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Am I bad?
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Indy
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Am I bad?
just bought an item off Amazon which would normally get 739'd at my address as I'm out delivering other peoples mail. its a real pain getting back to my home delivery office before they shut on any day part from late night opening on Wednesdays.
Anyway I noticed that Amazon are now offering a locker facility where they deliver to a local shop where you can go pick it up... excellent so I've done that. Just been thinking is RM involved in this? i.e. do they delver to the shop rather than my address? I know that its a huge inconvenience using RM (see above) but at the end of the day I don't want to be doing some other postie out of a job.
Come to think of it do other postcodes do inter-office 'swaps' where if you have a parcel coming you get your DOM to ring up the other postcodes DOM and they put it on the miss-sort van for you?
Anyway I noticed that Amazon are now offering a locker facility where they deliver to a local shop where you can go pick it up... excellent so I've done that. Just been thinking is RM involved in this? i.e. do they delver to the shop rather than my address? I know that its a huge inconvenience using RM (see above) but at the end of the day I don't want to be doing some other postie out of a job.
Come to think of it do other postcodes do inter-office 'swaps' where if you have a parcel coming you get your DOM to ring up the other postcodes DOM and they put it on the miss-sort van for you?
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IloveMYredTROLLEY!
- EX ROYAL MAIL
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Re: Am I bad?
Is their any official policy on addressing parcels to be delivered to the depot i.e. delivered to our workplace, which we often suggest to people on our walks that get regular packets?
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SpacePhoenix
- MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
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- Joined: 12 Nov 2008, 17:03
- Gender: Male
Re: Am I bad?
RM will probably be just one of the companies that Amazon will use for it along with CityLink, HDNL, etc.
Where a DO still has a missort run, the missorts might get sent to the local MC
Where a DO still has a missort run, the missorts might get sent to the local MC
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5plusbonusball
- Posts: 1136
- Joined: 12 Jan 2012, 20:50
- Gender: Male
- Location: up north of watford
Re: Am I bad?
Just get it redelivered to the nearest po (50p) or ask the manager to ring and get it on the van for your depot, but to keep your nose clean just act like a customer or it could backfire on you! 
Why are lino's paid full-time ??
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Indy
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- Gender: Male
Re: Am I bad?
I've not done it or seen anyone else do it but I'm sure if the DOM saw it there may be problems i.e. they'd ban it especially if anything went missing. I'll make enquiries in the morning.IloveMYredTROLLEY! wrote:Is their any official policy on addressing parcels to be delivered to the depot i.e. delivered to our workplace, which we often suggest to people on our walks that get regular packets?
Some one tried to have a special sent over on the miss-sort run just after Christmas and it caused problems i.e. the other DOM refused! NEVER been a problem in the past. As the old guard DOM's get EVR and these new management graduates take over things are changing for the worse.
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Indy
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Re: Am I bad?
Only works in the same postcode and I live in one and work in another.5plusbonusball wrote:Just get it redelivered to the nearest po (50p) or ask the manager to ring and get it on the van for your depot, but to keep your nose clean just act like a customer or it could backfire on you!
My DOM would smell a rat and sack you even for thinking of that I kid you not!
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5plusbonusball
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- Location: up north of watford
Re: Am I bad?
I live in one and work in another
well that's obvious or it would be in your d.o.
Why are lino's paid full-time ??
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dvbuk55
- EX ROYAL MAIL
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- Joined: 02 Jun 2007, 19:17
- Gender: Male
Re: Am I bad?
I think it's gone up a bit from 50p.5plusbonusball wrote:Just get it redelivered to the nearest po (50p) or ask the manager to ring and get it on the van for your depot, but to keep your nose clean just act like a customer or it could backfire on you!
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Stella102
- Posts: 597
- Joined: 06 Aug 2011, 19:32
- Gender: Male
Re: Am I bad?
i get all my packets online sent straight to the DO, rather than my address which is in another catchment
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doorstepped
- Posts: 1063
- Joined: 10 Oct 2011, 23:17
- Gender: Male
- Location: Somewhere west of London
Re: Am I bad?
I get everything I order online sent to the DO I work in ( I work in a different postcode to where I work ) I even get to sign for my own special deliveries as well as having them added to my walk. no extra charges that way and no worrying about where they are :)
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Lounge Lizard
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 9458
- Joined: 06 Aug 2007, 21:54
Re: Am I bad?
Yes, I've done the samedoorstepped wrote:I get everything I order online sent to the DO I work in ( I work in a different postcode to where I work ) I even get to sign for my own special deliveries as well as having them added to my walk. no extra charges that way and no worrying about where they are :)
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briantwigley
- Posts: 135
- Joined: 27 Mar 2012, 18:24
- Gender: Male
Re: Am I bad?
We have a table where people who work in our office collect their parcels from, and we also get stuff for staff addressed to the office.
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Lounge Lizard
- EX ROYAL MAIL
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Re: Am I bad?
Get a sleeping bag in the corner of the canteen and there's no need for all the expense of a home.briantwigley wrote:We have a table where people who work in our office collect their parcels from, and we also get stuff for staff addressed to the office.
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fng
- Posts: 462
- Joined: 20 Jun 2011, 16:54
- Gender: Male
Re: Am I bad?
Looking at what time some of the "8.50am" starters are in at my office, I think they are already ahead of you there.Lounge Lizard wrote:Get a sleeping bag in the corner of the canteen and there's no need for all the expense of a home.briantwigley wrote:We have a table where people who work in our office collect their parcels from, and we also get stuff for staff addressed to the office.
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darren d
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Re: Am I bad?
Its £1.50 now,has been for some time5plusbonusball wrote:Just get it redelivered to the nearest po (50p) or ask the manager to ring and get it on the van for your depot, but to keep your nose clean just act like a customer or it could backfire on you!