http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/list/1 EN Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:00:51 +0100 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:00:51 +0100 SE1 Discussion Phorum 5.1.6 600 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130296#msg-130296 forum@london-se1.co.uk (nelson_)
Was it a parcel from abroad? Correlation is usually the point where a parcel sent from abroad (which will have the sending parcel company's tracking number) gets a UK tracking number added/linked to it so it can be traced through the delivery system.[/quote]

Yes it was, thanks. Of course I had no way of knowing the UK tracking number, but the redelivery system luckily recognised the original foreign tracking number too.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130296#msg-130296 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:00:51 +0100 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130294#msg-130294 forum@london-se1.co.uk (truthmonkey)
Was it a parcel from abroad? Correlation is usually the point where a parcel sent from abroad (which will have the sending parcel company's tracking number) gets a UK tracking number added/linked to it so it can be traced through the delivery system.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130294#msg-130294 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:53:10 +0100 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130293#msg-130293 forum@london-se1.co.uk (nelson_)
And in the other missing parcel issue, Parcelforce was holding it at their depot (I assume, as they did respond to a redelivery demand). Not that they bothered sending me any indication that they were holding something for me and would have probably soon sent it back. Neither did the box have any signs of previous attempted delivery, but the sticker on it says "Correlation date Wed, 14 Jul" whatever that means.

Edited to add - the card is actually dated yesterday at 8.30! Arrived today 12.30.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130293#msg-130293 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:44:49 +0100 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130177#msg-130177 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Bloggie) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130177#msg-130177 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:07:21 +0100 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130176#msg-130176 forum@london-se1.co.uk (nelson_) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130176#msg-130176 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:42:30 +0100 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130171#msg-130171 forum@london-se1.co.uk (kellandj) and no lost items!!]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130171#msg-130171 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:33:42 +0100 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130156#msg-130156 forum@london-se1.co.uk (TAK) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130156#msg-130156 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:10:00 +0100 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130138#msg-130138 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Bloggie)
still, other parcels left for neighbours out in the open and I get a 'while you were out card'.

I WAS IN!!!!!!!

argh.

so, who would like to help organise a mass demonstration outside 'royal' mail HQ in cental London about this rather ridiculous lack of post and service?]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/130138#msg-130138 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:08:10 +0100 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/129395#msg-129395 forum@london-se1.co.uk (The Mapmaker)
Simon Hughes to achieve something several years ago, and nothing ever changed. I wish you luck.

Any information I have is purely anecdotal, as it is entirely lacking in proof. But post regularly turns up that has been delayed by weeks or months. I just cannot imagine where it gets hidden for this length of time.

And as for the paid post-forwarding service, well you might as well not bother.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/129395#msg-129395 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:13:17 +0100 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/129391#msg-129391 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Val Shawcross) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/129391#msg-129391 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:52:59 +0100 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/123927#msg-123927 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Val Shawcross) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/123927#msg-123927 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:59:33 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/123830#msg-123830 forum@london-se1.co.uk (graham) Post Office "caught cheating"[/url]]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/123830#msg-123830 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:33:25 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/123385#msg-123385 forum@london-se1.co.uk (urbanite) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/123385#msg-123385 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:21:10 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/123288#msg-123288 forum@london-se1.co.uk (kellandj) but now the vastly expensive 'special delivery' is also becoming 'not at all special' nor a delivery!

last year, one item i sent just wasn't tracked although it did arrive.

now i had a delivery card claiming a delivery attempt last month on a tuesday. it never happened. the card came wednesday courtesy of the postman. a redelivery booked for friday never happened - finally came the following monday.

and the RM response to a complaint on their 'guaranteed' next day delivery service? 'get stuffed' or more precisely 'get really stuffed'.

you'd think a refund would be appropriate and simpler.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/123288#msg-123288 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:14:45 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/123260#msg-123260 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Bloggie)
So I still hope against all hope that someone will grap the opportunity and start up such a service - perhaps calling it a Postal Service![/quote]
well, funnily enough, that's what the royal mail was setup to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/123260#msg-123260 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:14:21 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/105213#msg-105213 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Mini Haha)
So I still hope against all hope that someone will grap the opportunity and start up such a service - perhaps calling it a Postal Service!]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/105213#msg-105213 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:37:31 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/105148#msg-105148 forum@london-se1.co.uk (kingsley) "Just a thought - but isn't there a great big cavanous gap in the market and a massive opportunity for someone to start up a postal service that delivers in the early mornings and evenings?"


