Post code issue

custardy

silvercar wrote: »

Work has this issue. Putting our post code in a satnav takes you to the local sorting office. We tell people using satnav to use the postcode of the other side of the road and we are opposite.

Yours is a different issue.
Its due to your works PO box address.

custardy

Guest101 wrote: »

Do people still use satnavs? I thought most just used phones (which auto update)

From a database. if thats not up to date.............

OP we had the same with our new build. Worse as we are named after an old street that was demolished about a mile away,but with no direct route to use from where the sat nav took people.
You simply need to wait for databases/knowledge to update. If you have a postcode then RMs PAF data is already up to date.

custardy

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

I tried that recently, think I got about 12 characters in which to write my 'additional information for delivery'.

Don't let that stop the sarcasm though, you're clearly enjoying yourself.

Short link to your googlemap location?

[Deleted User]

Hi,

your postcode covers more than your house, it doesn't just say,

AdrianC

Have you actually checked the RM Postcode Finder yet?

http://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode

What does your full postcode cover? Just these new-builds? More?

TBagpuss

You can contact the post office about it but don't expect a speedy resolution. The best way to deal is to use the extra info box where possible.
My parents have a similar issue - neither their house or street are new builds, and the exact post code does only cover 3 roads. They have got used to having to explain when ordering things. Or they give their mobile number so then can talk someone n as necessary.

I have a slightly different issue in that Royal Mail hasn't updated its database so a lot of auto ill forms put my address in a county which was abolished in 1996, and which my address wasn't in even before it was abolished... For most things it doesn't matter but I do always correct it or things such as insurance, just to be on the safe side.

Guest101

custardy wrote: »

From a database. if thats not up to date.............

OP we had the same with our new build. Worse as we are named after an old street that was demolished about a mile away,but with no direct route to use from where the sat nav took people.
You simply need to wait for databases/knowledge to update. If you have a postcode then RMs PAF data is already up to date.

Yes from a database, obviously?


My point was that traditional satnavs need to be updated (from a database too) where as modern smart phones will do this in the background.

AdrianC

Guest101 wrote: »

Yes from a database, obviously?

My point was that traditional satnavs need to be updated (from a database too) where as modern smart phones will do this in the background.

Sure, but Custardy's point was that the databases themselves do not update instantly.

B'sides, a lot of people DO still use standalone satnavs, rather than phones, or even ones integrated to the vehicle itself.

Guest101

AdrianC wrote: »

Sure, but Custardy's point was that the databases themselves do not update instantly.

B'sides, a lot of people DO still use standalone satnavs, rather than phones, or even ones integrated to the vehicle itself.

Yes I understand, I wasn't necessarily answering the OP. It was more of a general point.


IE in many cases the problem with satnavs is that they aren't updated by the user often (or in some cases im sure at all).

sheramber

Our postcode covers 26 miles of single track road.

Couriers are told 'you have arrived ' 9 miles away from where we actually are.

Most couriers now know where we are but, if stuck , they phone for directions.