Royal Mail

debsue

Can anyone tell me why I can post a letter to my daughter who lives 200 miles away and ahe can get it the following day, yet the card I posted to my DH at a post box 200 yards away hasnt arrived?

Vent over

parkemitch

Thats royal mail ! :mad: Was it recorded/special delivery?

I think Royal Mail deserve there on forum ... Anyone else agree

olly300

This has been happening for years and I mean a good few years.

If I want someone to get a letter in the part of London I live in the next day I either send post if from work in the morning, if I'm working outside London, or SW1. Recorded delivery makes no difference to the time period as it's the same as first/second class mail but Special Delivery does.

Astaroth

The 200 miles adds what? 4 hours drive to the process? Other than that it will go through exactly the same process if you send it to a next door neighbour or 500 miles away.

I assume it was a V day card (was about to ask why your posting something to your Dizzy Husband in the first place) - unfortunately cards are much more likely to go missing in the post than other things due to the likelihood of them containing money.

debsue

Astaroth wrote:

The 200 miles adds what? 4 hours drive to the process? Other than that it will go through exactly the same process if you send it to a next door neighbour or 500 miles away.

I assume it was a V day card (was about to ask why your posting something to your Dizzy Husband in the first place) - unfortunately cards are much more likely to go missing in the post than other things due to the likelihood of them containing money.

Hes lucky yo have a card, wouldnt send him money!

RadoJo

Royal Mail do have a sense of humour though - 6 months after changing my postcode their web-site STILL does not recognise my new one, even though plenty of other companies have already caught on. I e-mailed them about it, but haven't even had a response - oh well, no change there...