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can the sender intercept the package ?

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Hello can the sender intercept the package after it being sent ?

can he make Royal Mail return the package to him before its delivery ?


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No

In fact IIRC its against the law to do so.
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Re: can the sender intercept the package ?

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Thanks for the fast reply

one more question how can I know If it's saturday delivery or next day delivery ?

it shows up "via Special Delivery Guaranteed™"

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As far as I know there is no way to tell just by the tracking number, however most Special Deliveries that are not saturday guaranteed are actually attempted on a Saturday, unless there is a Saturday retention in place for the address.
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what If there's no one on saturday ...they will re-attempt to deliver on monday ?

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Yogioh wrote:what If there's no one on saturday ...they will re-attempt to deliver on monday ?

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No they'll leave a card so you can collect early Monday
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Re: can the sender intercept the package ?

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the sender of the package don't reply

but the address I'm expecting the package to is a "business" it's a company in fact and I'm sure that Royal mail knew that the company is closed on saturday/sunday so I guess they will do it on monday
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they pay quite a bit more for a saturday dely and the recipient will know this as it will have a little yellow sticker on it with the letters SD on it. In my experiance (i collect from a branch office) they ask if it is a business and will it be open, if not they dont sell them the Saturday special, possibly to do with selling the customer the wrong product. I haven't asked why but will do.
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
Yogioh wrote:what If there's no one on saturday ...they will re-attempt to deliver on monday ?

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No they'll leave a card so you can collect early Monday
or possibly Sunday if you live in one of the areas taking part in the trial, it will say on the 739 card if sunday is an option for you.
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bogstandard wrote:they pay quite a bit more for a saturday dely and the recipient will know this as it will have a little yellow sticker on it with the letters SD on it. In my experiance (i collect from a branch office) they ask if it is a business and will it be open, if not they dont sell them the Saturday special, possibly to do with selling the customer the wrong product. I haven't asked why but will do.
Spot on with your reasoning. Saturday delivery is subject to VAT at 20% but weekday delivery is zero rated, which accounts for about half of the price difference.