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siera_lion
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Mail stuck on DESPATCHABLE

Post by siera_lion »

Hello everyone. I am writing in this forum to see if I could get some kind of help to resolve my problem

So on April 14th I had purchased a phone from Ebay. I live in lithuania (eastern europe), so we have no restrictions about that. The phone was sent via Royal Mail the next day (April 15th). I also got a tracking number to track the mail down. This is what I got:

15/04/13 21:01 DESPATCHABLE TOHWDC SIGNED FOR ROAD 2 EXETER MAIL CENTRE
15/04/13 20:46 COLLECTED EXETER MAIL CENTRE

Till now, nothing changed, and it is stuck on the despatch. What could be the problem?

Thank you
TeeferTiger
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Re: Mail stuck on DESPATCHABLE

Post by TeeferTiger »

Have you checked on this site as well, it tends to be a bit more detailed...

http://www.royalmail.com/trackdetails" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The only other thing is that it perhaps just wasn't scanned when it arrived, possibly due to workload and to speed up the process it's just been forwarded on without a scan. Have you also checked Lithuania's postal service's tracking page just in case?
Does this rag smell of chloroform to you?
wasim h
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Re: Mail stuck on DESPATCHABLE

Post by wasim h »

i sent you PM but not about your problem Image
siera_lion
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Re: Mail stuck on DESPATCHABLE

Post by siera_lion »

TeeferTiger wrote:Have you checked on this site as well, it tends to be a bit more detailed...

http://www.royalmail.com/trackdetails" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The only other thing is that it perhaps just wasn't scanned when it arrived, possibly due to workload and to speed up the process it's just been forwarded on without a scan. Have you also checked Lithuania's postal service's tracking page just in case?

I posted the 2 lines from the page which you sent me. And I checked my post office tracking page. Nothing there :)

EDIT: Also contacted the seller. He told me to wait for 7 - 14 days (counting from April 15th)
TeeferTiger
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Re: Mail stuck on DESPATCHABLE

Post by TeeferTiger »

Yes, RM don't class it as a lost item until it's been 15 working days (so about 3 weeks).

You can always contact RM via Twitter (@RoyalMail) and see if they have anymore info on their systems? Unlikely though and they don't open again until tomorrow morning.
Does this rag smell of chloroform to you?
siera_lion
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Re: Mail stuck on DESPATCHABLE

Post by siera_lion »

TeeferTiger wrote:Yes, RM don't class it as a lost item until it's been 15 working days (so about 3 weeks).

You can always contact RM via Twitter (@RoyalMail) and see if they have anymore info on their systems? Unlikely though and they don't open again until tomorrow morning.
Thank you, I will do that