The Royal Mail are useless pr*cks - discuss

[happypig]

Reluctantly have to agree, I bought a bit of diving kit off a bloke and he sent it Special Delivery so I could track it. It went from being "out for delivery" to "we could not deliver the item" which was crap because I'd been in all the time. No card left either. I went to the collection office and they said it was returned address unknown. They are supposed to hold SD items for a week before doing this but nope, it had gone. Cnuts

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Where I lived in Charlton, you would regularly see postmen drop in a card without bothering to knock on the door. Don't get me started on dropping hundreds of red elastic bands on a daily basis.

 

[Simster]

Controversially, I haven't had too many problems with Royal Mail - well not until the past week anyway. It seems that everybody I know is waiting anxiously on their internet/home delivery shopping to arrive and it's taking ages.

 

[Southstandfaithful]

I'm waiting on a CD that was posted from Surrey on Wednesday the 8th December and also a trumpet mute that was posted from New Zealand on the 10th November......someones Xmas is going to be crap!

 

[Chicken Run]

Controversially, myself and the Mrs did ALL our Christmas shopping this year the old fashioned way and tbf I'm feeling fairly smug at the moment listening to the whining in my office about lack of delivery yet!!!

 

[Bobby's Gull]

Don't know what you're all moaning about, my postie even cooks and cleans, and today he bought me some flowers. Top service Royal Mail.

 

[SittingbourneSeagull]

Bought a game last Thursday on Amazon.
Estimated delivery date: 13th of Dec
It still hasn't come.

That is Amazons estimated delivery date!

I sell alot of records through my web site and ebay and I have to say I have only had 2 items go missing in 10 years.

Just my opinion but I think for the amount we pay they are pretty good. Sent a parcel 1st class to Northern Ireland last Wednesday. Arrived Thursday.

 

[Trufflehound]

Don't know what you're all moaning about, my postie even cooks and cleans, and today he bought me some flowers. Top service Royal Mail.

I daresay you pay more than 39p for that kind of service...

 

[Biscuit]

Reluctantly have to agree, I bought a bit of diving kit off a bloke and he sent it Special Delivery so I could track it. It went from being "out for delivery" to "we could not deliver the item" which was crap because I'd been in all the time. No card left either. I went to the collection office and they said it was returned address unknown. They are supposed to hold SD items for a week before doing this but nope, it had gone. Cnuts

That's terrible. Sue them!

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I've honestly never had a problem with Royal Mail but there you go. I tend not to buy anything off the internet anyway as I prefer to be able to just go and get it from the shops.

 

[Normal Rob]

my wife says that the postman gives her a great service every other Tuesday.

 

[trueblue]

What is there to discuss?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Don't know what you're all moaning about, my postie even cooks and cleans, and today he bought me some flowers. Top service Royal Mail.

my wife says that the postman gives her a great service every other Tuesday.

It sounds as though you have the same postman.

 

[readingstockport]

I actually think most postal workers generally aren't that bad. Mine however has taken all the incompetence off every other postal worker in the Reading area and concentrated it all in his useless f***ing body.

 

[Norman Potting]

I live in between the post sorting office and a fire station.

I get mail for the fire station clearly addressed to 'The Fire Brigade'.

Now if it isnt enough that the postperson must walk past the fire station every day and think 'Oh theres a fire station', when they put the mail through my door dont they think 'This is a shit fire station, it hasnt got any fire engines, any of those big doors or a tower thing to practice on. The place next door would be far more suitable, but this must be the place'.

 

[Bobby's Gull]

It sounds as though you have the same postman.

Hopefully not if Normal Rob lives in Somerset!

 

[Neil]

Bought a game last Thursday on Amazon.
Estimated delivery date: 13th of Dec
It still hasn't come.

maybe Amazon , they say its in the post to pass the buck and blame Royal Mail

 

[Neil]

A lot of these other new delivery firms are having problems and if you think Royal Mail aren't up to scratch these new ones are abysmal,
Royal Mail get bad press sometimes but its not their fault most times, ok you have the odd bad apple postman but most are sound.
A lot of compasnies order through the new delivery firms but they get Royal mail to deliver the last mile and the postman gets the flack for a late packet when it is neither the postmen or Royal Mails fault. We get blamed for late bank statements when they are outsourced and then given back to RM at 2p an item to deliver

 

[Spun Cuppa]

My postman is great. He delivered a badly addressed letter I was expecting to me, just going on the postcode! 10/10

 

[readingstockport]

A lot of these other new delivery firms are having problems and if you think Royal Mail aren't up to scratch these new ones are abysmal,
Royal Mail get bad press sometimes but its not their fault most times, ok you have the odd bad apple postman but most are sound.
A lot of compasnies order through the new delivery firms but they get Royal mail to deliver the last mile and the postman gets the flack for a late packet when it is neither the postmen or Royal Mails fault. We get blamed for late bank statements when they are outsourced and then given back to RM at 2p an item to deliver

They 'dont get royal mail to deliver the last mile'. By law royal mail have the delivery of the last mile of all post of a certain kind. Such as letters and the like.