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Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

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Stinkycat22
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Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

Post by Stinkycat22 »

I have a special delivery before 1pm sent on Friday that has only arrived to Chelmsford mail centre just after midnight on Sunday today.
It says it will now be sent to my local delivery office. Any chance it's being sent during Sunday night to the DO? Or will this be done on Monday night? I know it won't get delivered on a Sunday. I'm asking just if anyway it gets to the DO on a Sunday morning ready for delivery on Monday. Thanks in advance.
aiden01
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Re: Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

Post by aiden01 »

Stinkycat22 wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 08:29
I have a special delivery before 1pm sent on Friday that has only arrived to Chelmsford mail centre just after midnight on Sunday today.
It says it will now be sent to my local delivery office. Any chance it's being sent during Sunday night to the DO? Or will this be done on Monday night? I know it won't get delivered on a Sunday. I'm asking just if anyway it gets to the DO on a Sunday morning ready for delivery on Monday. Thanks in advance.
Should be delivered monday morning.
Stinkycat22
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Re: Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

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aiden01 wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 08:34
Stinkycat22 wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 08:29
I have a special delivery before 1pm sent on Friday that has only arrived to Chelmsford mail centre just after midnight on Sunday today.
It says it will now be sent to my local delivery office. Any chance it's being sent during Sunday night to the DO? Or will this be done on Monday night? I know it won't get delivered on a Sunday. I'm asking just if anyway it gets to the DO on a Sunday morning ready for delivery on Monday. Thanks in advance.
Should be delivered monday morning.
Oh yeah I know :). I wanted to know if it's gonna reach my DO on a Sunday specifically.
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Re: Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

Post by aiden01 »

Stinkycat22 wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 08:37
aiden01 wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 08:34
Stinkycat22 wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 08:29
I have a special delivery before 1pm sent on Friday that has only arrived to Chelmsford mail centre just after midnight on Sunday today.
It says it will now be sent to my local delivery office. Any chance it's being sent during Sunday night to the DO? Or will this be done on Monday night? I know it won't get delivered on a Sunday. I'm asking just if anyway it gets to the DO on a Sunday morning ready for delivery on Monday. Thanks in advance.
Should be delivered monday morning.
Oh yeah I know :). I wanted to know if it's gonna reach my DO on a Sunday specifically.
Probably will but why worry as long as it is delivered monday.
denhamhoop
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Re: Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

Post by denhamhoop »

It will be processed either on Sunday day if Chelmsford have people working days or Sunday night and will be taken to the Delivery Office on early Monday morning probably around 4 am. The bigger question should be as it was posted Friday why it wasn't processed on either Friday night or Saturday day
Stinkycat22
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Re: Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

Post by Stinkycat22 »

denhamhoop wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 09:43
It will be processed either on Sunday day if Chelmsford have people working days or Sunday night and will be taken to the Delivery Office on early Monday morning probably around 4 am. The bigger question should be as it was posted Friday why it wasn't processed on either Friday night or Saturday day
I do lots of special deliveries that are taken to Birmingham MC then sent to Chelmsford, which is my local MC, and even last Friday they didn't deliver it on Saturday but I had to wait till Monday. They sent it to Chelmsford that time on Sunday afternoon. Postie then told me my special delivery had been put with tracked post and with the last 2 special delivery items tracking never updated to say item had reached my DO. I still got them delivered but there was never a scan that they were out for delivery.
denhamhoop
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Re: Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

Post by denhamhoop »

Stinkycat22 wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 10:01
denhamhoop wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 09:43
It will be processed either on Sunday day if Chelmsford have people working days or Sunday night and will be taken to the Delivery Office on early Monday morning probably around 4 am. The bigger question should be as it was posted Friday why it wasn't processed on either Friday night or Saturday day
I do lots of special deliveries that are taken to Birmingham MC then sent to Chelmsford, which is my local MC, and even last Friday they didn't deliver it on Saturday but I had to wait till Monday. They sent it to Chelmsford that time on Sunday afternoon. Postie then told me my special delivery had been put with tracked post and with the last 2 special delivery items tracking never updated to say item had reached my DO. I still got them delivered but there was never a scan that they were out for delivery.
Christ I thought Greenford MC was a shambles but to send your own Specials 140 miles on a 2 hour plus trip to be processed and then the same journey in reverse for Delivery and then it gets put in with Tracked shows just how broken Royal Mail is as a business in certain places
Stinkycat22
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Re: Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

Post by Stinkycat22 »

denhamhoop wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 10:09
Stinkycat22 wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 10:01
denhamhoop wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 09:43
It will be processed either on Sunday day if Chelmsford have people working days or Sunday night and will be taken to the Delivery Office on early Monday morning probably around 4 am. The bigger question should be as it was posted Friday why it wasn't processed on either Friday night or Saturday day
I do lots of special deliveries that are taken to Birmingham MC then sent to Chelmsford, which is my local MC, and even last Friday they didn't deliver it on Saturday but I had to wait till Monday. They sent it to Chelmsford that time on Sunday afternoon. Postie then told me my special delivery had been put with tracked post and with the last 2 special delivery items tracking never updated to say item had reached my DO. I still got them delivered but there was never a scan that they were out for delivery.
Christ I thought Greenford MC was a shambles but to send your own Specials 140 miles on a 2 hour plus trip to be processed and then the same journey in reverse for Delivery and then it gets put in with Tracked shows just how broken Royal Mail is as a business in certain places
Sorry, I think I didn't explain myself well... They are sent from Birmingham area to me in Essex. They don't go from Chelmsford to Birmingham then back to Chelmsford!

Yep, postie said he was shocked that that happened and told me to complain.
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Re: Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

Post by BenacreNick »

Stinkycat, special delivery for delivery on a Saturday attracts a premium price.

Therefore anything SD collected on a Friday is scheduled for Monday delivery.
Stinkycat22
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Re: Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

Post by Stinkycat22 »

BenacreNick wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 10:15
Stinkycat, special delivery for delivery on a Saturday attracts a premium price.

Therefore anything SD collected on a Friday is scheduled for Monday delivery.
I know about that. Unfortunately there's no option for the Saturday guarantee when buying the postage online.
I've had special deliveries delivered on a Saturday so it's not impossible...
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Re: Special delivery going to DO on a Sunday?

Post by SpacePhoenix »

denhamhoop wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 10:09
Stinkycat22 wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 10:01
denhamhoop wrote:
20 Nov 2022, 09:43
It will be processed either on Sunday day if Chelmsford have people working days or Sunday night and will be taken to the Delivery Office on early Monday morning probably around 4 am. The bigger question should be as it was posted Friday why it wasn't processed on either Friday night or Saturday day
I do lots of special deliveries that are taken to Birmingham MC then sent to Chelmsford, which is my local MC, and even last Friday they didn't deliver it on Saturday but I had to wait till Monday. They sent it to Chelmsford that time on Sunday afternoon. Postie then told me my special delivery had been put with tracked post and with the last 2 special delivery items tracking never updated to say item had reached my DO. I still got them delivered but there was never a scan that they were out for delivery.
Christ I thought Greenford MC was a shambles but to send your own Specials 140 miles on a 2 hour plus trip to be processed and then the same journey in reverse for Delivery and then it gets put in with Tracked shows just how broken Royal Mail is as a business in certain places
Ever since Tracked and non Tracked large started being put in the same yorks, we now get a right mix of Tracked and non-Tracked, large and small (sometimes the yorks of "large" are virtually all smalls). you're almost certain to find at least a dozen SDs mixed in these days