Royal Mail auctions off undelivered mail

paulofessex · 23 March 2012 at 12:19PM

Now we know where that undelivered item may have ended up

Royal Mail has been criticised by Labour for failing to keep keeping a record of nearly £1m of undelivered letters and parcels, including birthday and Christmas presents, which it sells off every year.

Full article here (The Telegraph 23/03/2012)

lovinituk · 23 March 2012 at 12:21PM

They've been doing that for years! Trust a tabloid to only just pick up on old news!!

custardy · 23 March 2012 at 1:03PM

paulofessex wrote: »

Now we know where that undelivered item may have ended up

Royal Mail has been criticised by Labour for failing to keep keeping a record of nearly £1m of undelivered letters and parcels, including birthday and Christmas presents, which it sells off every year.

Full article here (The Telegraph 23/03/2012)

yes,criticised by a shadow minister
yet nothing while in power.
simple answer,put a return addresss.......

Owain_Moneysaver · 23 March 2012 at 1:08PM

If people packed items properly with sender's and recipient's addresses on the outside and attached to the item on the inside ...

RFW · 23 March 2012 at 5:07PM

Railway and Royal Mail lost property auctions have been around for as long as the railways and Royal Mail. There's a lot less of them than there used to be. Draw your own conclusions as to the reasons why.

Royal Mail auctions off undelivered mail

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