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claystones
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royal mail backlog

Post by claystones »

Simon is not telling the truth when he says everything is cleared in the mail centres the parcels are caught up somewhere in the system my daughter is waiting on 5 parecels from royal mail no sign of them they are hidden in trailers and warehouses around the country more bullshit from royal mail
aiden01
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by aiden01 »

claystones wrote:
25 Dec 2022, 19:03
Simon is not telling the truth when he says everything is cleared in the mail centres the parcels are caught up somewhere in the system my daughter is waiting on 5 parecels from royal mail no sign of them they are hidden in trailers and warehouses around the country more bullshit from royal mail
100% mc is tanked..would say at least 2 weeks behind.
SpacePhoenix
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by SpacePhoenix »

What backlog? We're all clear, even taken diversions in from other MCs
priority102
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by priority102 »

Merry Clearmas
R5001
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by R5001 »

SpacePhoenix wrote:
25 Dec 2022, 21:05
What backlog? We're all clear, even taken diversions in from other MCs
The amount of tracking items I checked for customers before we broke up for strikes where stuff had flat out vanished says you're wrong. You may well have cleared whatever got to your MC, but there isn't a chance in s**t you got everything. sh***s missing from late November with unnerving frequency.
hawkeye622
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by hawkeye622 »

I have a tracked 24 parcel that is sitting in Norwich MC, it has been sitting there since the 10th December :dance
Anyone on here work there? Is it clear? Is my parcel lying under a york somewhere? ;liar ;liar

On Thursday we were still delivering Saturday Guaranteed specials - ridiculous :silenced
SpacePhoenix
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by SpacePhoenix »

hawkeye622 wrote:
26 Dec 2022, 09:05
On Thursday we were still delivering Saturday Guaranteed specials - ridiculous :silenced
They weren't guaranteed anyway. It says on the RM website that on any strike days and a day either side no SDs are guarnteed
1560loopsayear
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by 1560loopsayear »

I have a feeling we're going to have our busiest post-Christmas workload ever after we drag our sorry souls back in on Wednesday. It will probably feel like Christmas pressure. No matter what that idiots says about clear centre's and hubs...there is a backlog waiting to feed through. Yet more excuses we're going to have to give joe-public for their 2-3 week delayed parcels and mail. We are always first in the firing line, not that Thompson with his bodyguards around him.
cobrakai
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by cobrakai »

SpacePhoenix wrote:
26 Dec 2022, 10:47
hawkeye622 wrote:
26 Dec 2022, 09:05
On Thursday we were still delivering Saturday Guaranteed specials - ridiculous :silenced
They weren't guaranteed anyway. It says on the RM website that on any strike days and a day either side no SDs are guarnteed
No idea where you are old pal but it took 2 weeks for a footy shirt to come from london to london….
cubanpete
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by cubanpete »

You should have walked to collect it rather than get it delivered.
Hyrrokkin
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by Hyrrokkin »

R5001 wrote:
25 Dec 2022, 21:33
SpacePhoenix wrote:
25 Dec 2022, 21:05
What backlog? We're all clear, even taken diversions in from other MCs
The amount of tracking items I checked for customers before we broke up for strikes where stuff had flat out vanished says you're wrong. You may well have cleared whatever got to your MC, but there isn't a chance in s**t you got everything. sh***s missing from late November with unnerving frequency.
There is always one who has to be different or special
SpacePhoenix
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by SpacePhoenix »

1560loopsayear wrote:
26 Dec 2022, 12:59
I have a feeling we're going to have our busiest post-Christmas workload ever after we drag our sorry souls back in on Wednesday. It will probably feel like Christmas pressure. No matter what that idiots says about clear centre's and hubs...there is a backlog waiting to feed through. Yet more excuses we're going to have to give joe-public for their 2-3 week delayed parcels and mail. We are always first in the firing line, not that Thompson with his bodyguards around him.
Hyrrokkin wrote:
26 Dec 2022, 17:37
R5001 wrote:
25 Dec 2022, 21:33
SpacePhoenix wrote:
25 Dec 2022, 21:05
What backlog? We're all clear, even taken diversions in from other MCs
The amount of tracking items I checked for customers before we broke up for strikes where stuff had flat out vanished says you're wrong. You may well have cleared whatever got to your MC, but there isn't a chance in s**t you got everything. sh***s missing from late November with unnerving frequency.
There is always one who has to be different or special
We've not had any backlog from any of the strikes, it's just been normal Xmas Pressure stuff, even that has been noticeably down, with us scratching around for work a few times. Xmas cards have been way down on what they were last year. We've been taking in diversions from other MCs on and off
ConeHater
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by ConeHater »

Reckon there must be loads parked up at the hubs. Stuff can only fail once - then it gets parked whilst newer gets dealt with. Was 250+ trailers with mail parked at new midlands hub other day.
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Post by world class male »

the backlog is media controlled, 1 will say we're clear so nothing to see, move on, another will show that there is a backlog and we're all scum and another will say what you want to hear

all i can say is to the small ebay type business, then you are fecked along with us, so get ready for hiking prices up to compete with fast delivery. because ebay type items will be treat like D2D now eventually
the punter will still pay more, end of
gt94sss2
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Re: royal mail backlog

Post by gt94sss2 »

claystones wrote:
25 Dec 2022, 19:03
Simon is not telling the truth when he says everything is cleared in the mail centres the parcels are caught up somewhere in the system my daughter is waiting on 5 parecels from royal mail no sign of them they are hidden in trailers and warehouses around the country more bullshit from royal mail
I don't work for RM but it sounds as if you/the union might have tried putting some Apple Airtags or similar in the post and tracking them to delivery.. to see where they are delayed