Residents anger at postal delays in Corringham

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RESIDENTS have expressed anger at the Royal Mail because post was delivered after they went to bed.

Terry Lindsay, 68, of Fairview Avenue, Stanford-le-Hope claims for the past two weeks her mail has been delivered after 8pm.

She said she called the Corringham sorting office and was told the disruptions were due to expanding routes and cutbacks in the use of vans for deliveries.

Mrs Lindsay, who has lived in Thurrock for 20 years told the Gazette: “I don’t think the postmen can cope. I was also told if they don’t deliver all their letters, the managers then go and deliver the rest of the mail after 5pm.

“We used to get our post between 10am and 11.30am, but it is getting later, it is a bit of a joke. The service has been very bad, and some days we don’t get letters at all.

“I know the service is changing, but it should be changing for the better, not the worse. Getting post in the middle of the night is unacceptable. Sometimes I am left waiting all day for parcels because I use E-Bay alot, it is very frustrating.”

A spokesman for Royal Mail said: “We apologise to customers who have been affected in parts of Stanford-Le-Hope by changes made to our local operation.

“While this has disrupted some services, all the mail in Corringham is being delivered to all addresses on a daily basis.

“Changes to local delivery practices in some areas are part of Royal Mail’s commitment to modernising the business.

“We aim to underpin the future of the business and the highly valued one-price-goes-anywhere universal service.

“We always welcome hearing from any customer who has a concern or a query about the service and we would urge them to contact us.”

Call the customer services department on 08457 740740 or via the website at http://www.royalmail.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[barbario]

Get used to it folks,its soon going to be the norm.

[DGP1]

Get used to it folks,its soon going to be the norm.

Not really because we'll soon be delivering todays mail early tomorrow, just 24 hours later than before we where modern