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Schools

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eastie
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Schools

Post by eastie »

anyone else have hassle with schools who expect their mail early.
They already get special treatment when we hold their mail during end of year and half term
I tell them if they want it before 9am they can have that facility but you have to pay for it otherwise you get it when I get to them during my delivery
feduppostie
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Re: Schools

Post by feduppostie »

schools get it when we get there end of

any enquiries and they are politely told that the delivery time is anywhere between 9 and 3 and as long as it arrives between these times we have fulfilled our contract

unless they want to pay extra then they can have a timed delivery - which they never do

and they also have to have a hold mail in during the holidays - in my office anyway they dont like it but they do it
centenaryman
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Re: Schools

Post by centenaryman »

the school i deliver to are just happy to get mail each day,,,on my day off the cover cant be bothered to take it,,,endorsing it,,"cant find entrance" and alike because the school is a bit of a walk from the streets of my walk.

come school hols i.e next week the boss will let me go 2 or 3 days at most,,,if i cant get the mail delivered he FORCES me to kill it off because they havent paid for a retension,,,myself i reckon this is crap on his behalf.

the school do pay for the keepsafe in the main summer hols lucky enough
Wessex
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Re: Schools

Post by Wessex »

We always had an ad hoc agreement with the schools in our area, but strictly speaking they should just be treated as businesses as I understand it.We also held their stuff during half-term if thats what they wanted .Have a feeling they had a KeepSafe for the summer also.
johnnyp
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Re: Schools

Post by johnnyp »

All the schools in our manor(about 10)are firms and are delivered by the drivers.
Pinky 1
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Re: Schools

Post by Pinky 1 »

eastie wrote:They already get special treatment when we hold their mail during end of year and half term
Without a keepsake we don't hold their mail for any break of term time in our area.
DOM says if they have a letterbox we deliver, if not it's RTS :crazy:
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Re: Schools

Post by POSTMAN »

All authorities/councils/whatever were sent letters a few years back from RM about their free keep safe's,it's a no no and officially the work should be rts'd if there are no letter boxes available.
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