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Late Christmas cards

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malcolm3011
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Late Christmas cards

Post by malcolm3011 »

Had lots of Christmas cards come through today correctly addressed with postcodes and dated 12th December, wtf taking 15 days to be delivered, alot more were not franked or dated so perhaps hiding the fact how long these cards have taken to reach there destination :d'oh!
Lincox
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Re: Late Christmas cards

Post by Lincox »

Yes, because if you are like our DO, the managers were all in sorting and guess what, they didn,t give a sh.te where they sent them as long as they left the DO. Christmas Eve we had boxes of mail for all over the county, sent to our village just to get rid of.
Lounge Lizard
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Re: Late Christmas cards

Post by Lounge Lizard »

Been clear here for a few days now, on 24th delivering local second class cards postmaked 22nd and 23rd :Very Happy no snow this December. :nana
parcelboy
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Re: Late Christmas cards

Post by parcelboy »

Lincox wrote:Yes, because if you are like our DO, the managers were all in sorting and guess what, they didn,t give a sh.te where they sent them as long as they left the DO. Christmas Eve we had boxes of mail for all over the county, sent to our village just to get rid of.
its alright for Management to"WILFULY DELAY" mail they dont investigate themselves do they.Maybe soon it will bite them in the backside.They think ive forgot and they got away with
it how wrong they are . :no no
Wessex
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Re: Late Christmas cards

Post by Wessex »

Lincox wrote:Yes, because if you are like our DO, the managers were all in sorting and guess what, they didn,t give a sh.te where they sent them as long as they left the DO. Christmas Eve we had boxes of mail for all over the county, sent to our village just to get rid of.
That is an absolute scandal , if an opg was to do that he would be facing dismissal . :no no
Lincox
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Re: Late Christmas cards

Post by Lincox »

Yep, one rule for them and a totally different one for us.
PhilthyPhil
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Re: Late Christmas cards

Post by PhilthyPhil »

We had shedloads today. They were all posted after the last posting date or vague (no or wrong postcode) though.
blue1873
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Re: Late Christmas cards

Post by blue1873 »

The official RM answer would more than likely be
"We are glad some of our customers have listened
to us and posted early for next Christmas"
Mr Rush
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Re: Late Christmas cards

Post by Mr Rush »

blue1873 wrote:The official RM answer would more than likely be
"We are glad some of our customers have listened
to us and posted early for next Christmas"
In many cases that might be true, since some people never learn and a lot more will be using second class stamps since the price hike (had an old woman ask me to post her card for her, second class, on the 22nd :roll: ).
The machine stops.
ziko
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Re: Late Christmas cards

Post by ziko »

malcolm3011 wrote:Had lots of Christmas cards come through today correctly addressed with postcodes and dated 12th December, wtf taking 15 days to be delivered, alot more were not franked or dated so perhaps hiding the fact how long these cards have taken to reach there destination :d'oh!
That will be the huge container from Isle of Scilly left at Penzance harbour :sad:
barbario
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Re: Late Christmas cards

Post by barbario »

malcolm3011 wrote:Had lots of Christmas cards come through today correctly addressed with postcodes and dated 12th December, wtf taking 15 days to be delivered, alot more were not franked or dated so perhaps hiding the fact how long these cards have taken to reach there destination :d'oh!
World Class.