Expect some negatives at Christmas

mrcol1000

I just hope the national strike is not around Christmas. I really don't think Royal Mail workers have thought this through as with e-mail, paperless billing and courier prices coming down to similar to Royal Mail price I can see more and more people abandoning them.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Royal-Mail-Workers-Vote-To-Strike-Post-Could-Be-Disrupted-Ahead-Of-Busy-Christmas-Period/Article/200910215402103?lpos=Business_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15402103_Royal_Mail_Workers_Vote_To_Strike%3A_Post_Could_Be_Disrupted_Ahead_Of_Busy_Christmas_Period

custardy

mrcol1000 wrote: »

I just hope the national strike is not around Christmas. I really don't think Royal Mail workers have thought this through as with e-mail, paperless billing and courier prices coming down to similar to Royal Mail price I can see more and more people abandoning them.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Royal-Mail-Workers-Vote-To-Strike-Post-Could-Be-Disrupted-Ahead-Of-Busy-Christmas-Period/Article/200910215402103?lpos=Business_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15402103_Royal_Mail_Workers_Vote_To_Strike%3A_Post_Could_Be_Disrupted_Ahead_Of_Busy_Christmas_Period

perhaps join some of the other all posties are evil and the cause of all problems in RM & RM are doing great threads

mrcol1000

custardy wrote: »

perhaps join some of the other all posties are evil and the cause of all problems in RM & RM are doing great threads

I don't have a problem with postman. I just think they don't appericate that 10 years ago Royal Mail strikes would cripple the UK now people just will use other means. I have this very week changed all my bills to paperless because two never arrived. One nearly cost me £5 late payment charge (but thankfully they wrote it off) the other nearly cost me huge problems all because of the recent strikes. 10 years ago I would have had to put up with it. Now I don't. I appericate this isn't going to really make any difference to Royal Mail alone but if everyone did it etc...

custardy

mrcol1000 wrote: »

I don't have a problem with postman. I just think they don't appericate that 10 years ago Royal Mail strikes would cripple the UK now people just will use other means. I have this very week changed all my bills to paperless because two never arrived. One nearly cost me £5 late payment charge (but thankfully they wrote it off) the other nearly cost me huge problems all because of the recent strikes. 10 years ago I would have had to put up with it. Now I don't. I appericate this isn't going to really make any difference to Royal Mail alone but if everyone did it etc...

i cant really be bothered top type again what ive typed elsewhere
just to say when RM wont listen and feel the need to continue regardless of the repercussions on its staff and services
whats the avenues left?

mrcol1000

custardy wrote: »

i cant really be bothered top type again what ive typed elsewhere
just to say when RM wont listen and feel the need to continue regardless of the repercussions on its staff and services
whats the avenues left?

Find a new job?

custardy

mrcol1000 wrote: »

Find a new job?

no worries for me,as ive posted already im not staying at RM
so i can just let the service slide,cool

Ladywhisper

Ebay general announcements page: " Today the Commercial Worker’s Union has issued strike notice to Royal Mail this means a national strike is possible from the 18th October.
We take this notice very seriously and recognise the negative impact that such action will have for sellers on eBay.co.uk and I want to let you know what we are doing to mitigate the impact:

• We’re temporarily removing the option for buyers to rate sellers on the Dispatch Time Detailed Seller Rating from the start date of any national strike action. "

Something atleast http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/200910.shtml#2009-10-07135949

frivolous_fay

Ladywhisper wrote: »

We’re temporarily removing the option for buyers to rate sellers on the Dispatch Time Detailed Seller Rating from the start date of any national strike action.

Riiiight... What has despatch time got to do with the strikes? Is the Post Office going on strike too? :rolleyes:

Er, thanks eBay.

mrcol1000

frivolous_fay wrote: »

Riiiight... What has despatch time got to do with the strikes? Is the Post Office going on strike too? :rolleyes:

Er, thanks eBay.

I think its more to do with people marking people down for dispatch time because its taken an item so long to arrive due to the [STRIKE]should just get on with the job or find a new one[/STRIKE] striking postmen

frivolous_fay

It just goes to show that even eBay doesn't know the difference between despatch times and delivery times!

cyberbob

frivolous_fay wrote: »

It just goes to show that even eBay doesn't know the difference between despatch times and delivery times!

No I think it customers who dont know the difference