Royal Mail -a law unto themselves !!!!!

Amanda65

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

RM offer 2 service for standard mail, 1st and 2nd class, and as one is more expensive than the other and 1st class delivery is expected to be carried out quicker than 2nd class, I would argue that the OP did in fact pay for a premium service by opting for first class.

And actually Hermione as the definition of premium is paying a price above the normal, so the £1.16 paid (first class postage plus extra for the signature) - a rate set by Royal Mail and not me (reference to those who have said how 'cheap' postage costs are) I did indeed pay a premium

thatlemming

You said your daughter is in halls, so am I, and tbh, it can take absolutely ages for the post to reach you from when it actually gets delivered to uni, so you've got that to contend with too.

custardy

Amanda65 wrote: »

And actually Hermione as the definition of premium is paying a price above the normal, so the £1.16 paid (first class postage plus extra for the signature) - a rate set by Royal Mail and not me (reference to those who have said how 'cheap' postage costs are) I did indeed pay a premium

77p of that is for your signature
makes no difference to the postal handling
so the 1st class cost is
I pay more than £1.16 to travel a few stops by bus,so I dont know if you feel thats a lot of money
howeer £1.16 - 77p leaves 39p

malkyh

OP, have you used the RM website to track the letter to see what status it's at? It may have been delivered to the uni, and they are sitting on it.

Amanda65

custardy wrote: »

77p of that is for your signature
makes no difference to the postal handling
so the 1st class cost is
I pay more than £1.16 to travel a few stops by bus,so I dont know if you feel thats a lot of money
howeer £1.16 - 77p leaves 39p

Not quite sure what you are saying here custardy? What I was trying to say was that the cost of first class postage is 46p and I paid a premium ie above the rate for first class, on top. I might not quite have quoted the correct figures as I sent a parcel as well that day elsewhere, all I know is I paid 1st class postage plus cost for the signature. I too pay more than that to travel on a bus but last time I looked postal delivery people weren't taking items of post to people's homes on an individual basis so that's a bit of a baseless argument !

Amanda65

malkyh wrote: »

OP, have you used the RM website to track the letter to see what status it's at? It may have been delivered to the uni, and they are sitting on it.

Hiya yes have checked online and it just says it's somewhere in the system Never mind lesson learnt and DD can now get home tomorrow.

malkyh

Amanda65 wrote: »

Hiya yes have checked online and it just says it's somewhere in the system Never mind lesson learnt and DD can now get home tomorrow.

You never know, she could be sitting next to the RM worker who stole the first ticket.........

custardy

Amanda65 wrote: »

Not quite sure what you are saying here custardy? What I was trying to say was that the cost of first class postage is 46p and I paid a premium ie above the rate for first class, on top. I might not quite have quoted the correct figures as I sent a parcel as well that day elsewhere, all I know is I paid 1st class postage plus cost for the signature. I too pay more than that to travel on a bus but last time I looked postal delivery people weren't taking items of post to people's homes on an individual basis so that's a bit of a baseless argument !

you were saying the cost, in argument for me saying postage is cheap
1st class post is 46p,you chose to add 77p worth of service
as for your comment.last time I looked,buses didnt go to peoples homes either.well unless its a post bus

malkyh

custardy wrote: »

you were saying the cost, in argument for me saying postage is cheap
1st class post is 46p,you chose to add 77p worth of service
as for your comment.last time I looked,buses didnt go to peoples homes either.well unless its a post bus

Or the yellow bus with the square wheels.

Amanda65

malkyh wrote: »

You never know, she could be sitting next to the RM worker who stole the first ticket.........

Lol - I feel you are just stirring now malkyh I think it will probably turn up about half an hour after she pulls out of the station tomorrow !

Custardy - I think you and I will never agree so on this matter think we should both continue to think each other is wrong and hopefully will never cross posts in the future I certainly won't make the mistake of daring to ever criticise our Royal Mail system ever again!