Could this be a Royal Mail scam?

giraffe69

and post people are already treated like slave labour

Nice balanced view there then!

Steer73

You do know that Royal Mail have more than one van, don't you?

topbargainhunter

I once had a card put through the letterbox whilst I and 3 other people were sat in the flat. We heard the post come through but no knock. As I was first in the block to get my post, being closest to the main door, I went out and waited for the postie to come back down the stairs to confront him. He said "oh I haven't got the parcel with me, I had too much to carry". So whoever posted it paid for them to only deliver it to the sorting office.

I complained to his manager, but he couldn't give a toss. I'm afraid the service aint what it used to be.

realworld34

This is an interesting post. Me and my brother were both amazed that a post worker knocked on the door once, didn't give either of us time to get downstairs and left. Like the person who started this thread we wondered if it was a scam. A way to get us to pay for collecting this from the office.

Goldiegirl

You don't have to pay for mail that's picked up at the sorting office, unless the stamp has been underpaid by the sender. But they can knock on the door and ask for the money, going to the depot doesn't mean they'd charge you more

Also the Royal Mail rounds these days don't seem to make much sense. Everyday a van pulls up outside my house, delivers mail to the road opposite and drives off. Ten minutes later another van pulls up in exactly the same space and delivers the post to my road.

Sometimes there's even a third van with a parcel just for me.

I don't think a conspiracy theory can be constructed around two postal presences being seen in same road in the same day.

I can't see what the scam is either.

Unless you actually saw the post person walk up the path and walk away again without ringing the bell, I don't think you can really complain

Exile_geordie

I had one the other day where I were waiting in for me parcel and heard something at the door, went to investigate and just a card ther ein me letter box. Van driver was walking away with nothing in his hands and his van was halfway down the road and he claimed he had knocked already yet I didnt hear a thing!

30 mins later he comes back around with me parcel and says sorry bout that and off he popped..

custardy

Goldiegirl wrote: »

You don't have to pay for mail that's picked up at the sorting office, unless the stamp has been underpaid by the sender. But they can knock on the door and ask for the money, going to the depot doesn't mean they'd charge you more

Also the Royal Mail rounds these days don't seem to make much sense. Everyday a van pulls up outside my house, delivers mail to the road opposite and drives off. Ten minutes later another van pulls up in exactly the same space and delivers the post to my road.

Sometimes there's even a third van with a parcel just for me.

I don't think a conspiracy theory can be constructed around two postal presences being seen in same road in the same day.

I can't see what the scam is either.

Unless you actually saw the post person walk up the path and walk away again without ringing the bell, I don't think you can really complain

no RM staff should be asking/taking money at the door