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Excess D2Ds

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Luckyboy
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Excess D2Ds

Post by Luckyboy »

Been told today that the Mail Centers are now not taking back the excess D2Ds and we Now have to keep delivering them on our rounds until they've all gone.
Its Bad enough finding time to do them, let alone when we have 6 with singles slots or even 2 houses to 1 slot.
Has anyone else been told this?
Lots of our guys just said F...Off it wont be happening, going to cause some big arguments I think.

Union Bod just smiled and Nodded along🤦
Any idea where the union really stands on this?
SpacePhoenix
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Re: Excess D2Ds

Post by SpacePhoenix »

his was supposed to have started a few years ago now, RM must finally be enforcing it. Probably either RM don't have an outlet any more to dispose of them or the higher ups have been monitoring the number of returns from each DO.
TopperGas
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Re: Excess D2Ds

Post by TopperGas »

Luckyboy wrote:
Today, 10:02
Been told today that the Mail Centers are now not taking back the excess D2Ds and we Now have to keep delivering them on our rounds until they've all gone.
Its Bad enough finding time to do them, let alone when we have 6 with singles slots or even 2 houses to 1 slot.
Has anyone else been told this?
Lots of our guys just said F...Off it wont be happening, going to cause some big arguments I think.

Union Bod just smiled and Nodded along🤦
Any idea where the union really stands on this?
Why should the union get involved in staff being told to deliver a few extra D2D's, whilst it's a pain doing them it's hardly the end of the world?
SMS1969
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Re: Excess D2Ds

Post by SMS1969 »

We’ve been told the same,not allowed to send them back. Any spares I put in a tray and make sure that the tray is at the bottom of a stack of them, away from my fitting.Fook em. :no no
toonshola
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Joined: 29 Jul 2011, 16:31
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Re: Excess D2Ds

Post by toonshola »

For years we have been told if there’s any excess under no circumstances do they get returned or hidden in the corner of the delivery office. Let’s say you have 80 excess left over at end of week, manager will just say bang them in random slots next week when you can. With double slots some customers must be getting none and others maybe 2/3 lots of the same stuff, but in the grand scheme of things I suppose who gives a s**t anymore cos they all meet the same fate after delivery……customers recycling bin.
TooManyLoops
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Re: Excess D2Ds

Post by TooManyLoops »

We've had this for about 6 months. We had a grace period, and about 4 Yorks of excess D2Ds were returned to the MC.

Now, any excess we blend into random addresses. It would help if they got the walk counts right (new builds have serious issues with this, all the D2Ds come for that street when only a handful are built)

Refusing to deliver them is like refusing to deliver mail, we are all paid to deliver mail and D2Ds is mail

The bigger issue is people taking the labels off boxes/bundles and throwing them under other people's fittings. Twats
Chelseablue
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Re: Excess D2Ds

Post by Chelseablue »

Luckyboy wrote:
Today, 10:02
Been told today that the Mail Centers are now not taking back the excess D2Ds and we Now have to keep delivering them on our rounds until they've all gone.
Its Bad enough finding time to do them, let alone when we have 6 with singles slots or even 2 houses to 1 slot.
Has anyone else been told this?
Lots of our guys just said F...Off it wont be happening, going to cause some big arguments I think.

Union Bod just smiled and Nodded along🤦
Any idea where the union really stands on this?
Whats single slots? Lol
Mr Rush
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Joined: 05 Aug 2011, 14:27
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Re: Excess D2Ds

Post by Mr Rush »

Luckyboy wrote:
Today, 10:02
Been told today that the Mail Centers are now not taking back the excess D2Ds and we Now have to keep delivering them on our rounds until they've all gone.
It's been that way for years!
WalkingDad wrote:
17 Apr 2018, 21:10
In our office since a couple of weeks ago we now have a zero surplus refurns allowed on d2d, this is causing havoc. I generally have at least half a box left over every week and am now told to double up on them on a few different roads each week.
The machine stops.
Rage24
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Joined: 07 Mar 2010, 18:06
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Re: Excess D2Ds

Post by Rage24 »

Im currently on the sick but I just know that when I get back no door to doors will have been delivered.

Is there anything I can do about this? Its not right .