irenewilde Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 I have been waiting 15 days for a pair of boots....rule 1... never part a women from a pair of boots. 15 days for jewellery for my god daughter's 18th. Time is running out now.... :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roobarbpie Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I'm still waiting for 4 parcels. I've had some delivered that were ordered later. I think tbh, it's hopeless now. If they don't come before Thursday, there's no chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboxonline Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I got lots of post yesterday - yipppee. Went to drop off some items to be delieverd at the post office and we were queing all the way down the street. And the post boxes were all full! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Once this snow comes on Thursday we can fully give up hope of everything arriving. Gladly, i started shopping quite early, and if what Im waiting on doesn't come in time, xmas won't be totally failed x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny5 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Wouldn't be surprised if the government wasn't thinking of having a look at how Royal Mail has made such a pigs ear of this. It's become an utter farce. Trouble now is that the ineptitude of Royal Mail will be hitting smaller on-line retailers whose customers will be deserting in droves. Bad for the economy and bad for the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Im so glad this year that i gave up ebay selling. Last xmas and the strikes were bad but its clear this year has been a lot more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox20thc Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I spoke to a postie online last night, regarding the back log clearance and how new mail is getting out but back log appears not to be this was the explanation: "If you deliver 8 bags a day (about average) that fills your working day - a week backlog is therefore 48 bags. So delivering say 2 extra bags a day (after finishing your normal delivery) will take three and a half weeks. There is no extra staff to do it. If I say that my office has a pile of packets about the size of a semi-detached house, in no order; can you then understand how a packet that arrived yesterday may well arrive before one that arrived a week ago? Also, we missed 5 days delivery, do you know why? Because the terrific Sheffield City Council wouldn't grit the access road to the office. So all the mail never reached us. We would have missed very little if wasn't for Scrivens Skivers." We can't blame the posties on the ground but the system seems very much to be flawed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeymon Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Just had a small parcel delivered which was posted on 29.11.10. I asked the postman what was happening with the larger parcels and he said there is a huge backlog and they might not arrive before Christmas. He said they are getting down it and they might arrive before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm06 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Well I bought a shirt online on Friday, sent out yesterday, and I got it this morning. Cheers Royal Mail lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox20thc Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Well I bought a shirt online on Friday, sent out yesterday, and I got it this morning. Cheers Royal Mail lads. As did my OH he ordered Friday and it was delivered yesterday. It appears that new stuff coming in goes on the top of the pile Stuff I ordered in November still hasn't arrived and I'm not holding out much hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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