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alwats
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Need urgent help

Post by alwats »

Sent a large letter from Scotland to Poland in the 24th of June, International Tracked and insured.
The time frame for it to be received was 3-5 working days.
The letter has been in transit in Heathrow since the 28th of June and is showing no signs of movement.

I have now contacted RM 3 times and no one seems to know what to do.

The first time I was told it would be there by the 6th of July (today) the latest. But no update still.

Today I called them again and was told it was a customs issue, so to get in touch with them. Customs were brilliant at explaining things, but sadly couldn't help me as they can only track the containers the mail is put into when it's being sent for distribution. They said I could get this number from RM and to phone back with it.
I called back RM who said they can't do that 🙄
Then they said they can't do anything until the 29th of July.

This is an urgent matter. I can't wait until the 29th of July. I have a flight to catch and documents need to be returned so I can catch this flight!

No one seems to care or know what they're doing. I'm appalled how bad this is.

Does anyone have any advice, or have a better clue than the call centre staff? I feel like I'm getting nowhere. I can't afford to lose these documents. If someone has stolen them, then this is serious and I'll need to get police involved.
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Post by Snaggletooth »

Customs are law enforcement agencies and RM have no power over them.
alwats wrote:
06 Jul 2024, 13:21
Today I called them again and was told it was a customs issue, so to get in touch with them. Customs were brilliant at explaining things, but sadly couldn't help me as they can only track the containers the mail is put into when it's being sent for distribution.
I assume that it was Polish customs that you spoke to? As it is that end that a hold-up would occur, UK customs have little or nothing to do with outgoing mail.
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Re: Need urgent help

Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

It looks likely that there are unannounced delays in Polish Customs as we have been getting a few posts about it recently.

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