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Harv12
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Item number

Post by Harv12 »

Anyone seen an item number like this

FWYT2968070GB

Being sent somthing and i kinda worried im being ripped, iv been working for royal mail for 15 year and have never seen a number like this i thought they didn't have 4 letters at the start. iv asked the bloke about it but he's certain thats the code sent through royal mail
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Post by fishtank »

It's not one of ours.
It is 13 digits and ends in GB so is it possible he's misread it?
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Re: Item number

Post by bustedflush »

johna456 wrote:Anyone seen an item number like this

FWYT2968070GB

Being sent somthing and i kinda worried im being ripped, iv been working for royal mail for 15 year and have never seen a number like this i thought they didn't have 4 letters at the start. iv asked the bloke about it but he's certain thats the code sent through royal mail
This number is boll@cks. All RM international signed-for, special and recorded delivery codes are as such:

AB123456789GB - i.e. 2 letters in the prefix, 9 digits and GB at the end = 13 characters in total.

P.S. To be sure, enter the number into RM's 'track-and-trace' facility on their website.
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Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

It might, might be a PFWW one as they have strange ones but it gets no results on their site.
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Re: Item number

Post by IcanthelpthewayIam »

It's an invalid parcel force number,
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Post by Harv12 »

Ta chaps, ive tried the tack and trace on RM's and Parcel forces site and nothing comes up, he's trying to say its sent recorded sign for, i asked him to check it again yesterday but sent the same one back, iv asked again just now and told him that i work for royal mail and have done for years and aint seen that kind of code, see what comes back.
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Re: Item number

Post by Straight4ward »

FWYT - according to the urban dictionary is - f**k what you think :nervous

Sorry, a bit worrying though.
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Re: Item number

Post by Harv12 »

Must be a new number system as it's coming up in progress now, panic over
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Re: Item number

Post by fishtank »

johna456 wrote:Must be a new number system as it's coming up in progress now, panic over
:pray

If you use this tracking site you can get more details.. http://tracking.parcelforce.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Parcel number: PBYT2968070001
Consignment number: YT2968070
Senders reference: 131114
Shipping date: 08.01.2014
Service: Express 48
Number of parcels: 1
Delivery date: ...
Status: Collected
Signed for by: ...
Signature: None
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eric the viking
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Re: Item number

Post by eric the viking »

It's a parcelforce number and don't be fooled by tracking it is only one item.