If you have been reading the previous 41 pages, I think you will see there is a "cavernous gap" for a postal service that simply delivers !]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/105148#msg-105148 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:30:05 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/105144#msg-105144 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Mini Haha) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/105144#msg-105144 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:21:48 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104888#msg-104888 forum@london-se1.co.uk (La Martinet)
Absolutely! When I was told about this policy that Mini Haha mentions above (by a postman who had just put a "While you were out" card through my door "while I was in"!), I suggested to said postie - more or less politiely - exactly as you recommended, CatherineWJ. He agreed with me.

I'm still awaiting the new honesty cards. They probably got lost in the post...]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104888#msg-104888 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:36:21 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104884#msg-104884 forum@london-se1.co.uk (CatherineWJ) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104884#msg-104884 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:05:22 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104872#msg-104872 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Laphroaig) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104872#msg-104872 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:05:17 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104862#msg-104862 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Mini Haha) I have found that if the parcel cannot fit through a letter box the postman doesn't even bother to carry the parcel on his rounds - so it matters not a jot whether you are in or not - he simply issues one of his "sorry you were outs" so that you have to collect your post from the dreaded Mandela Way - i.e. getting the customer to do the work for the post office. Hey perhaps we should claim the postage charge back for items not delivered to the actual addressee!]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104862#msg-104862 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:32:45 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104847#msg-104847 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Laphroaig) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104847#msg-104847 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104842#msg-104842 forum@london-se1.co.uk (JayBee) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104842#msg-104842 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:13:54 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104833#msg-104833 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Philpotts24)
Thank God we have an excellent Postman in City Walk. Whoops. I said Postman. Maybe I'll be arrested and sent to the Tower for such a non-PC remark...]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104833#msg-104833 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:15:32 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104823#msg-104823 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Auntie Pat) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104823#msg-104823 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:26:10 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104797#msg-104797 forum@london-se1.co.uk (CatherineWJ)
However, here's what they said about 'Sorry you were out':
"Turning to your complaint regarding 'sorry you were out cards' that have been left at your address, even though you were home. Recently, there have been a lot of new developments built that have either a controlled entry system or lockable external letterboxes. The Universal Service Obligation states that we have to attempt delivery to a residence that is a self-contained property and is separately rated for council tax purposes. However, when we deliver items that are too big for the letterbox or require a signature, the policy is not to attempt delivery of these types of items, but to leave a P739 card advising the customer it can be collected from their local Delivery Office. This policy only applies when we are delivering items too big for the letterbox or that require a signature and to premises with controlled entry systems or external letterboxes."]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104797#msg-104797 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:05:53 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104683#msg-104683 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Laphroaig)
Perhaps one of your neighbors signed for them?

I have to say that I was quite shocked when I moved here at how truly abysmal the postal service is. I always had such a high regard for the Royal Mail before. I remember being impressed while visiting friends that they were receiving two deliveries a day. I just spent another 25 minutes standing in line at the post office to buy 10 stamps for mail to the US. Why on earth cannot the post office have stamp machines?]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104683#msg-104683 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:23:35 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104681#msg-104681 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Davies)
I had a paid to be signed for package left on my doorstep for two days hidden under the lid of the blue box recycling bin which is flimsy and tends to blow away when the dustmen chuck it casually aside instead of putting it back on the box.

It is a sign of the times that I was just grateful to actually get the package at all.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104681#msg-104681 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:52:04 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104673#msg-104673 forum@london-se1.co.uk (kingsley) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/14037/104673#msg-104673 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:49:36 +0000