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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Taxi_Driver on 28 February 2009, 00:17:34
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Not sure what to do now....
I think i get frequently post returned to sender...as non deliverable...
I have complained to my local sorting office....several times
Sometimes i get my mail....other times i dont
I have had letters from my mortgage comp returned (advising on interest rate changes)....discovered after phone calls to them....after changing my mortgage over the phone and never getting the paperwork to sign (i have now)
Latest prob is my elec and gas bill.....will have to check with southern elec....but it looks like my orignal gas and leccy bill got returned deliverable.....as i recieved in the post today....what looks like black and white copies of the bills and ive now missed the discount date for early payment. >:(
Other things i have noticed is 'sig required' mail just gets shoved through my letterbox.....not signed for
Is there somewhere else i can complain apart from local sorting office?? :-/
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Sounds like your postman is as rubbish as ours. We get most of next door's mail. What is it about the number 3 on our door that's so hard to grasp? >:(
Kevin
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If they dont care now what will the service be like if they sell it off. :-/
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........looks like black and white copies of the bills.....
I would be very worried by this..........hints at the originals being used for identity theft........
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........looks like black and white copies of the bills.....
I would be very worried by this..........hints at the originals being used for identity theft........
Change all your accounts to online ones and if you think it could be ID theft, then confirm with sender if they were copies or not, then if they wernt then I might be tempted to advise your banks and plod to be safe, of get your banks to issue new cards to make attemps harder expecially if they have copied bank details.
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our post is crap and the postman is a right arsehole
when i had my bulbs off flebay it clearly said fragile do not crush on the packet and the t**t was ramming it in to the letter box for 5 mins before he rang the door bell
we have alot of post go missing mainly gas and electric bills we are on pre payment meters and used to get the odd bill just saying the payments we have made we aint had none for ages
best thing is to complain to your post ofice and if your worry about id theft which i know i would be that get straight in touch with you bank and the company you use for your bills etc and possibly pop into your local plod shop and see what they say to help you with
hope it all works out ok for you mate :y
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There was a story on the local news a couple of days ago about an Ipswich postman who had "held back" 70,000 items of post over 2 years. Don't know what he did with the stuff...
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There was a story on the local news a couple of days ago about an Ipswich postman who had "held back" 70,000 items of post over 2 years. Don't know what he did with the stuff...
sounds like id theft was planned :-?
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Nah - I got the impression he was just too bloody idle to walk round delivering it... :)
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Nah - I got the impression he was just too bloody idle to walk round delivering it... :)
or there's that
a while ago on the news i think there was a postman that used to stick all the post he had to deliver back in the post box for return to sender so he didn't have to deliver it
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well going by 1 of my mates who was a postman before he got the sack. if he was running late what was left in his bag was binned. he lost 3 full bags one day when he had a hangover, didnt know where he put them. then a woman rang the sorting office to say she found them in her garden. nothing was done about it, just got a ticking off and carried on as usual.
if i get anyones mail, straight in the bin. not my problem :)
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well going by 1 of my mates who was a postman before he got the sack. if he was running late what was left in his bag was binned. he lost 3 full bags one day when he had a hangover, didnt know where he put them. then a woman rang the sorting office to say she found them in her garden. nothing was done about it, just got a ticking off and carried on as usual.
if i get anyones mail, straight in the bin. not my problem :)
i give it back to the postman and tell him to get his specs on
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well going by 1 of my mates who was a postman before he got the sack. if he was running late what was left in his bag was binned. he lost 3 full bags one day when he had a hangover, didnt know where he put them. then a woman rang the sorting office to say she found them in her garden. nothing was done about it, just got a ticking off and carried on as usual.
if i get anyones mail, straight in the bin. not my problem :)
i give it back to the postman and tell him to get his specs on
when i moved in here 3 yrs ago, i got about 15 letters a day for this bloke who lived here, kept sending back but it went on for about a yr. so i decided to open them. all from banks, a lot of debts in thousands. so i rang every one up and told them he doesnt live here and i was told he was murdered in this flat 6 months before i moved in. they still send them. and you wonder why banks are in such a mess. useless incompetent staff who are totally brain dead.
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Not sure what to do now....
I think i get frequently post returned to sender...as non deliverable...
