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SpacePhoenix
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number one wrote:
NewPostieUK wrote:
number one wrote:
Nickvilla20 wrote:Had my first one yesterday got to the house the parcel had a collect plus label on it. She found the Royal Mail label stuck that on it and the barcodes didn’t match. I just took the parcel and put it down as uncollected. I was at the house for 10 minutes which was far to long.
Why are you so silly? You took an item then put it down as not collected because the barcode didn’t match. What sort of people do Royal Mail employ! If it doesn’t match you don’t collect
Id have taken it whether it scanned or not. The customer wants a parcel collected, you can't leave it.
Are you for real? If it doesn’t match what is on your PDA you don’t collect. Some people are unbelievable. Why would you take an item that has not been paid for?
When you get back to the DO it just goes with any other mail that needs to go to Revenue Protection once it arrives at the MC
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SpacePhoenix wrote:
number one wrote:
NewPostieUK wrote:
number one wrote:
Nickvilla20 wrote:Had my first one yesterday got to the house the parcel had a collect plus label on it. She found the Royal Mail label stuck that on it and the barcodes didn’t match. I just took the parcel and put it down as uncollected. I was at the house for 10 minutes which was far to long.
Why are you so silly? You took an item then put it down as not collected because the barcode didn’t match. What sort of people do Royal Mail employ! If it doesn’t match you don’t collect
Id have taken it whether it scanned or not. The customer wants a parcel collected, you can't leave it.
Are you for real? If it doesn’t match what is on your PDA you don’t collect. Some people are unbelievable. Why would you take an item that has not been paid for?
When you get back to the DO it just goes with any other mail that needs to go to Revenue Protection once it arrives at the MC
No, the CC training tells you if it doesn’t match the PDA then DO NOT COLLECT THE ITEM
SpacePhoenix
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Post by SpacePhoenix »

number one wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
number one wrote:
NewPostieUK wrote:
number one wrote:
Nickvilla20 wrote:Had my first one yesterday got to the house the parcel had a collect plus label on it. She found the Royal Mail label stuck that on it and the barcodes didn’t match. I just took the parcel and put it down as uncollected. I was at the house for 10 minutes which was far to long.
Why are you so silly? You took an item then put it down as not collected because the barcode didn’t match. What sort of people do Royal Mail employ! If it doesn’t match you don’t collect
Id have taken it whether it scanned or not. The customer wants a parcel collected, you can't leave it.
Are you for real? If it doesn’t match what is on your PDA you don’t collect. Some people are unbelievable. Why would you take an item that has not been paid for?
When you get back to the DO it just goes with any other mail that needs to go to Revenue Protection once it arrives at the MC
No, the CC training tells you if it doesn’t match the PDA then DO NOT COLLECT THE ITEM
I'd give it a couple of weeks, a month tops before that changes
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wallan wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
wallan wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:Is there an SSOW/procudure type thingy to go with this?
Your Work Place Coach should be doing the Training
Any documentation so I can put it on the site?
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number one wrote:
NewPostieUK wrote:
number one wrote:
Nickvilla20 wrote:Had my first one yesterday got to the house the parcel had a collect plus label on it. She found the Royal Mail label stuck that on it and the barcodes didn’t match. I just took the parcel and put it down as uncollected. I was at the house for 10 minutes which was far to long.
Why are you so silly? You took an item then put it down as not collected because the barcode didn’t match. What sort of people do Royal Mail employ! If it doesn’t match you don’t collect
Id have taken it whether it scanned or not. The customer wants a parcel collected, you can't leave it.
Are you for real? If it doesn’t match what is on your PDA you don’t collect. Some people are unbelievable. Why would you take an item that has not been paid for?
Sorry but no need to be so aggressive with your language. Disagree with someone but don't make it personal.
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the mad woman
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Post by the mad woman »

can you collect specials
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Post by clashcityrocker »

the mad woman wrote:can you collect specials
Yes
From the booklet:
Three icons may appear to indicate collection from Safeplace, Animal Hazard or Special Delivery.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
twoloops
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Post by twoloops »

I had 2 collections today 1st one on answer, 2nd one was far to big had to nip back with the van, had to band it up with elastic back back at the office it was falling to bits :chuckle
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Post by Sir Henry »

Permitted letters and parcels can weigh as much as 20kg and be up to 46x46x61cm in dimension. Payment must be made at the time of booking via a credit card or the online payment system PayPal

Was it bigger than the quoted size?
Hadnt the customer bothered to wrap it properly?
Is this size limit mentioned anywhere except in the press?
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Do we need to carry a tape measure? & yes it was quite badly wrapped almost falling apart by the time I got it back to the office.
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Post by Sir Henry »

Having worked in retail, the first thing that popped into my mind was " Customers returning goods to companies don't bother their arses to wrap the goods appropriately"

Surely we should be able to refuse to accept parcels if they arent wrapped to a decent standard?
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Post by robbertwhitton »

This has got carnage written all over it!another scheme to trip us up should they wish if we get it wrong,we’ll just see how it fits in with my start and finish time,
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Post by number one »

Sir Henry wrote:Having worked in retail, the first thing that popped into my mind was " Customers returning goods to companies don't bother their arses to wrap the goods appropriately"

Surely we should be able to refuse to accept parcels if they arent wrapped to a decent standard?
You can refuse to collect it and document the reason why.
cpg67
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Post by cpg67 »

You can refuse to accept a badly wrap parcel . There's an option for it on your pda
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robbertwhitton wrote:This has got carnage written all over it!another scheme to trip us up should they wish if we get it wrong,we’ll just see how it fits in with my start and finish time,
You’re not being asked to split the atom. It’s collecting a parcel instead of delivering it. Scan it like you would if your were delivering but instead of handing it to the customer you take it off the customer.
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