albion534
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Best friend is a postie. Worst thing they did was go private, used to love it, now hates it.
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[News] Royal Mail household delivery service.
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dejavuatbtn
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Like all our denationalised industries, it’s turning into a pile of poo. Shame for the people working there, because I think they really care about the business.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,897
It's the usual problem with a utility that is sold off. They can't maintain a service AND pay shareholders so something has to give and that is service levels. Happened across almost everything that was sold off in order to fund brief tax cuts. I fully expect a slimmed down Royal Mail that will collect from fewer postbox locations and deliver maybe twice a week....also fully expect a ramped up service for those willing to pay extra on certain items.
London Irish
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Another privatisation failure. But sadly, your vote at the next general election won't make any difference as both main parties are now ideologically committed to marketisation of these services, some democracy
I'm not sure it was *the worst* thing the post office has done recently....
Brian Fantana
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A pedant points out that Royal Mail and Post Office have been entirely separate for more than a decade. They’re essentially competing against each other in certain areas now too.
The results of the Ofcom review into the future of the postal service are due on Thursday, so we’ll get an interesting steer on the likely future.
Hard to tell what the service is like round my way as, I’m sure as most people these days, the vast majority of stuff that would have come through snail mail now comes online.
Only stuff I have specifically requested, letters from my gran. and the odd poll card comes through the letterbox these days.
Nothing I’m expecting seems to be delayed.
Only stuff I have specifically requested, letters from my gran. and the odd poll card comes through the letterbox these days.
Nothing I’m expecting seems to be delayed.
phoenix
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- May 18, 2009
- 2,605
" we only get 3 deliveries a week" Show off, I dream of the old days.
- Apr 19, 2018
- 1,874
It was my local post office moving into a shop where there were fewer counters, bigger queues and a more awkward location that meant I started using Evri instead of Royal Mail for parcels. I'm probably not the only one so it's interesting to know Post Office and Royal Mail are competitors.
Brian Fantana
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Post Office have now started selling DPD and Evri services as well as Royal Mail products.
In terms of how RM competes with PO, it is largely through their Click & Drop platform, which allows customers to purchase postage (and get a free collection from home) instead of going to the PO to do so. The benefit for RM is obviously not having to pay any commission or similar to PO.
You guys get post delivered?
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,315
you have post?
Shropshire Seagull
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I'll never use EVRI again! As Hermes they stole [lost] my laptop I sold for £400 on eBay and compo was a mere £20 - thieving bastards.
At least with Royal Mail 24 & 48 the compo is £150 - plus, I suspect their staff are generally more trustworthy ....
worthingseagull
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- Sep 28, 2011
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wasnt that because you didnt pay extra for the higher protection for an expensive item
I had exactly the same with them on an xbox that I sent, but I couldnt really argue as I sent it standard protection for £20 so had no real argument (other than their delivery driver was a thieving bastard - as you say)Brian Fantana
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Royal Mail could deliver on three days, regulator says
A report from the regulator has laid out options to save the UK's postal service money.
www.bbc.co.uk
Shropshire Seagull
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Yeah, but the extra insurance was another £40wasnt that because you didnt pay extra for the higher protection for an expensive item
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Not sure where it went missing exactly. It was scanned as collected from the drop off shop and never seen again.
HERMES / EVRI is an acronym of thieving bastards.
Agreed - I went through a spell of selling some old designer clothes bits on Vinted - the buyer pays for and chooses the service. One of the more expensive bits (a jumper sold for £120) got ‘damaged in transit’ and was destroyed apparently. Luckily Vinted reimburse both parties but to this day the only thing that never arrived
Neville's Breakfast
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They aren’t private. 100% owned by the Government which means you, me and everyone else. I don’t see it surviving. When the NHS catches up with the 21st century and stops sending letters we will hardly receive anything by post.
- Jul 10, 2003
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I really can't see the problem with RM going to 2/3 days a week deliveries. Is there really any possible justification for sending a person to every address in the UK every day in 2024 with the amount of actual mail and so many ways to get things delivered urgently 