Sending two parcels out but only one arrives

marking_bad

... and then the other parcel arrives later (ha! you thought it was going to be a lost mail thread, didn't you?!)

Genuine query, just wondering what goes on at the royal mail that would make two parcels or letters, posted at the exact same time, at the exact same post office, going to the exact same destination that would result in them both not being delivered at the same time? It's not a massive problem, but buyers get nervous when one turns up and then has to wait a couple of days for the other one to show up.

custardy

marking_bad wrote: »

... and then the other parcel arrives later (ha! you thought it was going to be a lost mail thread, didn't you?!)

Genuine query, just wondering what goes on at the royal mail that would make two parcels or letters, posted at the exact same time, at the exact same post office, going to the exact same destination that would result in them both not being delivered at the same time? It's not a massive problem, but buyers get nervous when one turns up and then has to wait a couple of days for the other one to show up.

I'm more interested that you would think they would stay together?

marking_bad

For the reasons given in the OP.

custardy

marking_bad wrote: »

For the reasons given in the OP.

Are you assuming your items go direct from that post office to the delivery office that will deliver it?

RFW

I don't think I've ever used any company that had more than one parcels in a consignment that arrived at the same time.

DD265

I've known cases where DPD had one parcel to an address delivered in the morning, then from the same van the other parcel delivered to the address in the afternoon! Dodgy software to plan that methinks.

RFW

DD265 wrote: »

I've known cases where DPD had one parcel to an address delivered in the morning, then from the same van the other parcel delivered to the address in the afternoon! Dodgy software to plan that methinks.

Just before Christmas I had two FedEx parcels, from the same sender, sent at the same time. They arrived at the same time by two different drivers, they had a nice chat when they got to me!
There are one or two couriers who offer consignment rates, so sending ten 1kg parcels to an address will cost the same as sending one 10kg parcel, they keep parcels together. I guess that for the amount of times that more than one parcel goes to one address it's easier to just process them as they come, the savings to get them to arrive at the same time will not outweigh the costs of the extra sorting

ballisticbrian

Some of the "packets" of information you send via the web, possibly posts on this forum are sent via different servers and switches (different IP addresses) to reach their final destination. It's the same with some other kinds of "network".