Postal Strike

[Big G]

Anyone been affected by the current Royal Mail action?

 

You may know from an earlier post of mine that my tax disc is in limbo – stuck somewhere in the postal system.

 

Loads of catalogues from potential suppliers are also probably adrift – (assuming of course that those suppliers want my business and have sent me their brochures).

 

And then today, I had to send a cheque to pay the Leasehold on my property. Me being “Last minute Larry”, and not knowing of an alternative to get a letter from Sheffield to Surrey, finally just realised today that the Royal mail are still sending special deliveries (but they do charge £4.30). Got to the post office at 11:55 to be told that my letter would definitely NOT get there for tomorrow. Went to a larger post office – same story. This is despite the fact that their web-site says that it will.

 

Anyone else waiting for important letters? Anyone got a birthday? Or maybe you need to send something urgently but can’t justify the cost of a private courier.

 

 

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[sammie]

Me waiting for a large cheque from the pet insurance <_<

[stuart2000]

Yeah, i am off to York on Friday and i am awaiting delivery of 2 memory cards for the new digi cam, a new bracket for my tom tom,dvds from tesco and a new pin for me credit card. The strike is a pain, but have a few friends that are posties and i cannot make up my mind where i stand with it. From what i am told they could lose a third of their workforce, and pensions will be greatly reduced. Is this streamlining? i don't know. What does get to me is that Scotish power have opted to go wth contract with another delivery firm as it costs them 13 pence to deliver each letter compared to the 23 pence that the royal mail take. This other company collects the mail from scotish power, they then take t to a royal mail sorting office where it is sorted by RM then RM deliver it. All this for 13 pence, and they must be making a profit on it to make it worthwhile to them. So why won't postcom allow royal mail to cut their prices? there is possibly a simple answer that i have not thought of.

 

 

regards

 

stuart

[trainspotter]

Think that I may of been caught chugging along just over the speed limit.....that was on Saturday Sept 29th....so I'm waiting the brown envelope :( Ive been clean for the past 7 years....so it will be a shame.. :oops:

 

I was informed that they have to send it thru within 14days?......so what happens then if its caught up somewhere? any ideas Joey :blink:

 

Oh I could do with some more of those Dominos pizza fliers.. :rolleyes:

Edited October 9, 2007 by trainspotter

[Dan Gleebitz]

The Royal Mail management couldn't manage a bunfight in a bakery .... they have mismanaged their business for years and wasted money hand over fist, yet get away with it. The workers have complied with all the management enforced changes, yet still get the raw deal. Good luck to the strikers ... commiserations to those inconvenienced but it's these peoples livelihoods

[Marvin]

The postal strike has actually done us a favour! :D

Drafts of new wills to avoid inheritance tax (because of property values) stuck in the post mean we didn't sign them. They would have avoided IHT under the old system, but only at cost of tying up money/property! in complicated trusts. Fortunately after today's news we now don't need to do that, so delay has helped. We'll still have to pay megabucks to the solicitors though :(

[Lancelot]

Think that I may of been caught chugging along just over the speed limit.....that was on Saturday Sept 29th....so I'm waiting the brown envelope :( Ive been clean for the past 7 years....so it will be a shame.. :oops:

 

I was informed that they have to send it thru within 14days?......so what happens then if its caught up somewhere? any ideas Joey :blink:

 

 

 

Were you stopped at the time of the offence? If so, were you warned that you would be reported for an offence?

[trainspotter]

Were you stopped at the time of the offence? If so, were you warned that you would be reported for an offence?

 

 

 

NOPE. it was a mobile camera van.

[Lancelot]

NOPE. it was a mobile camera van.

 

Good Luck!

 

The police could plead extenuating circumstances to the court and ask that they be permitted to serve a summons after 14 days, (it's a 50/50 chance of it being accepted) but I doubt that they would take that action.

Edited October 10, 2007 by lancelot

[Dan Gleebitz]

NOPE. it was a mobile camera van.

 

 

I went through one of them the other day at just over 70mph .... not having a number on the front of the bike is great!

[mozzins]

Think that I may of been caught chugging along just over the speed limit.....that was on Saturday Sept 29th....so I'm waiting the brown envelope :( Ive been clean for the past 7 years....so it will be a shame.. :oops:

 

I was informed that they have to send it thru within 14days?......so what happens then if its caught up somewhere? any ideas Joey :blink:

 

Oh I could do with some more of those Dominos pizza fliers.. :rolleyes:

 

How fast were you going at the time?

 

There is a mobile van near my sons school, I passed it at 35 in a 30 zone, not sure if I hit my brakes in time, anyways it is at the operators discretion, some of them are decent guys and only do you if you are way over, I think that the human factor has its part to play too, i.e. if a boy racer was to do 5mph over the limit in his Renault 5 GT turbo then the guy behind the camera will assume he is always speeding, where as if a middle aged man went 5mph over in his Picasso then maybe he would give him the benefit of the doubt.

[mcdig]

Madam has noted in a downturn in the amount of cr*p being delivered from fleabay. :(

So saying I have just had 2 packages delivered tonight at 7.35pm :D :D

Edited October 10, 2007 by mcdig

[trainspotter]

How fast were you going at the time?

 

There is a mobile van near my sons school, I passed it at 35 in a 30 zone, not sure if I hit my brakes in time, anyways it is at the operators discretion, some of them are decent guys and only do you if you are way over, I think that the human factor has its part to play too, i.e. if a boy racer was to do 5mph over the limit in his Renault 5 GT turbo then the guy behind the camera will assume he is always speeding, where as if a middle aged man went 5mph over in his Picasso then maybe he would give him the benefit of the doubt.

