LimboBrit Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Yay! My Hatton's trunk shipment sent on 18th November has arrived. I'm not blaming Hatton's. To be honest, Royal Mail Priority Airmail doesn't actually specify whether its high or low priority. I should have asked. One lives and learns. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Today 3 items arrived in the post 4 cheap motors from China sent on the 7th (doing my best to take advantage of Chinese suberised postage, as I could not send an item for much less to China than I paid in total) 1 loco kit sent on the 11th 1 loco kit sent on the 12th Yesterday I received some items from the EMGS stores sent on Tuesday received on Thursday I guess postage is good to patchy but not disastrous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 After a more or less complete seizure we have started to get post this week - firstly 3 parcels due last week, then a record and today some letters from December. Everything outstanding is now 'packet' post which presumably unless it has been sent by a tracked service is lowest priority. Although a minor issue in context with everything else, the frustrating thing is that these packets contain various items for the projects I am trying to do during lockdown - I can't go out, there are no shops or exhibitions to get these in person from that I can legally travel to and now the postal service fails so I can't even get them sent 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2021 Perhaps this article explains some of the regional and local delays? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cessna152towser Posted January 15, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2021 After a break of about a month, I bought 3 eBay items last weekend. One from north of England delivered by Hermes on Wednesday. One from Peters Spares, Warrington, delivered by Royal Mail yesterday (Thursday). One from Bradford are postcode, delivered by Royal Mail today (Friday). Looks like the situation may be easing, outside of the areas referenced in the link posted by DIW above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 Two parcels posted in Manchester on 2nd December arrived here in Kerry yesterday. Late Christmas presents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2021 Personal record for me, a letter containing decals, posted in Ohio United States on the 9th got here just five days later!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I had a package sent from Lcut (Gloustershire), which he had hoped to get in the post on Monday, it was delivered yesterday (Friday) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Jonboy Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2021 Parcels seem to getting through very quickly, letters and magazines seem to be a separate round with only a single delivery since new year here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2021 At the moment I only see the postman twice a week if I am lucky. Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2021 Saturday deliveries around here seem to have been abandoned. Box outside is usually emptied late morning/lunchtime after the deliveries are done, this morning it was done well before 9 am... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2021 We seem to be suffering from Royal Mail 'drop a card through and run' or courier throw it towards the house and drive off in our town recently. This appeared on the local Facebook page 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Hermes are still charging extra if you require a signature but nobody is signing anything any more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 7 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: Hermes are still charging extra if you require a signature but nobody is signing anything any more. Royal Mail are still charging for a 1st class service, how many items arrive the next day. Why not have 1 basic service plus the recorded options ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2021 8 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: Hermes are still charging extra if you require a signature but nobody is signing anything any more. Here it seems to be unsigned leave it on the drive and run, signed for put it against front door, take photo and run. Useful for a recent mis-delivery as I was able to walk down the road with the picture on my phone until I matched the house. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosland Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 The problem I have noticed is people are not using the doorbell, for fear of contracting something. If you don't hear the knock (just once) the parcel could be left outside for some time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) I don't think it's Covid, as they weren't ringing before all that. I have some sympathy for delivery drivers who have decided that so many doorbells don't work, so it's not worth the bother. When visiting houses I don't know I have sometimes noticed that a new doorbell has been installed but they didn't remove the old bellpush - so you don't know which (if any) is working. And as for blocks of flats, quite often there's half a dozen unlabelled bells! I like big knockers. There's a lot to be said for those old fashioned cast iron ones that are loud enough to waken the dead. Having said that, I've installed a Ring doorbell that you don't need to press - it works by proximity, but that type of bell isn't suitable for all houses. Edited January 19, 2021 by Michael Hodgson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: Having said that, I've installed a Ring doorbell that you don't need to press - it works by proximity, but that type of bell isn't suitable for all houses. Ding . Answer the door No, It's just another passing cat/dog Edited January 19, 2021 by melmerby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 4 hours ago, hayfield said: Royal Mail are still charging for a 1st class service, how many items arrive the next day. Why not have 1 basic service plus the recorded options ? After no deliveries for nearly 2 weeks the backlog seems to have been cleared. The first delivery of mail included NHS marked envelopes plus those with 1st class stamps, some of which had been sent in December. The next day the 2nd class post arrived. So in this case 1st class meant delivery in 3 weeks, whereas 2nd class meant 3 weeks and one day...... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, melmerby said: Ding . Answer the door No, It's just another passing cat/dog Not if you adjust the sensitivity correctly. The cat comes and yowls at the kitchen window when he wants in! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 40 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: I don't think it's Covid, as they weren't ringing before all that. I have some sympathy for delivery drivers who have decided that so many doorbells don't work, so it's not worth the bother. When visiting houses I don't know I have sometimes noticed that a new doorbell has been installed but they didn't remove the old bellpush - so you don't know which (if any) is working. And as for blocks of flats, quite often there's half a dozen unlabelled bells! I like big knockers. There's a lot to be said for those old fashioned cast iron ones that are loud enough to waken the dead. Having said that, I've installed a Ring doorbell that you don't need to press - it works by proximity, but that type of bell isn't suitable for all houses. Michael In my area its the delivery drivers for Hermes that are the problem. Despite being in one of the Royal Mail quoted affected areas our postie has been brilliant. !! DHL seemed fine, had a delivery last week But Hermes !!!! 4 deliveries in the past 4 months, 2 were left at wrong addresses. Hermes both times sent photos to prove they delivered the item correctly to my property, trouble is neither were of my front door. Hermes keep claiming both were delivered correctly to my house, despite both photos having different front doors and nothing like the photos I sent them as proof. Hermes even made the BBC Rip off Brittan program today, with many people suffering exactly the same. Nothing to do with corvid !! just delivery drivers who cannot read addresses properly or cannot be bothered to deliver items and a company who make Ryan Air customer services look good. They should be stripped of their licence to operate 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platform 1 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, hayfield said: drivers for Hermes that are the problem I think it's another postcode lottery, because our regular Hermes man is brilliant. Always cheerful, keeps his distance, nothing's too much trouble, even accepting the occasional outbound package for us. But on the rare occasions someone else delivers, it's a different story! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2021 I seem to be doing alrightwith RM & Hermes. A RM package posted in Hounslow Friday afternoon arrived with Yesterday's post A largish Hermes parcel arrived today, the seller's website Yesterday said "preparing order", it's only come from the next county though (Warwickshire) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiles Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) On 22/12/2020 at 21:24, J. S. Bach said: One really only "needs" oxygen, water, food in that order, anything else is just a "want". How about the catheters my daughter uses? Are they a "want" too? Because they're sent (and repeatedly lost/delivered late) by Royal Mail. Without going into too much detail without them she's on a quick path to sepsis. Things aren't always quite so back and white. Edited January 19, 2021 by admiles 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Still waiting on my Christmas present, a book mailed from the UK Nov 30th. Brian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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