bellevueace Posted yesterday at 06:47 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 06:47 PM I was just wondering if anyone else who subscribes has had delivery problems? I have always received my copy thursday mornings for years, since august its been arriving 6 days late, its not the publishers who despatch it as usual. Thought about postal strikes but for 4 months? Anyway after years of subscribing i wont be renewing its better now to just go to Sainsburys thursday morning as its always on the shelf or order it from the local newsagents. Royal Mail cant be relied upon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickB Posted yesterday at 07:11 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 07:11 PM 23 minutes ago, bellevueace said: I was just wondering if anyone else who subscribes has had delivery problems? I have always received my copy thursday mornings for years, since august its been arriving 6 days late, its not the publishers who despatch it as usual. Thought about postal strikes but for 4 months? Anyway after years of subscribing i wont be renewing its better now to just go to Sainsburys thursday morning as its always on the shelf or order it from the local newsagents. Royal Mail cant be relied upon. Afraid I did the same, for the same reason! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted yesterday at 08:20 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:20 PM A lot of most royal mail depots only deliver mail on certain days of the week and not at weekends, unless it's a parcel, so may explain a slight delay to the star delivery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted yesterday at 08:39 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:39 PM TBH it's late most weeks, sometimes very late. I asked the postwoman, was told they deliver 1st class letter post in my area every other day, alternate weeks i.e. "one week it's Monday, Wednesday & Friday, the next it's Tuesday, Thursday & maybe a Saturday". Nice of them to bother🤔. Used to be on time every Thursday, even during lockdown, delivery issues really started when they used clear plastic bags, been getting ever worse since.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted yesterday at 08:41 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:41 PM 1 minute ago, martinmauger said: TBH it's late most weeks, sometimes very late. I asked the postwoman, was told they deliver 1st class letter post in my area every other day, alternate weeks i.e. "one week it's Monday, Wednesday & Friday, the next it's Tuesday, Thursday & maybe a Saturday". Nice of them to bother🤔. Used to be on time every Thursday, even during lockdown, delivery issues really started when they used clear plastic bags, been getting ever worse since.... Newsagents are the best source of supply 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WookieboyDon Posted yesterday at 08:45 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:45 PM Normally arrives either on a Thursday or a Friday for me. On the odd occasion and it can go into the following week, mainly on a Monday but that is down to Royal Mail’s unpredictability. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted yesterday at 08:47 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:47 PM 1 minute ago, WookieboyDon said: Normally arrives either on a Thursday or a Friday for me. On the odd occasion and it can go into the following week, mainly on a Monday but that is down to Royal Mail’s unpredictability. What a surprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellevueace Posted yesterday at 09:26 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:26 PM 1 hour ago, Neila said: A lot of most royal mail depots only deliver mail on certain days of the week and not at weekends, unless it's a parcel, so may explain a slight delay to the star delivery I get all other mail without problems but instead of the regular postman we have different ones all the time and delivery times can be from 10am to 1600 seems to be all over the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted yesterday at 09:48 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:48 PM 18 minutes ago, bellevueace said: I get all other mail without problems but instead of the regular postman we have different ones all the time and delivery times can be from 10am to 1600 seems to be all over the place We are the same regarding irregular delivery times. For years are regular postie would deliver between 8.30am - 9am. Then when he relocated we have had several different ones who all now deliver between 11.30am to 2pm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellevueace Posted 12 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 12 hours ago 11 hours ago, Youhave2minutes said: We are the same regarding irregular delivery times. For years are regular postie would deliver between 8.30am - 9am. Then when he relocated we have had several different ones who all now deliver between 11.30am to 2pm. I spoke to the regular postman some time ago before all the deliveries went haywire, he told me then parcels were being prioritised over letters and that he had more parcels on his round up to 25kg, i think Royal Mail had to try to compete with the likes of Amazon and DPD at the expense of regular mail, emails will no doubt have had an effect on the volume of letters. Be interesting to see if magazine subscriptions have fallen generally nationwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago 1 hour ago, bellevueace said: I spoke to the regular postman some time ago before all the deliveries went haywire, he told me then parcels were being prioritised over letters and that he had more parcels on his round up to 25kg, i think Royal Mail had to try to compete with the likes of Amazon and DPD at the expense of regular mail, emails will no doubt have had an effect on the volume of letters. Be interesting to see if magazine subscriptions have fallen generally nationwide. Would agree the problem is definitely Royal Mail.Ihad lots of problems in Dec/Jan.Postman said the same to me regarding Parcel.It has reverted to normal over the summer though.Also believe it was lack of Staff in my area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago The Royal Mail got fined (again) last week for failing to meet delivery targets... They have, (once again), asked for the targets to be lowered.... They are useless... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago (edited) 27 minutes ago, mikebv said: The Royal Mail got fined (again) last week for failing to meet delivery targets... They have, (once again), asked for the targets to be lowered.... They are useless... Playing devil's advocate They have all the targets and obligations for standard day to day Mail but have had all the lucrative parcel deliveries deregulated and offered out to the market The rest of the market don't want the expense of the promise of UK wide guaranteed delivery for standard mail day in day out Effectively they have been tied to providing the 'loss leader' without the accompanying profitable additional lines Edited 10 hours ago by dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago Is it time for Royal Mail to loose the "Royal" tag, or should they be ordered to use "Royal Replacement" or perhaps "Guest Delivery" ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago 3 hours ago, Lefty said: Is it time for Royal Mail to loose the "Royal" tag, or should they be ordered to use "Royal Replacement" or perhaps "Guest Delivery" ? R.R. for me. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotteringAround Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago Royal Mail deliveries are very haphazard, but I'm pretty lucky with mine. My post normally comes between 10am - 11am. I'd say that 60%-70% of the time my Star arrives on Thursday. When it doesn't, it almost always arrives on Friday morning. Very, very rarely it's the following Monday morning. However last week it arrived at 4pm on Saturday. I rarely get post on a Saturdfay, and never at 4pm, so I don't know what happened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Boy Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago I agree most weeks it turns up Monday or even Wednesday by which point it’s no longer really relevant. i have not renewed for this reason. need to make digital copy available for paper subscribers to ease the pain as some weeks I didn’t even bother to open the envelope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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