1st class recorded post

custardy

the way the servces work is laid out on the rm site.
only special delivery is tracked

advent1122

vicki_b wrote: »

its been a week and still nothing!and it makes me so mad that they dont advise you when you use recorded that it can take weeks and why cant you bloody well track the items until AFTER they have been posted?GRRRR

...because it is not trackable, it is signed for.
For trackable you need to pay more for special delivery.
So RM will have no details until Joe Bloggs signs for it at the other end. Assuming it is for Joe Bloggs.

billieboy_2

advent1122 wrote: »

...because it is not trackable, it is signed for.
For trackable you need to pay more for special delivery.
So RM will have no details until Joe Bloggs signs for it at the other end. Assuming it is for Joe Bloggs.

I tracked a recorded delivery item last week. It told me when it had reached the sorting office, then when it was out for delivery, then when it had reached the destination.

Having said that, I sent something Guaranteed Next Day Delivery a while back, was sent on a Monday and didn't arrive until the Friday!!!!!! When I complained I got a refund of the cost plus about £5 I think. Hardly compensation for a very important CD!:mad:

mute_posting

Not sure if it's reevant but my old man is a postie in the North West and at his branch they are introducing something called "pegasus" whish is supposed to rationlise all the individual posties rounds and make them more efficient.

So far it appears to have caused nothing but grief, like for instance, his contract is 4 hours per day but yesterday it took over 11 hours to sort and deliver a round that has been "pegasussed" (including all the stuff that had been backing up because of the implementation.)

I assume that if this is happening in one sorting office it is happening in many more too.

HTH

custardy

mute_posting wrote: »

Not sure if it's reevant but my old man is a postie in the North West and at his branch they are introducing something called "pegasus" whish is supposed to rationlise all the individual posties rounds and make them more efficient.

So far it appears to have caused nothing but grief, like for instance, his contract is 4 hours per day but yesterday it took over 11 hours to sort and deliver a round that has been "pegasussed" (including all the stuff that had been backing up because of the implementation.)

I assume that if this is happening in one sorting office it is happening in many more too.

HTH

yeah pegasus is great
basically a data crunching software to work out how long it should take to cover a delivery.
unforunatly it thinkgs stairs,long driveways,hills etc have little/no eefect on delivery times.
i could tell a few tales on pegasus including an office where the management threw out the results as it told them they needed more staff :rotfl:

superscaper

custardy wrote: »

yeah pegasus is great
basically a data crunching software to work out how long it should take to cover a delivery.
unforunatly it thinkgs stairs,long driveways,hills etc have little/no eefect on delivery times.
i could tell a few tales on pegasus including an office where the management threw out the results as it told them they needed more staff :rotfl:

Reminds me of school, for years the head of maths worked out the timetables for the school every year. Then one years it was decided to be given to a physics teacher who had a computer program for calculating lesson timetables. That was the dreaded year we had things like triple german!!! The next year it was given back to the head of maths to do it "by hand". As much of a techie I am, unless you take into account all the possible human elements and real world variables you're going to risk getting impractical results from calculating computer programs. Saying that they can be very efficient and design things no human ever could but you've got to give it the right parameters to begin with.

custardy

i have no problem with the software if they set the perameters
however rm accept the results when it suits but disregard when it doesnt
ive never seen results 1st hand but from postie forums(yes they exist) ive heard of the results.
delivery offices work a weird system off seniority and getting 1st pick of (the best)duties.
its like giving 2 kids a piece of cake and one cuts the half and gets to pick what half they get.
obviously they pick the best half

vicki_b

hiya has anyone who said they hadnt received there recorded post on here got theres yet?we are still waiting!!

nellytheelephant

I posted something first class recorded on Saturday morning and it got there this morning! So it's not all bad x

superscaper

nellytheelephant wrote: »

I posted something first class recorded on Saturday morning and it got there this morning! So it's not all bad x

Should be RM's new slogan. "It's not all bad". :rotfl: