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Delivery point?

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Indy
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Delivery point?

Post by Indy »

A new block of flats is put up with 12 flats on 4 floors. All the letterbox's are on the ground floor accessible from the outside.

New owner moves into flat on 4th floor and creates letterbox in his door and requires postie to walk up 4 flights of stairs and use it. He super glues shut his letterbox on ground floor.

Does RM have an official policy on this sort of things?
crezz
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by crezz »

cheeky fooker, id return mail, inaccessible :wink:
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by Judgee »

Just deliver his mail once week, maybe he will get the message! :wink:
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Indy
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by Indy »

crezz wrote:cheeky fooker, id return mail, inaccessible :wink:
Then you end up with a complaint!

Would RM back the postie OR the customer?
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by Indy »

Judgee wrote:Just deliver his mail once week, maybe he will get the message! :wink:
See the thing is and I'm not sure if anyone would agree with me but people on the top floor or the end of the cul de sac etc tend to be different they ALWAYS have mail even on the lightest of light Tuesdays they always complain etc etc.
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by crezz »

how are you to know he has a letterbox if you dont go in the flats? you have no need too, the boxes are outside or downstairs
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Post by bag69 »

Dont know about that. But personally would just endorse it no access. Unless they have a notice up stating that lb is upstairs. If so then ask union rep & mgr. Its a bit like when your on the parcel van. Delivery points are downstairs but they still expect you to walk all the way up with it, even though you dont have the time.
Indy
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by Indy »

crezz wrote:how are you to know he has a letterbox if you dont go in the flats? you have no need too, the boxes are outside or downstairs
To start with agreed but there would be a point when my manager would have to deal with a complaint... would he say go up the stairs OR would he tell the customer to un-glue his letterbox?
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Post by chunk »

Hypothetically :
if you mis sorted his mail unintentionally on Tuesday you would have to climb the stairs on Wednesday.
obviously to make sure he got his mail.
you could do no less for such a deserving customer.

Whatever you do dont stream his mail. :roll:
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crezz
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by crezz »

isint there some reason for the mail boxes to be down stairs away from property front doors? security reasons ect?
Indy
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by Indy »

crezz wrote:isint there some reason for the mail boxes to be down stairs away from property front doors? security reasons ect?
Now thats what I thought... it was now a requirement that blocks of flats had to have there letter boxes at ground level???
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by DGP1 »

Deliver the mail to his letterbox but tell your manager what you're doing..........then you can cut off/claim ot because the duty has been expanded :wink:
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by Spedley »

I can't see the problem? He want his mail in his door. Assuming you have access and it is reasonably safe to do so then you should deliver it to his door but yes, tell a manager so that Pegasus can be updated.
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by Caniel »

Pry the letterbox open again and deliver to it.
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Re: Delivery point?

Post by REDLETTER »

Caniel wrote:Pry the letterbox open again and deliver to it.
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