Theft of SE1 Mail Continues?

I know there were problems with Royal Mail theft here in the past and it seemed to have subsided - at least where I live.

But then I had two packages stolen in the mail this past November - and in the past month three packages all sent to me by different people are missing. They too appear to have been stolen in the mail.

I'm still getting all my letters on time and untouched - it is just packages that are getting stolen. Anyone else having similar problem or noticed it?

No problem with mine, but I don't usually receive parcels.

Just noticed this on the Metro Central Heights forum:

http://www.metrocentralheights.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=424

It might not be your postman taking the parcels, it may be that he is just leaving them outside your door if you are not in. I've had this several times from my postman, and he doesn't stop no matter how much I complain!!

My post is very erratic. I now get anything valuable or remotely interesting delivered to work.

se1sam wrote:

It might not be your postman taking the parcels, it may be that he is just leaving them outside your door if you are not in.

No nothing gets left at the doors - there is a process where the building porter signs for everything at it is logged, which we havent had a any problems with. But its not the first time I have had things stolen in the mail since moving to this neighbourhood. Seems to be rampant these days.

It does feel like the SE1 postal service is deteriorating again.

Yesterday I received the 2 Feb issue of a weekly magazine I subscribe to.

I am still missing the issue before that, although the 9 Feb issue arrived on time.

James Hatts wrote:

Yesterday I received the 2 Feb issue of a weekly magazine I subscribe to.

I am still missing the issue before that, although the 9 Feb issue arrived on time.

Oh that one (magazines turning up way off schedule) has been going on for ages for me, I havent really let it get to me, I know they are incompetent. But when they start stealing packages, that's a whole different story.

This kind of thing isn't confined to SE1, that's for sure. When I lived in West London, all kinds of things went astray, my subscriptions to two magazines were suspended because the postal service claimed I didn't exist, and I even saw a postman dumping mail in the street because it was too much hassle to deliver it. I also used frequently to get other people's post, including on occasion post for an address in Dagenham. It's just depressing to learn that the problem may be as extreme - or more so - in SE1.

I have had two gas bills go missing in the last month - the original, and a replacement I then requested. These bills can be used as ID, so I am getting worried about identity theft. Anyone else experiencing anything like this at the moment? I am based at Bricklayers Arms.

there's a guy called 'bob' (manager) at our sorting office (mandela way), who gave me a running commentary on who was ill and why. I didn't actually care for the excuses, but the end result is that the usual person who should answer the phone is long term off and they take it in turns or just not answer it.
the postie on our usual route (and probably a fair few others) is off ill too. long term.
so we get all and sundry on overtime.
missing post is a huge issue and they are not bothering to sort this out.