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postal service

On 14 Dec 2009 at 3:17pm wanderer wrote:

Is it just me or is the post getting slower and slower or is our postie on tea break.....
5 times now ive come home to find parcels dumped on my door step everytime i complain and still it happens ??

On 14 Dec 2009 at 4:57pm Bunter wrote:

Our postman is great. I think you're getting parcel post mixed up with letters and packages - they're not the same people you know.

On 14 Dec 2009 at 5:38pm spongebob wrote:

No probs with our posties either....always stop for a brief chat and are hard working in all weathers.

On 14 Dec 2009 at 6:08pm wanderer wrote:

hmmm ok thanks for updates... nothing gone missing tho

On 14 Dec 2009 at 6:12pm caffeine wrote:

Wanderer...you wouldn't happen to be in Malling would you? We've had many items dumped on our doorstep in all weather conditions (not by our regular postie,who's great I hasten to add)

On 14 Dec 2009 at 7:14pm wanderer wrote:

not saying where i am but i have to admit its only when our reg postie is off which seems to be all the time unless they are moving them around the rounds
and yeah post sosking wet left on door step or under wet mat

On 14 Dec 2009 at 9:52pm Jimbo wrote:

If your expecting a package why not be home to receive it?
If not possible due to work which is understandable.
Leave a note for the postie to leave it with a neighbour.
Or arrange for it to be delivered to another address.
If your buying valuable stuff or the packages are in eye-site to passers by surely you would want to consider one of the above suggestions?
Im sorry but the greater percentage of people who are expecting a package make sure they have an arrangement with someone to make sure the package is received and safe.

On 14 Dec 2009 at 10:14pm Long Distance Whelker wrote:

The service provided by the Post Office has deteriorated since second delivery was abolished a few years ago (and more recently by the abolition of the Sunday collection).
Notwithstanding, our postman always provides a great service (thanks Brian).

On 14 Dec 2009 at 10:34pm caffeine wrote:

Jimbo...so you've expecting your package to be delivered,it doesn't arrive,so you wait the next day....it doesn't arrive,the postman can deliver anytime between 8am and 12:30 pm,I'm not waiting around all day for him to maybe deliver something! Standard practice if we are out,is for the postie to take it back to the sorting office if none of our neighbours are in!
Sadly,having the same postman everyday is a thing of the past,so service has become very inconsistent!

On 14 Dec 2009 at 11:30pm Jimbo wrote:

Organise it for it to be delievered somewhere else, isn't to difficult.
I get mine delievered to the mother in law's, at least she has one use!

On 15 Dec 2009 at 8:00am Bunter wrote:

What annoys me is the postman/woman being blamed for the service - the decisions are made by top management whose only real interest is getting the service privatised so they can become millionaires.

On 15 Dec 2009 at 10:34am wanderer wrote:

jimbo have you not heard of ebay sellers will NOT deliver the item to another address as they are not covered by insurance.. and some mail order companies will only deliver to card address to prevent fraud...
and leaving a note just adds to the fact saying im not in please break in you may as well leave a key under the mat.. i respect the postie its not their fault
did anyone see panorama last night filmed at gatwick and burgess hill
Fact is rounds too long so stuff gets delivered on quieter days
had parcels on sunday thumbs up to the person paying the overtime