YP Letters: Royal Mail doing its best to shoot itself in foot

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 01 Oct 2018, 15:12

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From: Frank Bond, Chairman, Moss and District Parish Council.

WITH reference to your Editorial headline ‘Rural indifference’ (The Yorkshire Post, September 25) and Lorna Macdonald’s letter (September 27) on letter writing, it would appear that the Royal Mail is trying its best to shoot itself in the foot.

In April, the letter box in Fenwick was stolen and reported to Royal Mail.

Subsequently, on contacting Royal Mail to enquire when a replacement would be  installed, we were informed “the current facilities in the area already meet our requirements and a new post box isn’t warranted”.

The stolen post box, when first installed, must have been deemed “ warranted” to serve the 26 properties that existed in Fenwick. Since then a further 24 properties have been built, but now it is not deemed warranted. The nearest post boxes are between two and three miles away and, since we do not have any public transport, it is necessary to get the car out to go and post a letter.

While the Royal Mail is satisfied its criteria has been met, ours certainly hasn’t! Rural indifference seems to be supported by the Royal Mail but letter writing is not!

Stammerking · Post by **Stammerking** » 01 Oct 2018, 15:45

Just give the mail to the postie in the morning!

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 01 Oct 2018, 17:49

won't be there on time for them going to work.

deltaforce · Post by **deltaforce** » 02 Oct 2018, 20:25

daveyeff wrote:won't be there on time for them going to work.

Then post it at work or on the way

Mr Rush · Post by **Mr Rush** » 09 Oct 2018, 20:03

It's pretty clear whose business RM does not want. Take away pillar boxes - less social mail - look, the USO is an out-dated millstone - scrap it - boost the shareprice till the next quarter.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 04 Nov 2018, 10:15

Mr Rush wrote:It's pretty clear whose business RM does not want. Take away pillar boxes - less social mail - look, the USO is an out-dated millstone - scrap it - boost the shareprice till the next quarter.

That would be a public relations disaster. I think a lot of people still like posting greetings cards of various types. You can't put an e-card on the mantelpiece can you? RM might amend the USO and changes services to remote areas and maybe switch to a five day service but I think the postboxes are here to stay at least for a few more generations.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 04 Nov 2018, 10:18

daveyeff wrote:won't be there on time for them going to work.

Can always leave mail to be collected in the porch or even in the letterboxes as some of my 'customers' do dependent on location of course. Not everyone finds it easy to get out of the house such as older people.

Post by **Navalron** » 05 Nov 2018, 10:00

Mr Rush wrote:It's pretty clear whose business RM does not want. Take away pillar boxes - less social mail - look, the USO is an out-dated millstone - scrap it - boost the shareprice till the next quarter.

Mr rush. You know what you can go do............................yourself.

Mr Rush · Post by **Mr Rush** » 06 Nov 2018, 18:28

Should have put that in quotes - not my words, it's my opinion of RM's thinking.