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Special delivery posted on a Saturday - when would it be delivered?

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Kabecka
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Special delivery posted on a Saturday - when would it be delivered?

Post by Kabecka »

Hi - hoping some RM workers here can help me with a quick question.

If I send an item by Special Delivery on a Saturday morning, would/should it be delivered on the Monday or Tuesday? I can only find general info saying "next working day", but not sure if this would be:

- Monday, i.e. the next working day after Saturday when it was actually posted,
- Tuesday, i.e. the next working day after Monday (if this is counted as the official "day of posting" due to Saturday being at the weekend/not classed as a working day itself)

Hope that makes sense - thank you in advance for your help.

Karen.
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Special delivery posted on a Saturday - when would it be delivered?

Post by P13 »

Kabecka wrote:Hi - hoping some RM workers here can help me with a quick question.

If I send an item by Special Delivery on a Saturday morning, would/should it be delivered on the Monday or Tuesday? I can only find general info saying "next working day", but not sure if this would be:

- Monday, i.e. the next working day after Saturday when it was actually posted,
- Tuesday, i.e. the next working day after Monday (if this is counted as the official "day of posting" due to Saturday being at the weekend/not classed as a working day itself)

Hope that makes sense - thank you in advance for your help.

Karen.
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Special delivery posted on a Saturday - when would it be delivered?

Post by Snaggletooth »

Monday if posted before the last collection. Most Post Offices have a last collection between 11:00-12:00 in urban areas, but it can be much earlier in some rural areas.

There are also some parts of the country with 2 working day delivery deadlines, mainly in the northern half of Scotland.
Kabecka
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Special delivery posted on a Saturday - when would it be delivered?

Post by Kabecka »

Great - thank you both.