Royal mail 1st class-absolute joke/illegal? - SV650.org

21-12-12, 12:22 PM

Doing secret Santa with family on Christmas day so ordered 3 items off ebay. Left it a little late so trawled through listings to find ones with royal mail 1st class available. Three times someone has sneaked a "sorry we missed you" through letterbox without a sound! Thought I'd caught him red handed yesterday, as I heard it drop onto laminate floor. Ran to door only to see him thrashing his car down the road. I ran to other side of road as it loops back toward me. I waved the card at him as he absolutely flew by pretending not to see me. Tried ringing the number all night from mid aft and could not get through! I heard about them doing this before but thought it was papers making it up. No wonder their profits are always down, I will avoid rather than choose them in future. Not even took to my local post office but main one in Halifax that has legendary parking problems. MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU ORANGE JACKETED HOLE!

Bibio · 21-12-12, 12:29 PM

no problems up here. in fact the opposite as the postie likes to chat

postal van/couriers are no problem either.

must be a Yorkshire thing.

Sir Trev · 21-12-12, 12:40 PM

It's happened to me too (Bucks). And my parents (Norfolk).

21-12-12, 12:49 PM

They rang our doorbell this morning with a package for...... another house on our road. They can't even count!!

L3nny · 21-12-12, 01:09 PM

My postie just leaves stuff on the doorstep and signs it himself. Left a computer on there all afternoon once!

Fallout · 21-12-12, 01:51 PM

Remember for every bad posty there is a good one ... that wasn't given the job.

21-12-12, 02:13 PM

Not our regular posties, they work in a pair on foot and in a post office red combi corsa. This 'individual' was in a small blue skoda.

21-12-12, 02:23 PM

Had Parcel Farce not deliver a parcel to me despite me being in. This happened 2 days in a row with no card left. I only knew about it as I checked on-line to find out where it was. Then he happened to leave it at the 3rd nearest post office to me. How the hell was I meant to guess that? Ended up driving all over the place to go to the closer 2 first. Then when I complained to the local depot, I never received a call back. Absolute joke. City link for me from now on as I don't want my customers having to go through the same thing.

LewSpeight · 21-12-12, 02:27 PM

Where are you Whitty? I'm in 'fax and never had issues with them. I agree about the savage parking wars down at the depot, but ya know.. Go on a bike?

21-12-12, 02:41 PM

Ripponden bud, just sold my road bike last week. Only got a racebike now. Argh!

21-12-12, 12:22 PM	#1
Whitty Guest Posts: n/a	Royal mail 1st class-absolute joke/illegal? Doing secret Santa with family on Christmas day so ordered 3 items off ebay. Left it a little late so trawled through listings to find ones with royal mail 1st class available. Three times someone has sneaked a "sorry we missed you" through letterbox without a sound! Thought I'd caught him red handed yesterday, as I heard it drop onto laminate floor. Ran to door only to see him thrashing his car down the road. I ran to other side of road as it loops back toward me. I waved the card at him as he absolutely flew by pretending not to see me. Tried ringing the number all night from mid aft and could not get through! I heard about them doing this before but thought it was papers making it up. No wonder their profits are always down, I will avoid rather than choose them in future. Not even took to my local post office but main one in Halifax that has legendary parking problems. MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU ORANGE JACKETED HOLE!

21-12-12, 12:29 PM	#2
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,569	Re: Royal mail 1st class-absolute joke/illegal? no problems up here. in fact the opposite as the postie likes to chat postal van/couriers are no problem either. must be a Yorkshire thing.

21-12-12, 12:40 PM	#3
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,479	Re: Royal mail 1st class-absolute joke/illegal? It's happened to me too (Bucks). And my parents (Norfolk). __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP!

21-12-12, 12:49 PM	#4
LankyIanB Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Royal mail 1st class-absolute joke/illegal? They rang our doorbell this morning with a package for...... another house on our road. They can't even count!!

21-12-12, 01:09 PM	#5
L3nny Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2008 Location: MK Posts: 2,111	My postie just leaves stuff on the doorstep and signs it himself. Left a computer on there all afternoon once! __________________ 2015 GS 1200 Adventure

21-12-12, 01:51 PM	#6
Fallout Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Basingstoke Posts: 2,983	Re: Royal mail 1st class-absolute joke/illegal? Remember for every bad posty there is a good one ... that wasn't given the job. __________________ MotoGoLoco - You knows it The Shed - Suzuki GSX-R 750 K1 \| Triumph Tiger 1050 K6 Fallout Bikes (VLogs, Tutorials, Bike Vids) Fallout Breakbeat (My Music)

21-12-12, 02:13 PM	#7
Whitty Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Royal mail 1st class-absolute joke/illegal? Not our regular posties, they work in a pair on foot and in a post office red combi corsa. This 'individual' was in a small blue skoda.

21-12-12, 02:23 PM	#8
phil24_7 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Royal mail 1st class-absolute joke/illegal? Had Parcel Farce not deliver a parcel to me despite me being in. This happened 2 days in a row with no card left. I only knew about it as I checked on-line to find out where it was. Then he happened to leave it at the 3rd nearest post office to me. How the hell was I meant to guess that? Ended up driving all over the place to go to the closer 2 first. Then when I complained to the local depot, I never received a call back. Absolute joke. City link for me from now on as I don't want my customers having to go through the same thing.

21-12-12, 02:27 PM	#9
LewSpeight Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halifax, UK Posts: 1,167	Where are you Whitty? I'm in 'fax and never had issues with them. I agree about the savage parking wars down at the depot, but ya know.. Go on a bike? __________________ BREAKING MY SV - CLICKY CLICKY You laugh at me because i am different.. ....................................I laugh harder because you are all the same.

21-12-12, 02:41 PM	#10
Whitty Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Royal mail 1st class-absolute joke/illegal? Ripponden bud, just sold my road bike last week. Only got a racebike now. Argh!

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