 

 

 

Just left the dual carriage way.....then its still 2 lanes up a hill....but not a "dual carriage way" and still had the cruise set for 70.........saw the van ...slowed down a tad...but......wasn't down to 60.

 

:(

[iamian]

Just left the dual carriage way.....then its still 2 lanes up a hill....but not a "dual carriage way" and still had the cruise set for 70.........saw the van ...slowed down a tad...but......wasn't down to 60.

 

:(

 

An indicated "tad down from 70" might be within "60 + 10%" Technically you might still get done, but it's within "forgivable tolerances"

 

Indicated 70mph on the flat is only 67mph on a Garmin.

[iamian]

Getting back to the original post.

 

SWMBO couldn't submit a job application, the local authority, being a local authority, would not allow any concessions on this one, nor accept unsigned application forms submitted very e-mail. Nice to know how forward-thinking these edifices are...

 

According to today's Daily Mail all of our British postmen and postladies indulge in Spaniosh practices, kncoking off work at the end of the round and coming back in to do overtime immediatley afterwards. If true sounds more like good old NATSOPA days!

[RHP]

First mail for about a week today. One catalogue, one unsolicited loan/credit card offer - both went straight into the bin unopened :huh:. I think I must be the victim of some sort of communication anomaly since I also note that I might have to put another £10.00 credit on my mobile, and it's not much more than 12 months ago I put the last tenner on :P . That together with landline phone calls last month totalling 43p suggests a degree of profligacy on my part which is very uncharacteristic :blush:

 

Anyway, back on topic. I'm not sure which side to support. I have no sympathy with the Strikers and their alleged defence of Spanish Practices, I also think the management are cr&p trying to tell us that it's all for own good and how wonderful it is to have only one delivery sometime after dark.

 

However I am keen to support whoever manages to embarrass "Bottler Brown" and this Government the most and therefore I have to support whichever side is most successful at prolonging the strike :fight: :bhead: :oops:

[Dan Gleebitz]

Ah... a candidate for identity theft .... most credit card applications are printed with names and addresses and to throw them straight into the bin could lead to the criminal classes taking advantage. I shred anything with my name on.

[trainspotter]

. I shred anything with my name on.

 

 

Me too.....Including your underpants??? :blush:

Edited October 11, 2007 by trainspotter

[Big G]

 

. I shred anything with my name on.

 

 

Me too.....Including your underpants??? :blush:

 

I'd like to know what you are doing with Dangly's underpants? :o

[Dan Gleebitz]

I sell them on E-Bay ..... :P

[mozzins]

I once worked for Royal mail, it was about 9 years ago, back then the postal service was much better, now if I post a birthday card I can almost guaranty it will not arrive at its destination, or it will have been opened, I have even sent postal orders by recorded delivery that have never arrived, Royal mail workers are well paid (for what is a relatively unskilled job).

 

My sister is still waiting for her provisional licence, the longer it is in the system the more likely it is to “misplaced” (by misplaced I of course mean stolen).

 

I have also had letters arrive 2 weeks late (before the strike) for hospital appointments, they arrived a few days after the appointment date, also a couple of times post for about 5 houses on my street being put through my letter box, so I had to do the postman’s job for him.

 

In short they don’t deserve a pay rise, I would sack half of them, Royal mail is run buy the union and not the management, on the plus side if any of you want a nice cushy job, then get a job in a sorting office, I have seen people being at work for 8 hours while only actually working for 2 hours, and getting paid for 10 hours, they also have such a thing as seniority, the longer you have worked for Royal mail the more you can get away with.

 

that’s my rant over, I fell much better now :)

[trainspotter]

, I have seen people being at work for 8 hours while only actually working for 2 hours, and getting paid for 10 hours, they also have such a thing as seniority, the longer you have worked for Royal mail the more you can get away with.

 

that’s my rant over, I fell much better now :)

 

 

 

Sounds a little like the Railway..... :o ...Eh Keith.???...all of those spare turns...so much tea to drink, cards to play...and they wonder why Train Tickets are sooooo expensive :D

[trainspotter]

I sell them on E-Bay ..... :P

 

 

I sell mine in those nifty vending machines in Japan....I do have something of a following in certain parts :blush:

 

back on topic...no nasty brown envelope yet... :blink:

 

 

 

 

One of my many pant outlets.... :blush:

Edited October 11, 2007 by trainspotter

[Jubilado]

UK Postal services appear to have varied widely with time and geography. As a child I remember how the postwoman pushed her bike up a mile of steep Cornish hill, three times in one day, to deliver precious mail from my father who was away with the army in India - I think that a delayed batch must have started to get through.

 

Thirty years later, when he died, our Cornish postman delivered my mother's mail to our address, some ten miles away, because "we thought that she would be staying with you at such a time". They were right.

 

I know nothing of the basis of the current dispute but the son of my wife's internet bridge partner is a mail van driver in a suburb of London and expresses disgust for the position taken by the strikers.

 

Don't know if this is a thought for a rainy day too - we certainly need some!

[Dan Gleebitz]

Postal workers vary greatly. In general those in rural locations are more concientious than those in urban areas. I can vouch for those that serve us to be hard working, more reliable than a swiss watch and provide a service far outside their terms of reference. We had one who would do shopping for one old lady who was ill and couldn't get out. He would ask her what she needed and would pick up her groceries next time he passed the shop earlier on his rounds. One of the few that deserved his "gong" in the New Years Honours.