How long do you take to post things?

RainbowDrops

soolin wrote: »

I state dispatch within 2 days on my listings (and I use 2nd class) and I usually dispatch same or next day.

This. It's more than likely the next day as my auctions tend to end in the evening.
If I think I'll be delayed I let the buyer know ASAP.

geri1965_2

I state two working days - I used to post the next day, but if I was selling more than one thing, invariably there would be someone who took longer to pay than the rest, so I got fed up with going to the PO two days in a row. If everyone pays straight away I usually post the next day.

enya_ntfc

hermum wrote: »

A week to post unless it's on the listing is far too long. What's their despatch dsr like?

Low - 4 stars. Seems to be mixed on feedback,some say quick some say slow.

sgh1976

kiwi_fruit wrote: »

I post same day if paid before 3pm, next day if after that.

Pretty much this, although with Christmas sales going through the roof my cut off time has moved to 2pm.

In quieter times 4pm can be the cut off.

However, for some that isn't quick enough and they want it posting 2 days before they have decided to buy it.

lovinituk

charlies_mum wrote: »

I also state economy delivery (3-5 days) but actually post by 2nd class business post so they get it faster.

Not sure what you mean by this? Economy delivery is 2nd class post and business 2nd class is no faster than standard 2nd class.

Obviously_the_best

I think that (unless stated in a listing) that anything over 48 hours is unacceptable

charlies_mum

lovinituk wrote: »

Not sure what you mean by this? Economy delivery is 2nd class post and business 2nd class is no faster than standard 2nd class.

According to our local sorting office, business post takes priority and gets sorted first

lovinituk

charlies_mum wrote: »

According to our local sorting office, business post takes priority and gets sorted first

I'm not sure that's true. RM staff have been known to get things wrong (or tell you what you want to hear!). I'm an RM business customer and have never heard that my post gets delivered any quicker. Would be interesting if you could link to something official that confirms this.

charlies_mum

lovinituk wrote: »

I'm not sure that's true. RM staff have been known to get things wrong (or tell you what you want to hear!). I'm an RM business customer and have never heard that my post gets delivered any quicker. Would be interesting if you could link to something official that confirms this.

Nothing official, maybe Custardy could advise. I know that since using business post, lots of my feedback comments on the fast delivery even on second class

lovinituk

charlies_mum wrote: »

Nothing official, maybe Custardy could advise. I know that since using business post, lots of my feedback comments on the fast delivery even on second class

I used standard post through the post office up until April when I switched to a business account. Even prior to the business account I always received excellent feedback for delivery times even with 2nd class. It's been widely posted that 2nd class has been generally very fast this year for a lot of people, retail and business customers alike.