volume of mail on saturdays

fed_up_postie · Post by **fed_up_postie** » 28 Feb 2008, 21:58

has any other delivery office noticed that the volume of mail on saturdays has got alot heavier this year, we are getting 10-12 coded bundles of 1st and 2nd class mail on saturdays now where as we used to get about 4-6, they are no where near as light as it used to be, is this just in the south wales area or nationwide?

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 28 Feb 2008, 22:10

It's DSA replacing MS3 that's causing that so it's gonna get worse in the future

Darren Bent · Post by **Darren Bent** » 28 Feb 2008, 22:17

DSA should be scrapped for Saturday. Then them pay for extra on saturday.

thekiddykid · Post by **thekiddykid** » 28 Feb 2008, 22:42

Too right. All we seem to deliver on saturdays is competitors mail

Charge them full price and lets see how keen they would be then shipping all their s**t out on a friday for saturday delivery. Not so keen then methinks

Spedley · Post by **Spedley** » 28 Feb 2008, 23:04

We have at least 50% more mail on Saturday than we used to.

The DOM has been trying to increase our Saturday ours for over a year now so it would seem that RM knew the mail volumes would increase and I am under the impression that RM is going to release a new Saturday Delivery product which would make them a fortune.

Is t me or are we delivering a lot more TNT etc on Saturday? We are told to treat it as 1st class but it's obvioulsy just Mailsort and I'm sure TNT are saying they gaurantee Saturday delivery even though RM aren't being payed for it.

simply_the_best · Post by **simply_the_best** » 29 Feb 2008, 09:33

Saturday is our busiest day here in the west coast of Scotland, i had to give up my season ticket this season as im not finished till 2 - 2.30

When i first started all the walks were finished by 9.30.

dogfood · Post by **dogfood** » 29 Feb 2008, 11:26

The amount of s**t we deliver on a Saturday has increased three fold in our office and Saturday is now the busiest day of the week. So much for :lfo and his Saturdays will be considerably lighter.

The sooner we all go to a Mon to Fri the better for all.

traww · Post by **traww** » 29 Feb 2008, 14:31

dogfood wrote:
The sooner we all go to a Mon to Fri the better for all.

Scrap Saturday delivery, lose 1/6 of the workforce by VR and make it a 9 - 5 job.

Be careful what you wish for - it may come true.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 29 Feb 2008, 15:01

Spedley wrote:We have at least 50% more mail on Saturday than we used to.

The DOM has been trying to increase our Saturday ours for over a year now so it would seem that RM knew the mail volumes would increase and I am under the impression that RM is going to release a new Saturday Delivery product which would make them a fortune.

Is t me or are we delivering a lot more TNT etc on Saturday? We are told to treat it as 1st class but it's obvioulsy just Mailsort and I'm sure TNT are saying they gaurantee Saturday delivery even though RM aren't being payed for it.

TNT mail,and any DSA mail is 1st class,it IS NOT like Mailsort.

sevenandseven · Post by **sevenandseven** » 29 Feb 2008, 17:17

Funny, isn't it, that if you order something and want a Saturday delivery from TNT or any other courier you have to pay extra. And also how councils always manage to send their bulk stuff out on a Saturday.

newpostie · Post by **newpostie** » 29 Feb 2008, 19:19

i thought all the other couriers are monday 2 friday? hense the reason y we hardly get anyt DSA on a monday! if it was me id rather deliver the DSA on a monday, have a quieter saturday, seemingly TNT DHL UKmail etc dnt deliver on a saturday y should we have to deliver there mail??

bandit650 · Post by **bandit650** » 29 Feb 2008, 20:16

Your right it is heavy on a saturday,its set to get worse is it? well the DUM has just reduced our saturday working to 7 hrs so hes gonna be well happy at all the staff booking extra on a weekend,he spits his dummy out now,the packet traffic is also crazy on saturdays loads more now than ever before,well i cant wait to see what his reaction is when we all start booking excess on a weekend his gonna cry into his cuppa on a monday.

da'bunny · Post by **da'bunny** » 29 Feb 2008, 20:23

Definetely heavier Sats nowadays. Tues seems to be our lightest day now...wtf!!!!!

bandit650 · Post by **bandit650** » 29 Feb 2008, 21:01

Now that is weird our tuesdays have become a nightmare it use to be our light day the day when we might get away on time not anymore.

not me · Post by **not me** » 01 Mar 2008, 13:54

go rammed today by a bulk delivery for the bloody postcode lottery