Postal Service

[sime42]

So, we had some post today. The first delivery this year. Really. I didn't hear that they'd gone down to only fortnightly deliveries. 

 

Is it just the WM and Devon where the postal service has gone down the pan, or is this happening in other places as well? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, sime42 said:

So, we had some post today. The first delivery this year. Really. I didn't hear that they'd gone down to only fortnightly deliveries. 

 

Is it just the WM and Devon where the postal service has gone down the pan, or is this happening in other places as well? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My area is certainly less often than in times past, but still a few times a week.

 

I believe it is down to reduced amount of post and therefore it is no longer economical to deliver six times a week but the Universal Service Obligation means they have to by law.  In my opinion all we need is a strong government who amend the USO to three days a week.

 

Instead of course we have successive governments doing nothing and so we have this farce where everyone knows they no longer deliver six days a week, but officially they do.

[daveatdave]

the other week i was wating for a delivery from royal mail when i checked on their tracker it stated it had been delivered on Saturday; it did not get delivered till Monday. I think royal mail are fiddling the figures.     

[sime42]

49 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

My area is certainly less often than in times past, but still a few times a week.

 

I believe it is down to reduced amount of post and therefore it is no longer economical to deliver six times a week but the Universal Service Obligation means they have to by law.  In my opinion all we need is a strong government who amend the USO to three days a week.

 

Instead of course we have successive governments doing nothing and so we have this farce where everyone knows they no longer deliver six days a week, but officially they do.

 

Yes, I agree. It's been gradually running down for years. What we're seeing is a step change since Christmas though. Never had at least two weeks with no mail.

 

Royal Mail is now owned by a Czech billionaire I think. 

 

 

 

 

[Oldfeller]

I get mail whenever something has my name and address on it, 7 days a week. 

always been reliable.

[Mark_Skyland]

Royal mail have really let us down lately. They 'lost' a large amount of parcels over the Christmas period. They have let our customers down and it will cost us a couple of grand at the least.

 

 

 

 

 

[Steven P]

Apart from Amazon, I only tend to get bank statements through the post - usually all within the first week of the month. All digital otherwise, very rare to get an actual letter

[AHPP]

One massive danger is service of legal proceedings. There are timescales that start when a form is posted, not received. With a long enough postal delay, you could get sued and lose by default (by not replying) without ever knowing about it. 
 

Perhaps state business should be delivered by state postmen.

[AHPP]

Not enough people know about Lysander Spooner btw. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Letter_Mail_Company

 

[Mick Dempsey]

I have a visceral hatred of La Poste after they sent all of my original birth certificates and my parents marriage certificates to Tunisia instead of Ireland to be lost forever!

Recorded delivery as well!