I have complained to my local sorting office....several times
Sometimes i get my mail....other times i dont
I have had letters from my mortgage comp returned (advising on interest rate changes)....discovered after phone calls to them....after changing my mortgage over the phone and never getting the paperwork to sign (i have now)
Latest prob is my elec and gas bill.....will have to check with southern elec....but it looks like my orignal gas and leccy bill got returned deliverable.....as i recieved in the post today....what looks like black and white copies of the bills and ive now missed the discount date for early payment. >:(
Other things i have noticed is 'sig required' mail just gets shoved through my letterbox.....not signed for
Is there somewhere else i can complain apart from local sorting office?? :-/
I have exactly the same problem except I sometimes get other peoples mail but not my own!!!
After 5 years I've given up complaining and get most stuff sent to my parents address!!! As for gas & elec bills I've gone paperless.
Good luck with yours!
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please people stop having a go at the postie
sometimes it not the regular person and someone who covers the duty more often other people prep the deliver before some poor postman has to deliver it and when out all they check is the number and not the road because they rely on the others to get it right
years ago there was plenty of time to check and make sure items were deliverd right but no more
as for your probs most of the bills and alike are processed by tnt and mail fast and other companys and not royal mail all they do is deliver the stuff at a loss so its now not only down to royal mail
u could complain but moral is so low at the moment that it wont matter to the postman or his manager because were all waiting for the time when where made redundant inc me i have 23 years service in at the moment and just live from week to week now
oh and the number is
08457 740 740
sorry for the rant
:y
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I've got to say in defence to 'the postie', that our postman in Kingstanding, Birmingham is great!
He kept going through all the bad weather, and always gets our bills and 'demands for money' into our letter box.
In our case I wish to say a big "Thanks" to him :y :y :y
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I've got to say in defence to 'the postie', that our postman in Kingstanding, Birmingham is great!
He kept going through all the bad weather, and always gets our bills and 'demands for money' into our letter box.
In our case I wish to say a big "Thanks" to him :y :y :y
there are some good postie's and some bad one's
we got one of the bad one's
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I've got to defend the postie... Mine's superb and very helpful! Couldn't ask for any better TBH!
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Fair comment Andyb but then if the BAD posties acted more responsibly maybe the company wouldnt be in trouble.....its in trouble for a reason mate !!
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Our usual post man is VERY good.....when hes off though its a bloody disgrace with parcels going missing or not being delivered until the regular guy gets back.
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we had a postie round our way get done for hoarding mail. he hid it in his loft and buggered off home early.
he was sacked but not done for any underhand dealings with the mail directly............ :-?
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Fair comment Andyb but then if the BAD posties acted more responsibly maybe the company wouldnt be in trouble.....its in trouble for a reason mate !!
in responce its not down to the general work force we do what we are told and in less time all deliveries were planned out and timed so for a rough example
say 15 yrs ago a postie would have 400 calls to deliver in 3hrs then management decided to save money and take jobs out so the postie delivery increased from 400 to 500 and this has been going on untill now the average postie delivers to 750 houses every day in the 3 hrs
its a mixture of bad bosses and the goverment
because royla mail is owned by the goverment when we were making profit the goverment takes a % of the total no matter what and it sets the figure for the next year so if the company makes £500 they take %50 so the company take £250 but the figure has been set for the next yr of 50% so if they make a loss of £10 they still have to give the goverment %50 of the £500 from the pre year there for making the post work at a loss for yrs
your bills ie electric are collected by tnt at 30p each where royal mail would charge 31p each
tnt then deliver all the letter to the Royal mail and we have to deliver them at 15p each givin tnt a 15p proffit and all they do is collect from the posting office and deliver to a royal mail office where they are sorted and delivered to every house in the uk for 15p these figure were set by postcom every bill rm deliver is at a loss
next time u get your post just look at where the stamp would be and you will see just how much is going through a third party
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oh and i am not defendin the crap posties out there
there are a few bad ones about but 99% are good honest and reliable but as with any work place there are good and bad
just dont tar all of us the same
:y
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It could be much worse. Here is what it is like if you live in the country in Spain.
Postboxes few and far between one per village if you are lucky. They should get emptied each week day but often don't.
