International special?

[Wolf91]

Been waiting on this one a while, an Xmas present… it’s been received and transferred through Langley and has reached the local MC today.
In normal circumstances this means il have it tomorrow guaranteed. Obviously it’s a strike day tomorrow - will it reach my local DO (in which case il go down and get it myself), or will it be stuck in the MC for a few days? It’s an important one so any help or advice would be great

[Acca Dacca]

Obviously it’s a strike day tomorrow - will it reach my local DO (in which case il go down and get it myself)

[Wolf91]

Obviously it’s a strike day tomorrow - will it reach my local DO (in which case il go down and get it myself)

??? Not helpful

[enskied]

You can't go down tomorrow. Its a strike day, the office isn't open.

Best to stay home and wait for a manager to turn up with it.

I hope that you receive it.

Good luck.

[Wolf91]

You can't go down tomorrow. Its a strike day, the office isn't open.

Best to stay home and wait for a manager to turn up with it.

I hope that you receive it.

Good luck.

What kind of priority will international special be given though? I thought offices or at least some were open strike days and just managers were there and the odd strikebreakers?

[clashcityrocker]

I didn't think there was such a thing as an international special any more.

[Clappedoutpostie]

I didn't think there was such a thing as an international special any more.

No we gave up on them here, probably be in a sleeve of the 1c/2c stuff the company don’t want to deliver anymore.

[Wolf91]

Ah. We always still get them with our specials and they count toward our special total on delivery. Maybe you are right though.

[BenacreNick]

International Specials remain as Specials through the system.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

You can't go down tomorrow. Its a strike day, the office isn't open.

Best to stay home and wait for a manager to turn up with it.

I hope that you receive it.

Good luck.

What kind of priority will international special be given though? I thought offices or at least some were open strike days and just managers were there and the odd strikebreakers?

No caller's office are open on strike days - they used to be but not this series. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=100690&start=435

Royal Mail has well-developed contingency plans, but we cannot fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce. We’ll be doing what we can to keep services running, but we’re sorry this planned strike action is likely to cause you some disruption. Our Customer Service Points will also be closed on strike days. Please do not try to collect your item on these days. They will reopen the next working day after strike action.

If they were you would technically be crossing a picket line, which is a personal decision, but not one I would contemplate.

[Clappedoutpostie]

International Specials remain as Specials through the system.

Not here they don’t. They come in the mixed sleeves and are slung into the walks Mini York, no scan no anything. I wouldn’t be surprised if half our blokes deliver them with no scan either.

[SpacePhoenix]

International Specials remain as Specials through the system.

Nope. They go through the system as Tracked. They ceased being classed as specials earlier in the year

[ted_e_bear]

International Specials remain as Specials through the system.

Nope. They go through the system as Tracked. They ceased being classed as specials earlier in the year

International Specials remain as Specials through the system.

Not here they don’t. They come in the mixed sleeves and are slung into the walks Mini York, no scan no anything. I wouldn’t be surprised if half our blokes deliver them with no scan either.

As above two quotes, they're supposed to be treated as though they're tracked but they don't get a RFD scan at our place as the manager didn't inform anyone, I only found out because I read it on here a while back.

[clashcityrocker]

As above two quotes, they're supposed to be treated as though they're tracked but they don't get a RFD scan at our place as the manager didn't inform anyone, I only found out because I read it on here a while back.

We still get foreign "specials" on Monday for some reason.
We have never been told to scan them as RFD. (In fact some of my colleagues no longer scan the Tracked as RFD either.)