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eastie
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Post by eastie »

In our delivery office with a date stamp on the cards of 15th December !!!!
ddtc
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Post by ddtc »

Kind of funny really that we'd get in trouble for failing but managers etc don't. Ah well, they have another year to plan to fail again next Christmas.
blue1873
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Post by blue1873 »

eastie wrote:In our delivery office with a date stamp on the cards of 15th December !!!!
Well "eastie" dont be surprised if your still seeing these dated cards well into next week going by
the amount of mail that that hasn't yet gone through the system in our MC is anything to go by,
this indeed would appear to be the year Christmas was privatised. :oops:
aiden01
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Post by aiden01 »

blue1873 wrote:
eastie wrote:In our delivery office with a date stamp on the cards of 15th December !!!!
Well "eastie" dont be surprised if your still seeing these dated cards well into next week going by
the amount of mail that that hasn't yet gone through the system in our MC is anything to go by,
this indeed would appear to be the year Christmas was privatised. :oops:
same in our mc.
Kobi72
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Post by Kobi72 »

I've delivered cards today,that was dated the 8th Dec.. bloody awful
CPTNemoUK
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Post by CPTNemoUK »

It's Ok I found a parcel dated 28th November behind my frame today :d'oh!
wacko74
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Post by wacko74 »

Fair enough about the ones dated a week or more ago that's down to us... but there were plenty of xmas cards in the boxes I emptied on the 23rd, not sure how these muppets thought they were going to arrive by Christmas.
DiamondSmiles
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Post by DiamondSmiles »

People holding off so they can see who sent them a card first because the price of stamps are so high.
noggin1969
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Post by noggin1969 »

We had mail in today date stamped 6th December from West Yorkshire MC , taken over 20 days to do 70 miles :oops:
Nigel1505
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Post by Nigel1505 »

Don't worry, happens every year. Xmas cards will appear all through January, not machine sorted just for us to hand sort. Where have they been, who knows, as long as the sorting office get them out the door, no problem. :nana
Celgar
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Post by Celgar »

Nigel1505 wrote:Don't worry, happens every year. Xmas cards will appear all through January, not machine sorted just for us to hand sort. Where have they been, who knows, as long as the sorting office get them out the door, no problem. :nana
It happens every year to a degree but it will be much worse this year .
The views I express here are mine alone and do not represent the views of Royal Mail Group.
thekiddykid
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Post by thekiddykid »

I delivered probably a dozen xmas cards today, but unbelievably I also came across a letter from the Costa Del Sol date stamped 27/12!! :shock:
Brandy
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Post by Brandy »

Still receiving Christmas cards! What a shambles this year has been! Just doing it on the cheap! I can see the courier headlines now Royal Mail delivers Christmas! What was once a national institution,loved and trusted by the public,is now becoming a national disgrace! :sad:
twoloops
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Post by twoloops »

Folk could just be posting cards early for 2018?
k979aaa
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Post by k979aaa »

Who is to say they are not happy new year card's? as I do not open them I can not confirm this but Happy New Year.