Downstream Access

[ar26]

does anyone know how the like of tnt access our delivery network.
ie do they pick up from British gas or the banks mail centre and then take it to the nearest Royal Mail mail centre for distrution to wherever the mail is going
or
Do they collect from customer and take the mail from say Manchester to the destination mailcentre ie Glasgow/London/ Bristol etc

[k979aaa]

does anyone know how the like of tnt access our delivery network.
ie do they pick up from British gas or the banks mail centre and then take it to the nearest Royal Mail mail centre for distrution to wherever the mail is going
or
Do they collect from customer and take the mail from say Manchester to the destination mailcentre ie Glasgow/London/ Bristol etc

You would think our depot was a T.N.T or UK Mail center on a saturday and this is a royalmail depot?.

[Hugger]

They collect from the print centre and then distribute to the 68 RM IMC's. I think UK Mail have a big place in Rugby then lots of little sites all over the country that deliver into the IMC's & TNT have a good few depots around the country that deliver into the IMC's. Not sure about DHL / CitiPost et al

Hope this helps.

[POSTMAN]

Apparantley they have 'Windows' during the day/night when they can access the MC's.They can't just turn up and dump willy nilley.

[Stormproof]

They are not allowed into the MC before/after the allocated time, so I guess if they are late tough

[k979aaa]

ACCESS ALL AREA'S

[woofwoof]

and dont forget every missort is surcharged as they are all walksorted

[DGP1]

and dont forget every missort is surcharged as they are all walksorted

I've never heard of that before

[POSTMAN]

and dont forget every missort is surcharged as they are all walksorted

Is that the stamp thing 'Recieved out of access' or summin like that,i've had a few of them.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

and dont forget every missort is surcharged as they are all walksorted

Is that the stamp thing 'Recieved out of access' or summin like that,i've had a few of them.

I've had them as well, always seemed a pointless exercise as the people who paid for postage won't see the envelope and the stamp. Do they send it back to them or something before its delivered.

[saintsnut]

Apparantley they have 'Windows' during the day/night when they can access the MC's.They can't just turn up and dump willy nilley.

Oh i see. Is that why we get more downstream acces shite on saturdays to deliver than the rest of the week? It's got to the point of spot the RM stuff on saturdays. Who decreed that it's 1st class anyway? they dont pay the going rate.

[kingtubby]

We had some mail with DSA stamps on it through our MC last week. Just like regular stamps, but with a picture of some snow drops and the DSA mark. A sign of whats to come perhaps?
Of the DSA we receive, very little is actually walksorted i.e. bundled for a specific delivery. On a typical day we'll get 3-4 boxes(approx 1000 items) of 'out of access' mail which is charged.

[k979aaa]

and dont forget every missort is surcharged as they are all walksorted

Is that the stamp thing 'Recieved out of access' or summin like that,i've had a few of them.

I've had them as well, always seemed a pointless exercise as the people who paid for postage won't see the envelope and the stamp. Do they send it back to them or something before its delivered.

Nope it just get's delayed as my credit card staetment was lucky i did not owe anything on it as it turned up two month's late!. Are well we are getting a better service now since new labour?.

[kester]

does anyone know how the like of tnt access our delivery network.
ie do they pick up from British gas or the banks mail centre and then take it to the nearest Royal Mail mail centre for distrution to wherever the mail is going
or
Do they collect from customer and take the mail from say Manchester to the destination mailcentre ie Glasgow/London/ Bristol etc

I could explain, but it would take a fair amount of time. I'd suggest that you have a chat with Revenue Protection staff at your Mail Centre, or search the Intranet for Downstream Access. There's a lot of information on the intranet.