"1st" class post...

mattyprice4004

I send around 100 items a week, and things are running at a snail's pace at the moment; most Royal Mail 24 parcels seem to be taking anywhere between 2 and 7 days. 

pmduk

Given that I had items sent to me in mid- April and throughout May, all delivered on June 29th, I wouldn't raise your hopes. Yes, we were in the throes of Covid-19, but Royal Mail stated our local deliveries were being made normally.

MothballsWallet

wymondham can take heart: Mrs MbW sent a card to me from Russia in August and it didn't arrive until earlier this month.

The post office she used didn't even frank the envelope with the date because they didn't want to reveal how long they took to send it (her words).

Money_Grabber13579

pmduk said:

Given that I had items sent to me in mid- April and throughout May, all delivered on June 29th, I wouldn't raise your hopes. Yes, we were in the throes of Covid-19, but Royal Mail stated our local deliveries were being made normally.

Same experience here, with a June magazine subscription being delivered before April and May.  Apparently there were bags of mail sitting in sorting offices and couldn’t be sorted due to a lack of staff. Even now, there is only post 4-5 times a week but it’s better than the 2 days a week it was, just a month ago

SevenOfNine

I sent 2 items bog standard 2nd class, both weighed less than a kilo on 17th cost £3.60 or so each, weighed & stamped at post office in mid afternoon. Realised today that my posting receipt said I could check delivery on-line, amazed to see it said they were delivered yesterday! Can't complain at that.

Were_Doomed

InBodWeTrust said:

1st class post is assumed to arrive 2 working days after posting (per the Interpretations Act 1978). Whether it actually does is another matter, but for serving legal papers then 1st class post with a certificate of posting is all you need for evidence of service.

Whilst the above is true ... at the moment we have a defence to such evidence of service - our local sorting/delivery office is closed due to staff isolating because of positive COVID cases. We've had no postal deliveries for over a week (and confirmation from the sorting office about this).