Amazon 'Prime Day'

[framusjsx]

the sale will probably last till midnight. so I would expect stuff to be coming through all week with Thursday/friday the worst hit

[POSTMAN]

Oh ffs there is nothing to worry about,Royal Mail have everything in order...

We have been working with Amazon to prepare for the expected surge in e-retail parcel volumes.

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[ScousePostie]

In my area, Amazon opened their own logistics depot in Wigan and covers the whole of the North West from there. As far as I'm aware the only packets that are still handled by RM express deliveries which comes through as special deliveries.

[ShropshireLad]

We still get shed loads of Amazon stuff where we are, especially tracked. I swapped my day off this week with someone who wanted my Thursday. Bugger!

[ShropshireLad]

Oh ffs there is nothing to worry about,Royal Mail have everything in order...

We have been working with Amazon to prepare for the expected surge in e-retail parcel volumes.

https://www.myroyalmail.com/news/2015/07/amazon-event" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yes they'll have taken on more staff in mail centres, but there won't be any increase in the numbers of posties who have to sort and deliver it all !

[SpacePhoenix]

Yes they'll have taken on more staff in mail centres,

No chance

[joeyuk]

Worked out well as im off this week. Not so good for my postman as i will being getting a few things. Usually get my stuff by man in a white van as its all Prime stuff so he might get off light.

[penlanpostie]

We still get thousands of Amazon pkts including delivered scanned , tracked , special delivery and returns as we are only 2 miles from a huge Amazon depot , I'm surprised they don't deliver their own down here as its so close to the depot

[POSTMAN]

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We’re expecting a significant increase in our Tracked 24 volumes today and tomorrow, as Amazon launches its first ever Prime Day to drive sales, subscriptions and revenue.

In the UK, the online retailer is planning more than double the number of deals it offered last Black Friday, when it shipped 5.5 million items.

Quality of Service

Thanks to our fantastic Quality of Service, Amazon chooses to use Royal Mail Tracked 24 for many of its shipments to Prime customers.

It’s important that our scan performance remains at the high standard we set ourselves all year round. We are expecting to see the same level of focus on Tracked 24 as we saw last Christmas.

As part of our commitment to respond to our customer needs, we have been working with Amazon to prepare for the expected surge in parcel volumes.

Additional collections and network services have been put in place, and local arrangements between mail centres and delivery offices have been reviewed to ensure we are able to cope with an increase in traffic.

[Nigel1505]

https://www.myroyalmail.com/news/2015/0 ... -prime-day

We’re expecting a significant increase in our Tracked 24 volumes today and tomorrow, as Amazon launches its first ever Prime Day to drive sales, subscriptions and revenue.

In the UK, the online retailer is planning more than double the number of deals it offered last Black Friday, when it shipped 5.5 million items.

Quality of Service

Thanks to our fantastic Quality of Service, Amazon chooses to use Royal Mail Tracked 24 for many of its shipments to Prime customers.

It’s important that our scan performance remains at the high standard we set ourselves all year round. We are expecting to see the same level of focus on Tracked 24 as we saw last Christmas.

As part of our commitment to respond to our customer needs, we have been working with Amazon to prepare for the expected surge in parcel volumes.

Additional collections and network services have been put in place, and local arrangements between mail centres and delivery offices have been reviewed to ensure we are able to cope with an increase in traffic.

That's that sorted. No problems then, 'til 6.30 in the morning. Then

[CharlesSpooner]

Additional collections and network services have been put in place, and local arrangements between mail centres and delivery offices have been reviewed to ensure we are able to cope with an increase in traffic.

The little matter of "final mile" has also been looked at I assume? Should be fun.

[arnold cheshire]

Additional collections and network services have been put in place, and local arrangements between mail centres and delivery offices have been reviewed to ensure we are able to cope with an increase in traffic.

The little matter of "final mile" has also been looked at I assume? Should be fun.

i couldnt find any bargains on their website

[wannabeek]

Did anybody notice a massive increase in Amazon tracked? There were only a couple more than on a usual Thursday. Either this was a big flop for Amazon in this area (they don't deliver here) or it'll all hit us tomorrow...?

[framusjsx]

the sale went on all day till midnight or so I believe so I would expect quite a few to come through tomorrow.

[arnold cheshire]

the sale went on all day till midnight or so I believe so I would expect quite a few to come through tomorrow.

we ordered something at 2pm yesterday and we havent recieved it at 6pm today