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Post by RPB »

Hi all,
I am confused with the last part of the tracking information shown below. The parcel address was for Manchester, so why am i seeing a Brighton PDO here?
Thanks for any help folks :)

Date Time Status Track point
17/02/17 10:19 DELIVERED17/02/17 BRIGHTON PDO
17/02/17 06:51 ON DELIVERY OLDHAM PDO
17/02/17 06:31 ARRIVED (MDN) AT OLDHAM PDO
17/02/17 04:59 ON ITS WAY TOFAILSWORTH PDO MANCHESTER MAIL CENTRE
17/02/17 04:10 ARRIVED ATMANCHESTER MAIL CENTRE MANCHESTER MAIL CENTRE
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Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

I reckon its been delivered as addressed, just that for some reason the postie delivering it entered the wrong DO on the PDA .
Doh.

The thing that makes me think that is that knowing the system there is no way that a delivery can get from a DO in Oldham to another in Brighton in anything less than 24 hours, certainly not just over 3 hours.
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Makes sense looking at it that way. Thx :)
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Post by Terryk »

Whole things looks a bit odd - was sent from Manchester Mail Centre to Failsworth PDO and miraculously arrived at Oldham PDO instead.
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Terryk wrote:Whole things looks a bit odd - was sent from Manchester Mail Centre to Failsworth PDO and miraculously arrived at Oldham PDO instead.
Those 2 are only 4 miles apart so it might be a sub-office of Oldham.
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
Terryk wrote:Whole things looks a bit odd - was sent from Manchester Mail Centre to Failsworth PDO and miraculously arrived at Oldham PDO instead.
Those 2 are only 4 miles apart so it might be a sub-office of Oldham.
Failsworth PDO closed some years ago and was merged into Oldham PDO although their specials are processed separately at Manchester MC at their request.