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Royal Mail and my postie!

Edinburghlass_2
Edinburghlass_2 Posts: 32,679 Forumite
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Well done to the Royal Mail and my postie for finding me and delivering this parcel which only had my house number and post code on :j

Becles, you can post this in your "postie's forum" if you like.

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  • sharronloves2spend
    sharronloves2spend Posts: 962 Forumite
    Good Old Royal Mail (of course i'm biased, hubs is a postie):T
    Sometimes your the dog, and sometimes your the lampost..:p
  • Quackers
    Quackers Posts: 10,157 Forumite
    Now who would write something so silly on an envelope and expect it to get there? :D:D:D:D:D
    Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold...But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow...
  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
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    I don't want to sound like a spoilsport, but a postcode and house number is all you need !
  • Quackers
    Quackers Posts: 10,157 Forumite
    moonrakerz wrote: »
    I don't want to sound like a spoilsport, but a postcode and house number is all you need !

    SSShhhhhhhhhhh, I know that and you know that but there's no need to tell everyone else our little secret :)
    Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold...But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow...
  • laura1976
    laura1976 Posts: 298 Forumite
    Haha that's brilliant! You two just cheered me up no end thank you!:T
    Smokefree since 27-9-2007
  • naf123
    naf123 Posts: 1,711 Forumite
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    i wonder why people bother putting address on...

    one can put on e.g. "6 N1 8UY" and it probably will be delivered! Why is there this whole business of writing out the full address?
  • sinizterguy
    sinizterguy Posts: 1,178 Forumite
    naf123 wrote: »
    i wonder why people bother putting address on...

    one can put on e.g. "6 N1 8UY" and it probably will be delivered! Why is there this whole business of writing out the full address?

    Because some postment routinely deliver them to the same number house on a different street.

    We kept getting mail from No 48 for the next street up (parallel to ours) for an entire year, even though the post code and street name were correct and clearly written on everything we got.
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    naf123 wrote: »
    i wonder why people bother putting address on...

    one can put on e.g. "6 N1 8UY" and it probably will be delivered! Why is there this whole business of writing out the full address?

    an old thread i know but i saw it looking for something else
    postcodes get the items to the delivery office but just postcodes would be a nightmare
    some postcodes can cover multiple streets
  • suzzi2704
    suzzi2704 Posts: 141 Forumite
    As long as you put on the house number and postcode, it should get there!! Hehe. They have a lookup system and thats all thay have to input to it to find the full address!!
    And the other way around, if you don't have the postcode, they can get it from the number, street and city!!

    It's great to see someone praising Royal Mail for a change!!! That parcel is well cool!!
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    suzzi2704 wrote: »
    As long as you put on the house number and postcode, it should get there!! Hehe. They have a lookup system and thats all thay have to input to it to find the full address!!
    And the other way around, if you don't have the postcode, they can get it from the number, street and city!!

    It's great to see someone praising Royal Mail for a change!!! That parcel is well cool!!

    'they' have to go and look the data up on a pc
    only a few in the office have access to those log in details
    if this was to be the norm then most packages would be returned as incompletly addressed
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