Deliveries. To a local point e.g. a bar or a shop. You have to go and collect. Deliveries are made once and sometimes twice a week except in the summer when it is too hot, the postman is away on holiday or if the postman is poorly. then there are none. Signed for stuff you have to call at the postmans house 3 miles away at 11.00 a.m. on the dot otherwise he is out (in the bar).
Recently we wanted to send a few photos to an uncle but also wanted to write a few lines. So we went to the nearest Post Office which is twenty miles away and only open till 1.30p.m. each day. You have to buy a Post Office padded envelope. How much will this be with these photos and this sheet of paper to ENGLAND? Price given. Are you sure? Yes. Right I will have the stamps and put them on now and post it tomorrow. Went home and wrote the letter,posted it and two weeks later it arrived at our local bar. Took it back to our local postman and he said ah yes the main post office said not enough stamps for England. Went to same main post office and same person said yes it needs another 2 euros 56. GRR
My experiences of the UK Post Office were excellent. Our postman used to "come back" later if our bedroom curtains were still drawn if he had a parcel for example.
varche
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this will make you laugh. ive just got my post. and one of the letters that was typed on the 26th informing me someone will be visting me on the 23rd of feb. ive just e mailed them asking them if they can change the date to the 10th feb as im not in till then and if thats not possible can they make it one day in january. i cant wait for a reply. no wonder the country is in such a state. ;D ;D
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I bought an item on flea bay paid for it on the Friday and expected delivery Monday or Tuesday, 10 days later bearing in mind this was posted 1st class, the seller sent me another one 7 days later the seller sent me another 1 SPECIAL DELIVERY, and not recorded delivery, It turned up the day after.
ROYAL FAIL and PARCEL FARCE
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And again today! Letter arrived from my mortgage comp....in a hand written envelope, letter inside dated January >:(
So obviously that got returned too and resent out again >:(
Another phone call to the sorting office on Monday! or is the 0845 number Andyb posted gets me somewhere higher up???
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Our postie is brilliant,he cant half talk though,he would stay talking all day long if you let him. :)
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Our postie is brilliant,he cant half talk though,he would stay talking all day long if you let him. :)
Mine too, for some elderly/lonely rural residents `round here; postie`s van brings a daily 'breath of fresh air' and a friendly face along with the mail drop. :y
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Our postie is brilliant,he cant half talk though,he would stay talking all day long if you let him. :)
Mine too, for some elderly/lonely rural residents `round here; postie`s van brings a daily 'breath of fresh air' and a friendly face along with the mail drop. :y
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best get prepaired for that to end then
because if the prime minister and the idiot Mandelson get there way and they do sell 30% off to tnt or dutche post then there will be no rural deliveries it will be delivered to the nearest post office for the locals to collect
hows this for progress, and for the enviroment,
this is the next thing on the list , royal mail is getting rid of 144 bikes and repacing them with 72 vans, so posties have to go out in twos
it is sposed to be a cost saving excersise,
they forget that vans need fuel servicing and insurance and tax and a bike dont lol.
oh well progress .
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Our postie is brilliant,he cant half talk though,he would stay talking all day long if you let him. :)
Mine too, for some elderly/lonely rural residents `round here; postie`s van brings a daily 'breath of fresh air' and a friendly face along with the mail drop. :y
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best get prepaired for that to end then
because if the prime minister and the thingy Mandelson get there way and they do sell 30% off to tnt or dutche post then there will be no rural deliveries it will be delivered to the nearest post office for the locals to collect
hows this for progress, and for the enviroment,
this is the next thing on the list , royal mail is getting rid of 144 bikes and repacing them with 72 vans, so posties have to go out in twos
it is sposed to be a cost saving excersise,
they forget that vans need fuel servicing and insurance and tax and a bike dont lol.
oh well progress .
Sadly, you are correct Andy; we have already lost our 'local' (7 miles away!) sorting office......and our nearest Post Office is 10 miles distant; hardly a quick daily-trip to collect one`s mail if the Government`s "blue sky idea" of DIY postal service, comes to fruition.
A decent, reliable, trustworthy postal service is one of the marks of a civilised nation; we all know the R.M is offering a pale shadow of it`s former service....evidently, things will get much worse yet.
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Mandelson gives me the creeps - I wish someone would put it out of our misery!