Luton...strike affected?

[k979aaa]

ooh the saga continues he has now given me a tracking no which apparently has been accepted in 'Southend on Sea', funny considering I gave him two addresses - one in Newcastle Under Lyme and one in Nottingham! The first two letters of the tracking no are BR.

Sound like a scam if the number he gave you is already delivered by the way what is the first two letters of the tracking number!.

[alex350r]

the first two letters are 'Br' like I said above, I can give you the whole number if you want? doesnt matter to me as its not my address! :p

[alex350r]

On the tracking website it says 'We have your item' and it states with postcode SS1 1LL which when i've looked on google is the Royal Mail delivery/collection offices?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

ooh the saga continues he has now given me a tracking no which apparently has been accepted in 'Southend on Sea', funny considering I gave him two addresses - one in Newcastle Under Lyme and one in Nottingham! The first two letters of the tracking no are BR.

BR sounds legit.

Accepted means it has entered the system, probably scanned by the accepting PO. Did it give a date.

Keep your fingers crossed

[k979aaa]

the first two letters are 'Br' like I said above, I can give you the whole number if you want? doesnt matter to me as its not my address! :p

That is a recorded and not Special Delivery it can take more than a few days all being well!.

[alex350r]

Right ive finally got to the bottom of it - just phoned Royal Mail. It seems it was sent from SS1 (southend on sea) postoffice today and I confirmed that it is going to the correct address in Nottingham that I asked for.

So at least I know the seller has put something in the post for me - whether its the apple iPhone that im supposed to get or a piece of bread in a jiffy bag I guess i'll have to wait and see!!

Thanks for all your help.

[somerset]

If its sent Friday then its guaranteed delivery by Tuesday 1pm.

How do you work that one out? If it was posted Friday SD and arrives in office on Sat morning will be delivered by one o clock Saturday. If it arrives in office Monday will be delivered by one o clock Monday!!

[TrueBlueTerrier]

If its sent Friday then its guaranteed delivery by Tuesday 1pm.

How do you work that one out? If it was posted Friday SD and arrives in office on Sat morning will be delivered by one o clock Saturday. If it arrives in office Monday will be delivered by one o clock Monday!!

Sorry but that is wrong - only Saturday Gaurenteed for which there is extra payment ensures delivery on a Saturday. However normally most offices would deliver it on the Saturday.

THe official speel is:

Guaranteed Saturday Delivery
Available for a small surcharge (£2.20 extra per item) from Post Offices throughout the UK. Mail an item on a Friday and we can guarantee next day delivery even though it’s a Saturday. Items sent to the following business types are excluded from the Saturday Guarantee: Banks, Building Societies, Travel Agents, Jewellers and Post Office Branches.

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Our next day guarantee

Because we know how important your package is, we guarantee we’ll deliver your Special Delivery™ Next Day item before 1.00pm the next working day or we’ll refund your money.

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[somerset]

If its sent Friday then its guaranteed delivery by Tuesday 1pm.

How do you work that one out? If it was posted Friday SD and arrives in office on Sat morning will be delivered by one o clock Saturday. If it arrives in office Monday will be delivered by one o clock Monday!!

wrong - only Saturday Gaurenteed for which there is extra payment ensures delivery on a Saturday. However normally most offices would deliver it on the Saturday.

THe official speel is:

Guaranteed Saturday Delivery
Available for a small surcharge (£2.20 extra per item) from Post Offices throughout the UK. Mail an item on a Friday and we can guarantee next day delivery even though it’s a Saturday. Items sent to the following business types are excluded from the Saturday Guarantee: Banks, Building Societies, Travel Agents, Jewellers and Post Office Branches.

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/cont ... tId=400026" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Our next day guarantee

Because we know how important your package is, we guarantee we’ll deliver your Special Delivery™ Next Day item before 1.00pm the next working day or we’ll refund your money.

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/cont ... tId=400026" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

TBT Ernie shoe wrote if posted Friday is guaranteed by Tuesday 1PM. That was my point. What happened to Monday?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

If its sent Friday then its guaranteed delivery by Tuesday 1pm.

How do you work that one out? If it was posted Friday SD and arrives in office on Sat morning will be delivered by one o clock Saturday. If it arrives in office Monday will be delivered by one o clock Monday!!

wrong - only Saturday Gaurenteed for which there is extra payment ensures delivery on a Saturday. However normally most offices would deliver it on the Saturday.

TBT Ernie shoe wrote if posted Friday is guaranteed by Tuesday 1PM. That was my point. What happened to Monday?

Ooops sorry I got fixated on the Saturday bit and missed Ernies Tuesday post. My apologies

[alex350r]

Hey, thought I would give an update I thought it may arrive today as it was posted on the 14th recorded delivery but sadly it hasn't yet. I'm guessing it might come tomo? Any ideas of rough timescales at mo?

Cheers

Alex

[DGP1]

Hey, thought I would give an update I thought it may arrive today as it was posted on the 14th recorded delivery but sadly it hasn't yet. I'm guessing it might come tomo? Any ideas of rough timescales at mo?

Cheers

Alex

It all depends on the office, some offices don't have packets going out for days if not weeks at a time but you may be lucky.

[k979aaa]

Hey, thought I would give an update I thought it may arrive today as it was posted on the 14th recorded delivery but sadly it hasn't yet. I'm guessing it might come tomo? Any ideas of rough timescales at mo?

Cheers

Alex

Who knows for sure as it sounds like recorded delivery how big is it shoe box size goes on the van the van can break down or the driver can be made to do other things WALKS or stay inside doing other job's thier is not a glutt of staff it is the other way round not enough staff to do the job!. And it will get worse sorry for the bad news lets hope it will turn up tomorrow!.

[alex350r]

Thanks for the replies folks, its a small box about the size of small bag of sugar should be in a jiffy bag, so I am guessing it could go on the posties rounds? I hope it does go with the walking postie as it is going to my girlfriends address - she and her flatmate will not be home as they will be at work but they know the postman quite well and he delivers the parcels to their work, so hoping it turns up there!

Thanks for the replies though and I realise its not top gear and that lots of things can delay the parcel/package, although royal mail did beat top gear on the recent episode, very impressive!!