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What am I paying for when I send a parcel?

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  • Deastons
    Deastons Posts: 464 Forumite
    I thought this years ago when, at the Post Office, the woman asked if I'd like to send it guaranteed delivery. I asked what this meant and she said "It just guarantees it'll arrive".

    I was paying for them to deliver something but had to pay extra to guarantee they'd actually do what I'd paid them to do in the first place.
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    Deastons wrote: »
    I thought this years ago when, at the Post Office, the woman asked if I'd like to send it guaranteed delivery. I asked what this meant and she said "It just guarantees it'll arrive".

    I was paying for them to deliver something but had to pay extra to guarantee they'd actually do what I'd paid them to do in the first place.

    and how many items havent arrived since then?
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