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It has a box with 'UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS'
if you were unable to gain access how would you post the card :left:
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eastie wrote:It has a box with 'UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS'
if you were unable to gain access how would you post the card :left:
It could be for secure entry flats where the card gets delivered the following day...or whenever access can be gained.
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We haven't got the new ones yet. :neutral:
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eastie wrote:It has a box with 'UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS'
if you were unable to gain access how would you post the card :left:
ive been houses before with the gate locked and what you DO is put the card on the gate with an elastic band
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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
eastie wrote:It has a box with 'UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS'
if you were unable to gain access how would you post the card :left:
ive been houses before with the gate locked and what you DO is put the card on the gate with an elastic band
You shouldn't do what this fella does you should deliver the card when the gate is open. If the gate is never open and there is not a external letterbox you should inform manager and send letters back as inaccessible. Whats to stop someone taking card and if the enquiry office don't ask for I.D for some reason then steal the packet. Don't give them the ammo to sack you just bring it back. :Very Happy
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merrers1985 wrote:
bringon4dayweeks wrote:
eastie wrote:It has a box with 'UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS'
if you were unable to gain access how would you post the card :left:
ive been houses before with the gate locked and what you DO is put the card on the gate with an elastic band
You shouldn't do what this fella does you should deliver the card when the gate is open. If the gate is never open and there is not a external letterbox you should inform manager and send letters back as inaccessible. Whats to stop someone taking card and if the enquiry office don't ask for I.D for some reason then steal the packet. Don't give them the ammo to sack you just bring it back. :Very Happy
yes i should have bobbed back a few times or five to see if the gate was still closed because ive got time to do that
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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
merrers1985 wrote:
bringon4dayweeks wrote:
eastie wrote:It has a box with 'UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS'
if you were unable to gain access how would you post the card :left:
ive been houses before with the gate locked and what you DO is put the card on the gate with an elastic band
You shouldn't do what this fella does you should deliver the card when the gate is open. If the gate is never open and there is not a external letterbox you should inform manager and send letters back as inaccessible. Whats to stop someone taking card and if the enquiry office don't ask for I.D for some reason then steal the packet. Don't give them the ammo to sack you just bring it back. :Very Happy
yes i should have bobbed back a few times or five to see if the gate was still closed because ive got time to do that
I don't think he meant that. AFAIK its 3 attempts (1 per day) and if there is still no access its killed off after authorisation from management. With packets instead of taking them again you card them at the next attempt, that its you take the F/L only with the mail for that day - destroying it when you kill off the packet.
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merrers1985 wrote:
bringon4dayweeks wrote:
eastie wrote:It has a box with 'UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS'
if you were unable to gain access how would you post the card :left:
ive been houses before with the gate locked and what you DO is put the card on the gate with an elastic band
You shouldn't do what this fella does you should deliver the card when the gate is open. If the gate is never open and there is not a external letterbox you should inform manager and send letters back as inaccessible. Whats to stop someone taking card and if the enquiry office don't ask for I.D for some reason then steal the packet. Don't give them the ammo to sack you just bring it back. :Very Happy
I see DHL and others wrapping their equivalents of 739s around door handles and gates all the time. He's just following Moya's mantra - that we should be able to operate freely like our competitors (ie, do whatever we want) :crazy:
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Mr Rush wrote:I see DHL and others wrapping their equivalents of 739s around door handles and gates all the time. He's just following Moya's mantra - that we should be able to operate freely like our competitors (ie, do whatever we want) :crazy:
a couple of examples

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and a funny one for our TNT member :nervous :nervous
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
I don't think he meant that. AFAIK its 3 attempts (1 per day) and if there is still no access its killed off after authorisation from management.
Oh no it's not.
Every attempt has to be made to contact the building occupants/owners.
A letter has to be delivered to the address informing them of access issues.
RTS is a last resort when all else has failed.

And for any property where such a letter hasn't been delivered, any failed mail has to be retrospectively recorded on their precious DODR.
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clashcityrocker wrote:... RTS is a last resort when all else has failed.
...
1 attempt, RTS. 100+ a week. Amazingly it often takes months before they realise they haven't been getting any mail. :crazy:
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bigcol wrote:
clashcityrocker wrote:... RTS is a last resort when all else has failed.
...
1 attempt, RTS. 100+ a week.
I'll save a place for your "Help needed please" thread in the union room. :cuppa
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fishtank wrote:
bigcol wrote:
clashcityrocker wrote:... RTS is a last resort when all else has failed.
...
1 attempt, RTS. 100+ a week.
I'll save a place for your "Help needed please" thread in the union room. :cuppa
Manager told. It's up to him if he wants to shrug his shoulders and walk off. :cuppa
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I would want that in writing or at least a reliable witness or two.
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bigcol wrote:
fishtank wrote:
bigcol wrote:
clashcityrocker wrote:... RTS is a last resort when all else has failed.
...
1 attempt, RTS. 100+ a week.
I'll save a place for your "Help needed please" thread in the union room. :cuppa
Manager told. It's up to him if he wants to shrug his shoulders and walk off. :cuppa
In the interest of fairness and the public,you should of told him bollox.

At my place it's the 3 day rule,i never use it i keep trying,usually it doesn't get past 3 days though,very rare,and it's usually because of timelocks.
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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