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Hello everybody, new here. I have a question regarding PO box. Does it take longer to process mail with PO Box than if I were to have
It delivered to my address? I’ve been waiting 2 days for something quite important sent first class
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Hitchhock wrote:Hello everybody, new here. I have a question regarding PO box. Does it take longer to process mail with PO Box than if I were to have
It delivered to my address? I’ve been waiting 2 days for something quite important sent first class

No, it goes through roughly the same process until it gets to the DO, then its either delivered or awaits collection dependant on the type of PO Box.

First class isn't tracked though so dependant on importance of contents it's not something I would recommend using for the really important stuff.
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DO?
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Thanks lads, should I be too concerned if a first class post doesn’t come tomorrow, that will Be day 3?