Anyone else struggling with Royal Mail recently?!

[James32]

Hi all,

Just curious is anyone else having issues with Royal Mail recently ( this week specifically) they were brilliant from the start of January until now tbf.

Posted some parcels on Sunday evening ( for Monday dispatch) items have left post office, but stuck in limbo somewhere. 

Tracking is next to useless and has been for some time tbh.

[Scootermuppet]

Oh no... not good bud 😲

I'm sending something out tomorrow, so we'll see... 🤔

[SilverCalum]

16 minutes ago, James32 said:

Hi all,

Just curious is anyone else having issues with Royal Mail recently ( this week specifically) they were brilliant from the start of January until now tbf.

Posted some parcels on Sunday evening ( for Monday dispatch) items have left post office, but stuck in limbo somewhere. 

Tracking is next to useless and has been for some time tbh.

Is that your way of telling me my order of 314 gold sovereign proofs is lost in the post?

 

But in all seriousness, I've noticed post taking one to two days longer than it should. 

[BullionBob]

I had some terrible experiences during December, sending via 1st class signed for. A number of items going missing completely after posting and a few taking up to 3 weeks to arrive. However, all parcels sent in Jan have been via special delivery and this has worked fine.

I've also noticed when selling a few items on ebay, that the tracking sometimes does not get updated, even when the buyer has confirmed receipt of the item. This leads me to think that some unscrupulous buyers are likely making claims for non receipt of items, even though it has been delivered and ebay will always provide a refund if no actual proof of delivery can be provided.

I hope Royal Mail can get there act together before it's to late.

[BullionBuyerUK]

I've had some problems with them since start of December, like you, the items leave the post office then nothing. All the issues were caused by them going to the Bristol sorting centre. There are pictures online with hundreds of trolleys out side full of post waiting to be sorted. It took 27 days for a 48hr parcel to be delivered 

[LawrenceChard]

1 hour ago, James32 said:

Anyone else struggling with Royal Mail recently?!

Hi all,

Just curious is anyone else having issues with Royal Mail recently ( this week specifically) they were brilliant from the start of January until now tbf.

Posted some parcels on Sunday evening ( for Monday dispatch) items have left post office, but stuck in limbo somewhere. 

Tracking is next to useless and has been for some time tbh.

Yes, Simon Thompson!

😎

[James32]

1 minute ago, LawrenceChard said:

Yes, Simon Thompson!

😎

Was reading that earlier, not the face I'd of put to a large entity like the RM.

[LawrenceChard]

11 minutes ago, James32 said:

Was reading that earlier, not the face I'd of put to a large entity like the RM.

No, he is with Royal Mail, not the RM.

The Royal Mint has existed since 886 AD, Royal Mail was much later, in 1516.

Stop trying to sow confusion!

😎

[SiCole]

What will annoy you more is that they do actually have a good tracking system, they just don't allow muggles to see it

[James32]

4 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

No, he is with Royal Mail, not the RM.

The Royal Mint has existed since 886 AD, Royal Mail was much later, in 1516.

Stop trying to sow confusion!

😎

RM is Royal Mail 

RM is also Royal Mint

RM is also Ray Mercer "Boxer"

my story my rules!

RMSD doesn't stand for "ROYAL MINT SLOPPY DEPARTMENT" but it can if you would like to borrow it.

You're welcome, you can let yourself out!

[LawrenceChard]

11 minutes ago, James32 said:

RM is Royal Mail 

RM is also Royal Mint

RM is also Ray Mercer "Boxer"

my story my rules!

RMSD doesn't stand for "ROYAL MINT SLOPPY DEPARTMENT" but it can if you would like to borrow it.

You're welcome, you can let yourself out!

Really Mate!

😎

[James32]

Just now, LawrenceChard said:

Really Mate!

😎

Right Mare it's become. 

[Silverlocks]

Different institution but I'm starting to grow fond of the Royal Munt.

Edited January 19, 2023 by Silverlocks

[dicker]

So I have not had any problem in Cambs.

Best

Dicker

[Jake0111]

I had two special delivery signed for parcels delivered on Tuesday and they just put them through the letterbox. Not had any problems with delivery though.

[GoldDiggerDave]

4 minutes ago, Jake0111 said:

I had two special delivery signed for parcels delivered on Tuesday and they just put them through the letterbox. Not had any problems with delivery though.

good job you did not have 8 

[codenamedtango]

Royal Mail’s had a bit of a shocker with this one.

[Robda1986]

I'm getting to the point of actually being done with royal mail genuinely haven't received a single letter or parcel in over 3 weeks now waiting on chainsaw chains, an axe, bank card, car parts ect luckily no pm's as they go to a different address. kinda feel sorry for the postman I normally see them when I get in from work and every day is the same she sees me and just shakes her head 

[Darr3nG]

31 minutes ago, Robda1986 said:

now waiting on chainsaw chains, an axe, bank card, car parts

What exactly are you up to?

 

[Petra]

Special delivery is the priority, everything else ……

however I recently sent two parcels second class signed … took a week🧐🤔

[Robda1986]

2 hours ago, Petra said:

Special delivery is the priority, everything else ……

however I recently sent two parcels second class signed … took a week🧐🤔

Last 2 special delivery packages I sent took 3 days to be received 

[Minted]

I've had quite a few problems receiving 'Special Delivery' items myself.  Now actively avoid SD and always choose a standard tracked option where I can.  Never have any problem with those.  Appreciate it might be different in different areas of the country.

[CollectForFun]

I'm about to be sent an item from the UK to Europe and the seller (not from TSF) gave me a shipping quote which seemed quite high. I inquired about it and they told me they must use DHL because the Royal Mail International services were suspended following a cyberattack.

I admit I had no idea about that but found this information from which it seems that international services should now be reinstated, at least for business customers http://www.royalmail.com/international-incident-bulletin.

I am however not sure if it's really a good idea to go for the Royal Mail option in this situation so wonder if anyone from you likewise had this issue of not being able to send internationally in the past few weeks and if you already tried doing so after the suspension was lifted? Thanks!

[sovereignsteve]

7 hours ago, CollectForFun said:

'm about to be sent an item from the UK to Europe and the seller (not from TSF) gave me a shipping quote which seemed quite high. I inquired about it and they told me they must use DHL because the Royal Mail International services were suspended following a cyberattack.

yes it's true, there's a warning about it on their website. If you want to check DHL   https://www.parcel2go.com/

[Zhorro]

Royal Mail has just released details of its forthcoming price rises on 4th April.  First class (!) will increase from 95p to £1.10 (an increase of nearly 16%).  Second class will go up from 68p to 75p (an increase of just over 10%).

https://blog.norphil.co.uk/2023/03/big-price-rises-from-4-april-will.html#comment-form