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The OP has said that they have few problems with RM, the real issue is with other delivery companies.
Other than the business of the new house, our main issue arises due to the odd company that won't allow a full address on the website. For instance, for supermarket deliveries our address shows as 2, 3 Cul-de-sac Avenue rather than 2, Can't get out court, 3 Cul-de-sac Avenue. Some other sites have similar anomalies, in which case it is difficult to blame the delivery people.
Originally posted by hb2
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Yes, that's right, RM has been very consistent with deliveries, but I believe it's because the mail delivery in the area is down to very few people, so they got used to the address.
I have had all sorts of problems: websites not allowing special characters in the address (no commas), therefore the address becomes Flat 2 9 Strawberry Rise (which can very easily be read as Flat 29), or the first line of address gets printed in bold in a huge size (which only says 'Flat 2').
Others, like Amazon, don't allow you to type your address freely, so no matter what you write, 'Flat 2' always appears before '9 Strawberry Rise', and many times even on the same line without any separation.
I have sent an enquiry to Royal Mail with two suggestions (Flat 2 as second line of address, rather than first, or even better 9A Strawberry Rise, without 'Flat').