Harrow’s Royal Mail collection office to close, customers directed to Greenford

[TrueBlueTerrier]

https://harrowonline.org/2024/11/04/har ... greenford/



The Royal Mail collection office at the Hawthorne Centre on Elmgrove Road, Harrow, will permanently close this weekend, affecting customers across the borough.

From Saturday, 9 November 2024, residents will need to travel to a new collection point in Greenford to pick up any missed parcels or items.

This change means that customers who miss a delivery will now need to collect it from the Harrow Delivery Office at Auriol Drive, Greenford, UB6 0TP. The aim of relocating the service to a nearby, larger facility is to provide more modern and suitable facilities for postal staff.



Royal Mail will continue to leave a “Something for you” card after a missed delivery, which provides instructions for arranging a redelivery or collecting items in person.

For those opting to collect in person, it’s essential to bring the “Something for you” card and appropriate ID. Customers can also use the card to check any additional information online, including options to pay fees if needed.

[Londonsburning]

Yeah no money for CSP because we love the planet make every recipient of mail/parcels drive further to pick up point in their car. Just load every 739 into the last DO collection to the nearest MC and be done with it

[BenacreNick]

Harrow to Greenford, is it far ?

[funkflex55]

Harrow to Greenford, is it far ?

4.1 miles, 21 minutes if you were going now.

[ted_e_bear]

Good luck going to collect something looks like the standard s**t opening times

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[BenacreNick]

This looks wrong, surely they would open at or around 4pm-6pm to allow businesses to drop off their mail ?

[oypostie]

This looks wrong, surely they would open at or around 4pm-6pm to allow businesses to drop off their mail ?

Not these days. Remember we don't care about letters anymore

[BenacreNick]

So when customers pull up outside and deposit their outgoing post in the 1st class or franked or 2nd class or international box, who is collecting all of this on the inside of the building to be sent to the nearest mail centre for processing ?

[Londonsburning]

So when customers pull up outside and deposit their outgoing post in the 1st class or franked or 2nd class or international box, who is collecting all of this on the inside of the building to be sent to the nearest mail centre for processing ?

The allocated collection duty, they also collect all the pillar box and customer collects picked up by delivery duties throughout the day and take to their MC

[kazardaimenu]

What a shitshow. Customers would certainly prefer a callers office be open over automatic redelivery.

[TopperGas]

What a shitshow. Customers would certainly prefer a callers office be open over automatic redelivery.

But the same customers would also pick the cheapest company to deliver their parcels?

[kazardaimenu]

Yeah true. The race to the bottom.