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1st class mail

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sjnb6
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1st class mail

Post by sjnb6 »

the downstream access mail that just says delivered by royal. no other lettering . we were told today it's classed as first class and must go. is this correct
kazardaimenu
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Re: 1st class mail

Post by kazardaimenu »

I doubt it.
SpacePhoenix
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Re: 1st class mail

Post by SpacePhoenix »

Whoever told you that has got it wrong. Currently all DSA is 2nd class, one is a 2 day product, the other is a 5 day product. There's a 3 day product coming in soon which in theory most of the 2 day stuff will get migrated over to. There's a Premium DSA product coming out, don't know when but I believe that will be 1st class. Hopefully whe it does come out RM will make sure that it's marked up differently from the rest of the DSA.

If RM have actually decided to class all DSA as 1C then they may as well do away with the DTS as that'll probably leave a couple of boxes of deferred mail for a wave 1 batch at most. Each day you'll have as much 2C being released as what is being deferred.
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Re: 1st class mail

Post by A2B »

sjnb6 wrote:
28 Aug 2025, 20:27
the downstream access mail that just says delivered by royal. no other lettering . we were told today it's classed as first class and must go. is this correct
If you are instructed to deliver it by your manager then that's what you do, if that means you have to cut off that's for your manager to sort out
Shaugi
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Re: 1st class mail

Post by Shaugi »

sjnb6 wrote:
28 Aug 2025, 20:27
the downstream access mail that just says delivered by royal. no other lettering . we were told today it's classed as first class and must go. is this correct
That'd be 99.9% of the walksort some days. Blow that :chuckle
I was told anything with a 1 or a 24 is 1C
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Re: 1st class mail

Post by TopperGas »

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the downstream access mail that just says delivered by royal. no other lettering . we were told today it's classed as first class and must go. is this correct
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That'd be 99.9% of the walksort some days. Blow that :chuckle
I was told anything with a 1 or a 24 is 1C
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There's over half dozen different types of 1c mail, I've no idea how the company feel.we've got the time to check two duties mail to pull it all out each day, once you've done that you've then got 20+ pieces of mail plus the Tracked and 1c packets to deliver on both duties.
Smoothbackground
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Re: 1st class mail

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At our office we’ve been told to extract anything and everything with a first class stamp but nothing else, ie, franked first class mail and everything else stays in. One of the managers did some calculations by walking round the frames and supposedly counting, and he reckons even the busiest duty has no more than 10 such items each day. I then found 40 on just one duty!
SkiSunday
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Re: 1st class mail

Post by SkiSunday »

Smoothbackground wrote:
31 Aug 2025, 15:25
At our office we’ve been told to extract anything and everything with a first class stamp but nothing else, ie, franked first class mail and everything else stays in. One of the managers did some calculations by walking round the frames and supposedly counting, and he reckons even the busiest duty has no more than 10 such items each day. I then found 40 on just one duty!
Are you not on a DPR duty? :shock:
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Re: 1st class mail

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SkiSunday wrote:
31 Aug 2025, 15:32
Are you not on a DPR duty? :shock:
No, I’m not on a DPR duty. I have made that clear to you/your aliases on umpteen occasions.
SkiSunday
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Re: 1st class mail

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Smoothbackground wrote:
31 Aug 2025, 15:37
SkiSunday wrote:
31 Aug 2025, 15:32
Are you not on a DPR duty? :shock:
No, I’m not on a DPR duty. I have made that clear to you/your aliases on umpteen occasions.
Not sure you have tbh. What actually is your duty of employment at Royal Mail again?? Genuine question.

I'm sure you have stated more than everything other than Management at this point on here... :left: :left: :left:
SkiSunday
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Re: 1st class mail

Post by SkiSunday »

I also would love to know how much more per hour you are earning as a so called 'new start' over and above every other non London weighting OPG postie after our valuable pay rise. :thumbup
Thanks
Smoothbackground
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Re: 1st class mail

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SkiSunday wrote:
31 Aug 2025, 16:16
I also would love to know how much more per hour you are earning as a so called 'new start' over and above every other non London weighting OPG postie after our valuable pay rise. :thumbup
Thanks
Rerun the previous detailed calculations I set out for you and add 4.2% thereto :arrrghhh
SpacePhoenix
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Re: 1st class mail

Post by SpacePhoenix »

Smoothbackground wrote:
31 Aug 2025, 15:25
At our office we’ve been told to extract anything and everything with a first class stamp but nothing else, ie, franked first class mail and everything else stays in.
Fairly sure that's actually classed as a USO failure.
Smoothbackground
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Re: 1st class mail

Post by Smoothbackground »

SpacePhoenix wrote:
31 Aug 2025, 17:04
Smoothbackground wrote:
31 Aug 2025, 15:25
At our office we’ve been told to extract anything and everything with a first class stamp but nothing else, ie, franked first class mail and everything else stays in.
Fairly sure that's actually classed as a USO failure.
And I would totally agree. Customers with franking machines who pay for the first class service should receive it, otherwise they are being ripped off.
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Re: 1st class mail

Post by SkiSunday »

Smoothbackground wrote:
31 Aug 2025, 16:47
SkiSunday wrote:
31 Aug 2025, 16:16
I also would love to know how much more per hour you are earning as a so called 'new start' over and above every other non London weighting OPG postie after our valuable pay rise. :thumbup
Thanks
Rerun the previous detailed calculations I set out for you and add 4.2% thereto :arrrghhh
So what is your contractual hourly wage for next month then? Bearing in mind you are an ex Amazon driver, employed as a DPR driver, as a casual...or are have you been roped into working a 40hr 7 day contract on £12.54 per hour? Haha :left:

We don't judge. You maybe have a tiny bit of respect for your fellow new starts no??