Postal strike stopping you buying ?

[pricha]

I recently started to buy a few sovereigns from Hatton Gardens as they have free 10 month storage. I am using this facility whilst the postal strikes go on and hopefully will collect them later.  Are the strikes putting anyone off buying  at the moment. I feel for small dealers and businesses trying to make a living. 

Edited December 11, 2022 by pricha

[SheepStacker]

I said I'd slow down.. But I haven't...

I'm quite enjoying the postie lumbering down my street with all my backlogged parcels the day after his strike.

[codenamedtango]

2 hours ago, pricha said:

I recently started to buy a few sovereigns from Hatton Gardens as they have free 10 month storage. I am using this facility whilst the postal strikes go on and hopefully will collect them later.  Are the strikes putting anyone off buying  at the moment. I feel for small dealers and businesses trying to make a living. 

It’s made me think twice about buying but hasn’t stopped me

[paulmerton]

Why should it put anyone off buying? I can understand why it would put people off selling.

[codenamedtango]

3 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Why should it put anyone off buying? I can understand why it would put people off selling.

Speaking for myself here, things go wrong at the best of times, so with the added faff of the strikes, it would only serve to increase the odds of something going wrong. 

What made me think twice was the hassle should anything not turn up.

 

[paulmerton]

17 minutes ago, codenamedtango said:

Speaking for myself here, things go wrong at the best of times, so with the added faff of the strikes, it would only serve to increase the odds of something going wrong. 

What made me think twice was the hassle should anything not turn up.

 

It would end up being much more hassle for the seller!

[Fishface220]

I’ve got 2 SD items in limbo at the moment. One since last Saturday! Seller is unable to claim back for late delivery and as of tomorrow the claim for lost item is going in! 

I won’t sell at the moment until RM gets themselves sorted out. 

[Fenlander1]

Worrying times I am waiting for a couple of bits 🤞 

[CaptCaveMan]

I've had a few bits on route via RMSD since Thursday, hopefully arriving tomorrow 🤞

I'm not too keen on sending anything at the moment, nor in early January after Xmas and the sales.

@pricha I may have to look into who offers free short term storage to keep the x1 per month habit alive...

Edited December 11, 2022 by CaptCaveMan

[MonkeysUncle]

I've been thinking about buying something nice and shiny but the amount of stuff I buy for work that is arriving stupidly late or not at all is just ridiculous at the moment.

RM we know why they're having issues.

But DHL, DPD and Evri urgently need schooling. Between these they've lost/found/lost/buried 6K of security equipment that I would dearly like to nail onto some buildings.... Grrrrr!!!

[pricha]

On 11/12/2022 at 18:39, paulmerton said:

Why should it put anyone off buying? I can understand why it would put people off selling.

Would be needless hassle and unwanted stress for buyers and sellers. I rather fancy the idea of a day trip to London when the weather is nice to pick up a few sovereigns already bought , paid for.  Or if Royal Mail have sorted themselves out by then I could always  have them posted. 

Edited December 13, 2022 by pricha

[Anteater]

So far I've not been put off. RMSD has been a bit slow for me but it has been coming through. In fact, sometimes they've been bringing me my normal post along with SD items, so I suspect I may be getting more normal post more often as a result. One cheaper item is coming via First Class Recorded but I can take the risk on that.

I don't want to get too close to Xmas with it, though. At some point soon if I buy anything on here I'll probably be asking the seller to hold off on shipping until the New Year.

Edited December 13, 2022 by Anteater

[Mrpound]

[codenamedtango]

36 minutes ago, Mrpound said:

Don’t know how many times I’ve hit refresh on the RM tracking website in vain.. suprised it’s not went offline with others checking it too.

[GBStacking]

After the faff i had getting my 10oz Tudor Beasts via SD, I'm not about to buy anything else at the moment. I work all over the place so i need a service where i can reliably predict when I'm going to be around to receive it. After having them try to deliver on a day i wasn't in (not the day I'd originally asked for to start with, but this was not the fault of the retailer). Then accepting my request to re deliver when i was going to be there, but not actually doing so with no information at all that it wasn't coming (they later admitted they knew there was no one in to do the round that day but still accepted the date). I had to divert on my way to a funeral to go and physically collect it myself cause our local collections office is now only open from 8am to 10am in the week.

My normal post is maybe 1 delivery every 2 weeks at the moment, which has already led to me being chased for some legal paperwork that i received 15 days after they sent it (first class too)!

I genuinely feel for any business that has to rely on this very broken service at the moment.

[Fishface220]

This was Bristol’s Mail Centre on Wednesday.... (1st picture not mine) and 2nd picture was taken by me on Monday.... so, to answer the question will it put me off buying... Hell Yes! I’ve got just under a £1k sat in there somewhere (hopefully seeing as one tracking is still in limbo between Southampton/Bristol! 

[Zhorro]

29 minutes ago, Fishface220 said:

This was Bristol’s Mail Centre on Wednesday.... (1st picture not mine) and 2nd picture was taken by me on Monday.... so, to answer the question will it put me off buying... Hell Yes! I’ve got just under a £1k sat in there somewhere (hopefully seeing as one tracking is still in limbo between Southampton/Bristol! 

 

 

I'm not sure if this is the same place, "Rats and foxes chewing Christmas parcels piled up outside Royal Mail depot, claims union":

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/13/rats-foxes-chewing-christmas-parcels-piled-outside-royal-mail/

[Anteater]

Just now, Zhorro said:

I'm not sure if this is the same place, "Rats and foxes chewing Christmas parcels piled up outside Royal Mail depot, claims union":

Well hopefully the foxes are eating some of the rats.

[Fishface220]

He probably chewing thru my Christmas advent calendar!! Hope he knows he’s on door number 15!! 

[MonkeysUncle]

Leeds MC has piles and piles of unsorted stuff. Not enough people and space to sort it, not enough cages to put it in if it were sorted.

Basically forget it 'til 2023.

I have a kind work supplier who is doing a 250 mile run in a van to get me stuff. Only way he reckons!

[Fishface220]

19 minutes ago, MonkeysUncle said:

Leeds MC has piles and piles of unsorted stuff. Not enough people and space to sort it, not enough cages to put it in if it were sorted.

Basically forget it 'til 2023.

I have a kind work supplier who is doing a 250 mile run in a van to get me stuff. Only way he reckons!

A lot of the other delivery company’s are getting hit with the knock on effect of the back logs. Seems even trying to source another way of shifting stuff is a no no until after Xmas. 

[Paul]

On 11/12/2022 at 11:33, pricha said:

Hatton Gardens as they have free 10 month storage. 

Never thought of thought ! well played  also buying the dip 

[MrStacker]

It is quite worrying to be honest. I’m waiting on a few packages to arrive. The anxiety and frustrations have only increased. 😱

[Solachesis]

I said I wasn't going to buy anything else until after Xmas but something came that up that I wanted, will probably take 10 days to arrive.

Last thing for real this time...Or so I say.

[Solachesis]

Oh I ordered something off of Amazon yesterday and today it arrived, twas a nice feeling having something actually come the next day. 

The driver didn't bother knocking though. Looked at tracking and it was delivered, left in front of the door 🤷