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Postie558
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Back log

Post by Postie558 »

How significant is the back log caused by the strikes?

The reason I ask is that a club I am a member of sent out news letters to all members, via a mail house, about two weeks ago. Yet many members (including me) have yet to receive theirs. So, I've been asked if I can shed any light...

Locally at least, the back log seems to have been cleared by the middle of last week, but I just wondered what the situation is around the country?

I have a couple of reasons for doubting the strikes are to blame: 1) As I said above, locally we seem clear, and the mail house is in our county. And 2) the person who asked me to investigate has received his (as I said above, I haven't) and he also lives within the county.

I suspect the mail house have cocked up and are trying to blame us. Not for the first time, either.

TIA
rhino49
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Re: Back log

Post by rhino49 »

More than likely the fault of the mailing house for several reasons:

Newsletters don't get stolen.
We see lots of examples of faulty or non existent addressing by a third party.
Standard procedure of any business trying to defer blame for delayed communications is "It's Royal Mail's fault"
Delayed mail doesn't seem to be a real problem anywhere - it's packets because of the bulk involved.
Did you find out from the person who received theirs, whether it has an RM or a DSA logo - maybe the mailing house were shopping around for an even cheaper deal - 5p each and we'll send them when we feel like it !!!
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Postie558
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Re: Back log

Post by Postie558 »

Thanks Rhino. You've backed up my thoughts. Trying to find our whether it was DSA or not.