Between 11th and 20th.october...I ordered 3 items from a Newcastle supplier...to be delivered to a SE London address...yesterday(20th.November)...I received a calling card to say "2" items were"too big for letter box"has been returned to my"LOCAL" delivery office...when I lined up in the "crowded" pickup point...I Noticed that not many people were getting their parcels,even though some people had cards they had from last friday?...when I got told my 2 packets werent there...I asked...where are they then?...they said "Battersea main office in SW London"?...since their phone line is never answered...this means that I could be waiting for days...trying to get my goods...which doesnt give me any confidence in their system?...whats going to happen at Christmas?...anyone else out there think "MAYBE"?...the post office should stand down and let someone else have a go?...
2007-11-20 20:25:27 · 5 answers · asked by djave djarvoo 'djas originel 5 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
PS..apologies for the the mood of my question!...this will alter when I can understand why?...my un-delivered parcels were sent to a central london office?...instead of my local office(as stated on delivery pick up card)...this means I have to give it "more than" the 24 hours turn round they they "ticked" on their collection card!...bearing in mind they do not answer my "local" office phone?...for obvious reasons...
2007-11-20 22:13:49 · update #1
Got it at last!...apparently the postman put a red elastic band around the 2 jiffy bags...had he separated them???...they would have gone through my letter box!...ah well there's one born every minute....
2007-11-23 00:13:49 · update #2
When you say the Post Office I think you mean Royal Mail. The Post Office is a subsidary of Royal Mail & has nothing to do with delivering mail.
Royal Mail Group Ltd
Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. Historically, the General Post Office was a government department, which included — and still does — the Royal Mail delivery business; but it became The Post Office, a state-owned corporation, in 1969 and then a Public Limited Company wholly owned by HM Government in 2000. The name initially registered with Companies House was Consignia plc.
This new name was, in part, aimed at ending the confusion that had existed between the the terms The Post Office (the whole organisation) and Post Offices (the customer accessible counters). Another reason was to have a unique name for the international market. This new name was unpopular with employees, the unions and the general public; and Consignia plc became Royal Mail Group plc in 2002.
Unlike other former state monopolies such as The Stationery Office, British Gas and British Telecom, Royal Mail was not privatised in the 1980s and 1990s, but remains a public limited company wholly owned by the UK government. This was largely due to the successful campaigning of the Communication Workers Union on behalf of its postal members.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Mail is Post Office Limited, which operates the national network of post offices. As the activities of Royal Mail have been reduced, so the network of post offices has contracted, much to the consternation of local communities, which rely on their services.
Royal Mail remains responsible for the universal mail collection and delivery service in the UK. Letters are deposited in a pillar or wall box, taken to a post office, or (by arrangement) collected in bulk from businesses. Deliveries are made at least once every day (except Sundays and Bank Holidays) at uniform charges for all destinations within the UK.
According to its annual report for the year ended 26 March 2006, Royal Mail delivers 84 million items every working day and has a network of 14,376 post offices. Revenue for the year was £9.056 billion, and profits before tax were £312 million
2007-11-20 21:38:05 · answer #1 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
God knows whats up with the mail lately! Last Thursday I had a card through my door saying I had a Packet that was to big to go through the letterbox and that it would be taken to my local post office too. I rang to rearrange delivery but couldn't get through so in the end I went on their website (www.royalmail.com/redelivery) and it was supposed to be delivered Monday 19th, but Saturday morning 8:30am the postman was banging my door down - it was lucky I was in!
2007-11-20 23:40:28 · answer #2 · answered by YeahYeahYeah 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If the lazy workshy postal workers spent as much effort in doing their jobs as they spent on picket lines, then the mail service in the UK might struggle to get to a third-class level.
2007-11-21 06:09:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That's nothing.........I sent a parcel to London. I put and extra letter in the postcode by mistake but it had the right city...the right part of the city.....the right road.....the right industrial estate...the right unit and the right door number.....BUT THEY LOST MY PARCEL. I just sent another. Posted it 5 days ago....it cost me 3 pounds 90 pence.......and it still ain't posted. I heard a stupid story once about a kid who sent an xmas card to her Granny....top of the road by a church in Tavistock Deven. It got there. DONT BELIEVE THESE STORIES.....THEY ARE LIES.
2015-09-28 07:53:02 · answer #4 · answered by BUDDHA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
would you like to nominate someone else?
if you sent stuff in strikes... you're lucky to know where it is! i lost post. sure, it's certainly not perfect... but it's pretty much what we've got. even other post companies use royal mail to actually deliver post
2007-11-20 21:12:14 · answer #5 · answered by sunshine_mel 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