That's another two parcels gone missing

[Shewie]

Can't be bothered going into it but a certain postal delivery firm, who drive round in red vans with black and white cats in, have managed to "lose" another two parcels of mine.
One was a xmas present for my niece and the other some books for me which I'm not to bothered about.

I think that brings it to six now for the year.

 

[Mesquite]

bummer Rich. Do you use recorded for them?

 

[Shewie]

They were all parcels coming to me Steve

I always send recorded myself now as I've been stung too many times.

The senders will get refunded no doubt but it just riles me. It seems unless you request a signature at the other end it's just a lottery as to whether they get delivered or "go missing".

I've now got to go into Leeds on the last weekend before xmas and find something for an eleven year old girl

 

[Bushwhacker]

Tell me about it. Last week I sent some money for something via next day registered post - cost me nearly £5 - it didn't get to the chap for 3 days. Goods were sent Tuesday morning to arrive by this morning 1st class and guess what?.................

 

[Mesquite]

That's even worse.

I had an argument with a supplier who said it had been delivered and they had a signature to prove it. When I checked it wasn't mine or the wifes signature but they wouldn't believe me without a fight.

I've now got to go into Leeds on the last weekend before xmas and find something for an eleven year old girl

Money goes down very well at that age

 

[timboggle]

Sorry to Hear that Rich, had a few dramas myself this year with the postal service, had a howler were the postie put a 'you weren't in note' through the door when I was, collared him and he didn't have the actual parcel with him.

very frustrating, I know how you feel mate

 

[firecrest]

 

[Bushwhacker]

I sincerely hope that there are plenty of Royal Mail employees who have booked a BA flight for the Christmas period - see how they feckin like it.

 

[launditch1]

What i can never understand is how they can 'lose' a parcel?
Ive had stuff arrive from the states quicker than i have first class here...

 

[EdS]

I prefer RM - we've a brilliant postie.

They are the only ones that haven't lost a parcel to here or not bothered venturing this far.

 

[hiho]

takes 4 days for my mate to get a first class letter delivered. from the post box next to a sorting office 2 miles down the road.

i've lost 3 parcels so far this year and 1 last year

 

[helixpteron]

Sorry to hear that Rich, but I'd not put too much faith in Recorded Delivery, as I've had two RD parcels vanish, one to Rapidboy, the other to Greenman Bushcraft.

I've also had three RD letters vanish. No response from Royal Mail to the numerous claim forms either! All vanished within a short time of each other.

Because of these problems, I sent a BCUK member a parcel by Special Delivery, PM'd him to confirm that he'd have it by 13:00 the next day. He waited for it, only to discover that they delivered it a day late, whilst he was out, so they took it back to the sorting office.

I too have received gear bought from the US, faster and cheaper than from the UK.

A while back, Radio 4 had an interview with some guy from Royal Mail whom stated that 12 million 'items' were reported as missing.

That's an annual figure!

 

[SimonM]

Sorry to here that Rich, it seems that the standard of serice just keeps getting worse.

Lost loads on the glow stick group buy I ran ... these days I only send Special Delivery to avoid that happening.

Parcel Force = Parcel Farce in my book.

Simon

 

[tenderfoot]

I prefer RM - we've a brilliant postie.

They are the only ones that haven't lost a parcel to here or not bothered venturing this far.

Wow! You have Ray Mears for your postman?

 

[Melonfish]

Ah now see shewie this is where you stomp into your local sorting office and have a small informal chat with the manager there about how many parcels have mysteriously gone missing whilst on route to you.
don't let them pull that "it never got to this depo" business but ask to quetly have things looked into.
i did this after some parcels i was expecting decided not to show up, unsurprisingly they showed up not long after my talk with the manger type.

current postie is no problems at least but i avoid doing anything that isn't recorded/special deliv and i avoid the likes of Parcel Farce like the plague, won't tell you how many airsoft deliveries have been either trashed or went missing from the guys on the other forums and its no laughing matter when you've ordered £300 worth of stuff from japan and its made it all the way over here, through customs and whatnot unscathed only to be annihilated by an incompetent delivery service a mere 10 miles from your house...

 

[tobes01]

I've had two no-shows on recorded delivery this year, and at least four recorded delivery packages that took ten days or more to arrive. The most recent one was my driving license being sent to a certain government establishment, that took three weeks to arrive. In the meantime I'd had to declare it as lost, apply and pay for a new one, and apply and pay for CIFAS protective registration.

Mind you, it could be worse - it could be SPS (I think since gone bust) who were the main delivery agents for the passport service and open university, who simply didn't bother delivering, but instead sent a letter saying they had your package, please come to the branch conveniently sited 10 miles away. On one occasion Business Post - who hadn't bothered trying to find my house for several days - finally said 'we're going to park at the end of the road, you come and find us in the next ten minutes'.

It makes me rather sad to see Royal Mail going this way, but if they're going to develop the sort of suicidal tendencies that would make BA staff envious, then so be it...

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

I had one ebay package not arrive, it was a rare collectors item which I wanted for my Gracie Fields collection. I got a refund but it will never make up for the lost and my trust in the post.

 

[Shewie]

It sounds like I'm not the only one, so what are the alternatives then ?

I like the convenience of walking into a post office in any town/village, handing over a parcel and expecting it to actually arrive where you're sending it to. Is that too much to ask ?

So what happens to all these parcels that go AWOL, are they just slung in a cage in the corner of a sorting office somewhere and left to rot. Do the employees get to then open them up and share them out between themselves ? Are they just incinerated ?
Does Mr Postie in his delivery van just snaffle a few and take them home from time to time ?

I work in the retail sector and know if we lost anywhere near the number of parcels RM do we'd have gone out of business twenty years ago.

 

[Pandabean]

Sorry to hear that man. Earlier this year I got a letter from Royal Mail saying mail had been stolen from a van a few months earlier and they had found it eventually however the majority of it had been burnt. So I went up and collected it and what they had wasnt even salvageable, one was a bill which was in better condition. Why couldnt they have destroyed that and left my other letters alone .

I havent had anything go missing yet *touches wood*.

The other day I did have a package coming & got the usual red card "It was to big to fit through" so I got it redilvered when my girlfirend was in and they put it through the letterbox. Makes you wonder how bothered they can be.

I wonder who else will go on strike now (you will understand more if you live in Aberdeen)....seems they like holding the public to ransom

 

[Bushwhacker]

If I end up throttling a post worker, I know how to permanently get rid of the body.
I'll stick it in a box and mail it.