Postal Theft

[barrowfordred]

So, basically what you are saying is that postal workers cannot be trusted

My mother sent my son a birthday card with £20 inside the card (silly I know), the card arrived in the envelope but with no £20 The cheek of it.

TBH the problems with any cards is they are easy to spot so if anyone has a tendency to steal they will keep an eye out for brightly coloured envelopes or ones that obviously have cards in them, thats why I would always recommend sending cards with money in them at the cheapest Special Delivery rate. Paying £5 is better than loosing £20+

Or put the brightly coloured envelope inside an ordinary A5 size manilla one. Paying 5p for an extra envelope is better than losing £20.

Or send a cheque instead of cash which shouldn't be sent in ordinary post.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

So, basically what you are saying is that postal workers cannot be trusted

My mother sent my son a birthday card with £20 inside the card (silly I know), the card arrived in the envelope but with no £20 The cheek of it.

TBH the problems with any cards is they are easy to spot so if anyone has a tendency to steal they will keep an eye out for brightly coloured envelopes or ones that obviously have cards in them, thats why I would always recommend sending cards with money in them at the cheapest Special Delivery rate. Paying £5 is better than loosing £20+

Or put the brightly coloured envelope inside an ordinary A5 size manilla one. Paying 5p for an extra envelope is better than losing £20.

Or send a cheque instead of cash which shouldn't be sent in ordinary post.

99.9% of them you can but as there are 160,000 of us that still leaves 16 - I know of no town or city with a population of similar size that has no crime at all

[philbo1965uk]

Truth of the matter is Royal Mail theft by it's employee's is rife.

It is a huge problem that results in a mulitude of claims every year.

Sure few people may have been prosecuted...but this glosses over the fact that many get away with it and are undetected,or sacked.It's especially prevelant in sorting offices(your reg postie is generally decent because he is familiar on his round)...a nice small but heavy parcel with standard economy postage inevitably goes 'missing'.

Believe me Ive had over 35yrs experience around the country.If you want to send anything of value always pay the extra...

I don't wish to scaremonger...rather offer a little reality :dcfo

[POSTMAN]

Truth of the matter is Royal Mail theft by it's employee's is rife.

It is a huge problem that results in a mulitude of claims every year.

Sure few people may have been prosecuted...but this glosses over the fact that many get away with it and are undetected,or sacked.It's especially prevelant in sorting offices(your reg postie is generally decent because he is familiar on his round)...a nice small but heavy parcel with standard economy postage inevitably goes 'missing'.

Believe me Ive had over 35yrs experience around the country.If you want to send anything of value always pay the extra...

I don't wish to scaremonger...rather offer a little reality :dcfo

Can't work out if you're a colleague or a customer.
Either way you're way out pal.
Especially this bit!
Truth of the matter is Royal Mail theft by it's employee's is rife.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

IMHO Not a good introduction to a site that has Royal Mail staff in abundance on it - are you espousing an opinion or presenting facts. Lets examine your post.

Truth of the matter is Royal Mail theft by it's employee's is rife.

No evidence presented so at best its supposition, at worst its a biased view based on empirical evidence.

It is a huge problem that results in a multitude of claims every year.

Define Multitude. To me multitude means "a greater number of" - so you assertion is more gets stolen than delivered.

Sure few people may have been prosecuted...but this glosses over the fact that many get away with it and are undetected,or sacked.It's especially prevalent in sorting offices(your reg postie is generally decent because he is familiar on his round)...a nice small but heavy parcel with standard economy postage inevitably goes 'missing'.

Inevitability goes missing - what no parcels that fit your description ever get delivered. BTW if you get sacked in RM for thieving then you will get prosecuted if IB do their job.

Believe me Ive had over 35yrs experience around the country

35 years experience of what - without saying that line is pointless.

If you want to send anything of value always pay the extra...

RM recommend exactly that and to be honest its common sense.

I don't wish to scaremonger...rather offer a little reality :dcfo

Sorry did not see any reality in your post. Biased Opinion with a distinct lack of information or sources to back up that opinion, but nothing approaching reality.

[andy2007]

Truth of the matter is Royal Mail theft by it's employee's is rife.

It is a huge problem that results in a mulitude of claims every year.

Sure few people may have been prosecuted...but this glosses over the fact that many get away with it and are undetected,or sacked.It's especially prevelant in sorting offices(your reg postie is generally decent because he is familiar on his round)...a nice small but heavy parcel with standard economy postage inevitably goes 'missing'.

Believe me Ive had over 35yrs experience around the country.If you want to send anything of value always pay the extra...

I don't wish to scaremonger...rather offer a little reality :dcfo

Well personally, I have 14 years experience of working in Sorting Offices. And in that time, I know of only 3 instances of Theft locally. 2 were successfully prosecuted, and 1 escaped. However, the one that got away, was when we had an influx of Agency Staff. And although I'm not accusing Agency Staff of being dishonest. It was an isolated incident, and let's face it: If someone got away with it, they'd carry on stealing, wouldn't they?
For several years, we've had CCTV in the Sorting Offices (RDCs, MCs, Rail Terminals). So it's much easier to catch, and prosecute theives. So I can't see how there could be any validity to your accusation that thefts are more common with indoor workers. How would they get away with it, when there's 24 hour surveilance?
Obviously, not every camera is monitored all the time. But they all record, and those tapes/DVDs (depending on what equipment is on site) are kept for months. So if anything goes missing, they can go back over the tapes, and catch the b*****ds!
Perhaps you should try getting your facts straight, before making such serious, and public accusations in the future, eh?

[Lounge Lizard]

Truth of the matter is Royal Mail theft by it's employee's is rife.

It is a huge problem that results in a mulitude of claims every year.

Sure few people may have been prosecuted...but this glosses over the fact that many get away with it and are undetected,or sacked.It's especially prevelant in sorting offices(your reg postie is generally decent because he is familiar on his round)...a nice small but heavy parcel with standard economy postage inevitably goes 'missing'.

Believe me Ive had over 35yrs experience around the country.If you want to send anything of value always pay the extra...

I don't wish to scaremonger...rather offer a little reality :dcfo

Can't work out if you're a colleague or a customer.
Either way you're way out pal.
Especially this bit!
Truth of the matter is Royal Mail theft by it's employee's is rife.

He's probably IB, and theft is all he's ever seen.

[bunkerland]

Truth of the matter is Royal Mail theft by it's employee's is rife.

It is a huge problem that results in a mulitude of claims every year.

a nice small but heavy parcel with standard economy postage inevitably goes 'missing'.

Eh? You must have been very unlucky then because i've bought and sold hundreds of items that match that description on e-bay and never had any go missing! That probably makes me a little bit lucky yes,but also would seem to indicate that your "35 years experience" doesn't stop you from talking utter rubbish!