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Hi,
Second class packet posted early December from Irish republic yet to be delivered in uk. Which way do they come into the UK and are there any delays other than christmas.
Many thanks.
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What area are you?
Although tbf,it's xmas everywhere.
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colin5555 wrote:Hi,
Second class packet posted early December from Irish republic yet to be delivered in uk. Which way do they come into the UK and are there any delays other than christmas.
Many thanks.
Just to be clear you are in the Republic not the North an you sent in 2nd class.

Well if AnPost are the same as Royal Mail then they don't offer a 2nd class International service so they would have returned it to sender with an "insufficient postage" notice.

If however you sent it normal international it, as Postman suggests, could be held up in the Christmas mail (although most places are clear now) or in Customs.
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Hi, Sorry, not me posting the item, but it will have been sent cheapest available method, from near Dublin in the Republic.
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It depends, coming into NI, it just needs the standard Irish postage rate but moving over to the mainland the price goes up. Unless they've paid for a Zone2 price then it'll not get delivered.
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