I have an inbound package from the USA which has been sent using a 3rd party who use RM for the final mile. I have the RM tracking number and on 7 May the 3rd party activated that number but tracking still says "Item despatched to Royal Mail".
How long will RM wait before they give up on the 3rd paty delivering the parcel to them? Or do they wait indefinitely?!
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How long will Royal Mail wait for 3rd party?
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feduppostie
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How long will Royal Mail wait for 3rd party?
an item from the USA cannot have a RM tracking code - that is only possible for items posted in the UK
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qqharg1
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How long will Royal Mail wait for 3rd party?
Like I said, it came across the Atlantic with a different carrier. They use RM as the "final mile carrier". Therefore it has a tracking number for the transatlantic carrier and then an RM number for the final mile.
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SpacePhoenix
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How long will Royal Mail wait for 3rd party?
Some carriers send items to big warehouses around Heathrow where they then forward them on using RM's system, at that point they get a RM tracking numberfeduppostie wrote:an item from the USA cannot have a RM tracking code - that is only possible for items posted in the UK