Sending Passport Through The Post

Jamie_Carter

custardy wrote: »

because the courier uses a tracked service. If you dont understand its fine,if you simply just see them as no different then you are wrong.
Unless the courier handles 60+ million passports a day I suppose

Tracked or not, it makes no difference if delivery can't be confirmed with a signature. They can't scan your letterbox.

custardy

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

Tracked or not, it makes no difference if delivery can't be confirmed with a signature. They can't scan your letterbox.

Okay,you dont understand it is.

Jamie_Carter

custardy wrote: »

Okay,you dont understand it is.

I understand it perfectly, don't be patronising.


Many couriers are far less reliable than the RM. How many times do you see people complaining on these forums about non deliveries, and even claimed deliveries that haven't happened.


Even this week I have had a non delivery from UPS, which has resulted in an extra £80 garage bill for my daughter.

custardy

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

I understand it perfectly, don't be patronising.


Many couriers are far less reliable than the RM. How many times do you see people complaining on these forums about non deliveries, and even claimed deliveries that haven't happened.


Even this week I have had a non delivery from UPS, which has resulted in an extra £80 garage bill for my daughter.

Well you obviously dont. No matter, im sure others do.
no point labouring on

Jamie_Carter

custardy wrote: »

Well you obviously dont. No matter, im sure others do.
no point labouring on

Well if you want to carry on being patronising, then why not explain??


As a postie you might feel that it is very different, but from a consumers point of view it isn't, and that's what matters

custardy

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

Well if you want to carry on being patronising, then why not explain??


As a postie you might feel that it is very different, but from a consumers point of view it isn't, and that's what matters

sigh,you mean your point of view?
I'm not a postie.
Do you understand that 1st class offers no extra security and items are mixed in with millions of other items?
You understand that,yeah?
So a small volume system that is tracked through its journey to delivery might offer just a smidge more security?

smudge56

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

Tracked or not, it makes no difference if delivery can't be confirmed with a signature. They can't scan your letterbox.

They take a photograph of the door its put it through. They only require a signature if its a high risk area.
Passports are sent by disguised mail to some outlying areas like highlands and islands

Twisted_Cherry

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

The funny thing is that when the passport office post your passport to you, they use normal first class mail.

Not in some areas which are deemed a risk. My new passport arrived via courier last month, but they did return my old one via 2nd Class RM!

benjus

Assuming that the earlier statement, that the passport office uses RM Special Delivery for low risk areas, is true, let's look at this logically.

• The courier service used by the passport office must be more expensive than RM Special Delivery, otherwise they would use the courier for low risk areas.
• They must consider that the courier service is more secure than RM Special Delivery, otherwise they would use RM Special Delivery for all areas.

So the passport office is using a service that is more expensive and (in their opinion) more secure than Special Delivery to deliver your passport. If the courier does (as suggested above) take a picture of your front door as proof of delivery, how is this less secure than a signature? Half the time you don't get any kind of recognisable signature for deliveries, just a squiggle.

By using a courier without the need for a signature, they also ensure that the passport was delivered to the address specified on the form, not potentially languishing in a post office delivery depot because no-one was at home.

Or do you really think that the passport office somehow wants new passports to go missing?

custardy

benjus wrote: »

Assuming that the earlier statement, that the passport office uses RM Special Delivery for low risk areas, is true, let's look at this logically.

• The courier service used by the passport office must be more expensive than RM Special Delivery, otherwise they would use the courier for low risk areas.
• They must consider that the courier service is more secure than RM Special Delivery, otherwise they would use RM Special Delivery for all areas.

So the passport office is using a service that is more expensive and (in their opinion) more secure than Special Delivery to deliver your passport. If the courier does (as suggested above) take a picture of your front door as proof of delivery, how is this less secure than a signature? Half the time you don't get any kind of recognisable signature for deliveries, just a squiggle.

By using a courier without the need for a signature, they also ensure that the passport was delivered to the address specified on the form, not potentially languishing in a post office delivery depot because no-one was at home.

Or do you really think that the passport office somehow wants new passports to go missing?

I would say its a typo
SD is used for high risk areas(or no doubt areas the courier doesnt deliver to)
courier for the rest

and once more as it seems people still dont get it.
Post Office Counters dont do any mail delivery