Recorded signed for - Letters with token payments

ceejaydee23

Hi Last tuesday I posted 2 letters in one envelope for 2 different accounts with the same provider, and 1 to another creditor, Recorded signed for 1st class, and still nothing is showing up under track and trace service Its really disheartening because theres £15 worth of postal orders between those envelopes and if they haven't been delivered Id wonder if id get them back But i didn't put a return address on the back

KingElvis

Suprised the Post Office let you send recorded mail without a return address?

ceejaydee23

Thats the thing, i dont generally self address the back of anything i send, But i wasnt questioned if the envelopes had a return address. I went to my local sub post office, I just hope these 2 envelopes havent got "lost" I'm starting to think maybe i should have sent cheques instead but i was advised to send postal orders.

Tixy

Did you send to addresses that were PO Boxes? If you did then they won't be signed for, but they'll probably still have received them.

I believe you can check whether your postal order has been cashed by taking in the postal order number (or stub or something) to the post office after a couple of weeks. If they've been cashed then presumably you'll know they received them?

Flash-bang

If you sent crossed postal orders they can only be paid in by the named party. There is a way of tracing them to see if they have been cashed. We had the same problem with recorded - not always signed for. When I queried this with the post office they said that they can be delivered without a signature - to ensure it is signed for you need guaranteed signed for which costs more

nottoolate

i think you can also call the royal mail

0845 77 40 740

they should be able to tell whether it was delivered at least. even if they can't confirm with a signature

ceejaydee23

I think one of the addresses was a PO BOX, I suppose if the amounts owed on my accounts drop by £5 each then i know they were received lol, i do online banking so i suppose i should keep tabs of "payments received thank you", or possibly wait for some correspondence from them?

I sent the Postal orders Crossed.

Nottolate i called that number yesterday and it was just an automated service, that told me they couldnt tell me anything, other then what it said on the online tracking service which was in the network for delivery.

At the moment my fingers are crossed. But i'm sure id have heard from HSBC Credit Card if they hadnt received it, as i had been on a reduced payment schedule anyway, and if the payment wasn't received it would have missed the deadline and they would have been on the phone quick smart!

nottoolate

ceejaydee23 wrote: »

Nottolate i called that number yesterday and it was just an automated service, that told me they couldnt tell me anything, other then what it said on the online tracking service which was in the network for delivery.

there is a number you can call to actually talk to someone then.

i know. i did it last year.

thought that was the number but obviously not

ceejaydee23

Not too late, I have just checked my online banking, and the Postal Order for my Loan has gone through for payment, so i'm assuming the credit card is the same, but not showing on the online screen yet.

Will check the other balance now too!


Just checked the other balance, and they have a credit on there of £1 so dread to think what they did with the other £4 unless they will credit it at another time!

nottoolate wrote: »

there is a number you can call to actually talk to someone then.

i know. i did it last year.

thought that was the number but obviously not

brokeinlondon

I sent two letters recorded delivery at the end of the february and it didn't show up on Royal Mail's website until about two weeks later! Seems they've very slow to update...

custardy

brokeinlondon wrote: »

I sent two letters recorded delivery at the end of the february and it didn't show up on Royal Mail's website until about two weeks later! Seems they've very slow to update...

depends how they are delivered
delivered by PDA,instant update
delivered with ye olde quill and paper
takes tie for them to be sent and manually scanned/uploaded