Increasing amount of recordeds/SDs?

PhilthyPhil · Post by **PhilthyPhil** » 12 May 2011, 14:18

I scan 40-50 items a day on my PDA. Most of them are recordeds, I get loads of small recorded packets. Normally about 10 SDs on tuesday too, although normally only 1 or 2 on monday and saturday :) I think the rise in recorded/SD is just following the rise in packets in general, I don't think the number of signed for letters has changed much.

Danelectro · Post by **Danelectro** » 12 May 2011, 17:23

pokos27 wrote:I think it depends on the area in which you work, when i did a town delivery i would often get 15 to 20 specials and recordeds.

Well if it was a walk you were on then its a max of 8 special deliveries assigned to a duty for security reasons?

Post by **IloveMYredTROLLEY!** » 12 May 2011, 17:40

Danelectro wrote:
pokos27 wrote:I think it depends on the area in which you work, when i did a town delivery i would often get 15 to 20 specials and recordeds.
Well if it was a walk you were on then its a max of 8 special deliveries assigned to a duty for security reasons?

Don't forget that these boards will be a mix of walking delivery posties and driver deliovery posties. The former do indeed normally have a maximum of 8 specials per day (but only 3 "high value"... not that I have any idea how to identify these), while I believe drivers can have unlimited specials.

clashcityrocker · Post by **clashcityrocker** » 12 May 2011, 17:42

IloveMYredTROLLEY! wrote: (but only 3 "high value"... not that I have any idea how to identify these),

Open them and have a look.
That's what we do in our office.

fishtank · Post by **fishtank** » 12 May 2011, 17:50

SD's for banks,building societies,jewellers etc are automatically considered to be High Value items no matter what they contain.

Post by **IloveMYredTROLLEY!** » 12 May 2011, 17:59

fishtank wrote:SD's for banks,building societies,jewellers etc are automatically considered to be High Value items no matter what they contain.

FT, don't suppose you have a link to an exhaustive list of "high value" SD assigned drop points? Presumeably "cage" staff are well aware of the 3 limit and what drops are considered "high value," but there is a real possibility that I could be regularly being given more than three on my walking delivery.

fishtank · Post by **fishtank** » 12 May 2011, 18:20

IloveMYredTROLLEY! wrote:
fishtank wrote:SD's for banks,building societies,jewellers etc are automatically considered to be High Value items no matter what they contain.
FT, don't suppose you have a link to an exhaustive list of "high value" SD assigned drop points? Presumeably "cage" staff are well aware of the 3 limit and what drops are considered "high value," but there is a real possibility that I could be regularly being given more than three on my walking delivery.

It's in the terms of the Saturday guaranteed SD service.

Items sent to the following business types addresses will not be covered under the Guarantee: Banks, Building Societies, Travel Agents, Jewellers and Post Offices. This is because Special Delivery items sent to these addresses are usually high value items.

wiganpostie · Post by **wiganpostie** » 12 May 2011, 18:34

Lincox wrote:It does L8. Your customers are spending taxpayers money and are at home all day on their government sponsered computers whereas the other round are all out at work trying to earn a crust.

Spot on. My duty is split roughly in half between a number of streets of professional-types and an estate of work-shy scroungers, and most of my packets go to the scroungers. Life on the breadline eh, it must be tough

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 12 May 2011, 18:40

wiganpostie wrote:
Lincox wrote:It does L8. Your customers are spending taxpayers money and are at home all day on their government sponsered computers whereas the other round are all out at work trying to earn a crust.
Spot on. My duty is split roughly in half between a number of streets of professional-types and an estate of work-shy scroungers, and most of my packets go to the scroungers. Life on the breadline eh, it must be tough

Ordering off Ebay is not quite the same as buying on Ebay.

Caniel · Post by **Caniel** » 12 May 2011, 19:00

I usually get one or sometimes three specials. Recorded items have shot up loads though,

L8Hatter · Post by **L8Hatter** » 12 May 2011, 19:32

Indy wrote:
L8Hatter wrote:Is anyone else getting more and more of these?
Yes, yes, YES!

SD about the same maybe a few less but Rec has gone through the roof. About 6/8 was a heavy day for me but now its not unusual to get 12/15 most days. The vast majority appear to be coming from companies rather than ebayers.

Same here. About half the recent increase is down to legally-looking letters. Maybe the recession really is beginning to bite? Certainly no-one wants to take them. They nearly all end up in the cage.

13 today. It's starting to do my nut in

Luckily, only one packet bag, so just finished on time.

We also had one of our heaviest days of the year so far in terms of mail. And I'm more convinced than ever that mail volume, makes very little difference to how long it takes to do a round. It's packets and recordeds that kill it for me, and they're only light on Mondays and sometimes Saturdays these days.

Post by **Lincox** » 12 May 2011, 20:01

10 Today, 4 returned = another 20 minutes on my duty. Ring Door Bell, Knock Door Twice, Knock Window. Remove P739 from inside coat pocket. Write out. Complete Non delivery Docket and anotate on packet.

maninred · Post by **maninred** » 12 May 2011, 21:28

IloveMYredTROLLEY! wrote:
Danelectro wrote:
pokos27 wrote:I think it depends on the area in which you work, when i did a town delivery i would often get 15 to 20 specials and recordeds.
Well if it was a walk you were on then its a max of 8 special deliveries assigned to a duty for security reasons?
Don't forget that these boards will be a mix of walking delivery posties and driver deliovery posties. The former do indeed normally have a maximum of 8 specials per day (but only 3 "high value"... not that I have any idea how to identify these), while I believe drivers can have unlimited specials.

Maximum of 3 “high value” and 8 in total (for a walker) ??? Where does that come from ???

mailmonkey · Post by **mailmonkey** » 12 May 2011, 21:38

Yes i think they are increasing.

I use them myself a lot more now than I used to.

I think the increase is down to the public realising that first class isn't a next day service any more, particularly where revisions are happpening.

people are using the recorded and specials to get birthday presents, packets, any items they want to actualy get to the destination on time.

IMO

Indy · Post by **Indy** » 12 May 2011, 21:41

Lincox wrote:10 Today, 4 returned = another 20 minutes on my duty. Ring Door Bell, Knock Door Twice, Knock Window. Remove P739 from inside coat pocket. Write out. Complete Non delivery Docket and anotate on packet.

Have you added the time you spent in the office with your lino after customer complained you didn't knock?

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