested to know why you would lose funds? If you are sending parcels or letters could you use a courier or parcel delivery company? Money will transfer as normal via banks unless its cheques you are expecting.
Could you clarfiy please?
2007-10-04 06:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by Tartan Duck 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they do not give a guarantee to deliver letters at any particular time, strike or no strike. Then the legal fees in suing them, and the potential liability you might have to pay the Royal Mail's costs should be a deterrent to you. You would also have difficulty in showing what loss you had suffered. If the funds arrive after nest Wednesday, all you will have lost will be the interest - negligible, I assume. If they don't arrive at all, you would be in great difficulty in proving that the reason they had not was the strike. Sorry, but i think you will have to grin and bear it, and consider joining something like the Document Exchange scheme.
2007-10-04 06:08:37 · answer #2 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi this is a well used trick there are postal strikes going on but even still you wonder if they are honest or not. Claim forms can be picked up from post office or downloaded online they will also post you one if you phone them yoiu will have to wait approx 3 weeks before they will allow the claim if you are a personnal seller you can claim back the sale value if you are a business seller you will need proof of the original value of the item (cost) if you can not prove the value you will only get back stamps as said the claim form is a pain to fill in and the other party will be sent a letter if they do not respond to the letter you may not get back a penny if you are not sending by recorded you need to ask for a certificate of proof of posting not just the receipt I send everything by recorded it is only 75p extra
2016-05-20 23:14:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loss of funds from what exactly? Unless you have a direct contract with them that they are in breach of then I don't see how you are going to sue.
There are other mail carriers, methods of paying other than 'the cheque's in the post', so although they are inconveniencing you (which is the entire point of strike action!) they have not got a monopoly on messing up your finances.
The Benefits Agency have made contingency plans so that giros will be paid on time too.
2007-10-04 06:05:41 · answer #4 · answered by annie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When i first started delivering mail we took out giro,s Thats not the case anymore as most things are direct debit.What could you possably be losing,if its buisness cheques every
one will be the same including the bank so whats the problem trouble is compensation is a new word for payrise Stay Lucky
2007-10-04 08:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to prove that you lost money due to the strike as they wont give you something willy nilly. If you can do this then you might have a leg to stand on, but i suspect you would have to involve solicitors or legal threats of court action, as Royal Mail are notorius for not paying up for insured parcels that go missing, so to ask for compo for another reason would be more complicated.
My advice is unless its alot of money then dont waste your time, it will only drain more of your money and time.
2007-10-04 06:07:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats possible if it was a special or recorded delivery.Just phone the local office for information.
2007-10-04 08:05:02 · answer #7 · answered by mr.bigz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try if you want to but somehow I don't think it will work. When it comes to strikes they only care about themselves.
2007-10-04 07:35:12 · answer #8 · answered by Sparky 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it's not but think positive, no bill for a few days either yeahhh
2007-10-04 06:02:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i suppose you could, everybody is claiming compo for something these days
2007-10-04 06:01:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