Royal Fail

[Daggers]

Manchester postman stole 70,000 items of mail

Get on it Trav, everyone else is.

[hbkkids]

How did he get away with it for so long?

[Rincewind]

It is an old one though. Hope it was worth the effort seaching for it Daggers.

[Daggers]

65,000 of the 70,000 were junk mail items - I bloody loathe the deluge of paper crap.

[Jaspa]

65,000 of the 70,000 were junk mail items - I bloody loathe the deluge of paper crap.

Littering in you're House pal

[Houdini Logic]

Ha, thought this would be about Prince Harry

[Jaspa]

Ha, thought this would be about Prince Harry

I bet you would

You dirty feck

[Daggers]

Ha, thought this would be about Prince Harry

There's a Royal cock-up in this post

[Guest MattP]

That's one of the suites in the wynn, lucky bastard, would to know what he was shelling out for those escorts.

[Zingari]

How did he get away with it for so long?

The letters of complaint to the Royal Mail kept getting lost in the post.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Seriously, certain organisations are just set up to fail, run by people who have no idea what happens at shop floor end of things.

There's a Royal cock-up in this post

I thought the crown jewels were supposed to be on display.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Oh, and worse than the joke in the comic strip of the OP, is when people ask me, "What did they call Postman Pat when he retired?" chuckling to themselves as if they have dipped their tongues in the divine source of wit and merriment, beholden only to the gods.

I just look such people staight in the eye and without any inflection say, "Pat."

[Finnegan]

Trav, how long will the post office keep my parcel if parcelforce drop it there when they can't get in? I was going through the recycling earlier and found a card from 2nd August amongst the millions of takeaway menus. Must have missed it come through the door.

[James.]

Ha, thought this would be about Prince Harry

My mate is on the front page of The Sun today posing as Prince Harry. His name is Harry.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Trav, how long will the post office keep my parcel if parcelforce drop it there when they can't get in? I was going through the recycling earlier and found a card from 2nd August amongst the millions of takeaway menus. Must have missed it come through the door.

Sorry mate, can't say for certain - Parcelforce are a different company, although part of the Royal Mail/PostOffice/Parcelforce umbrella (there's a nother part which I can't remember now too). I'll tell you how it works for Royal Mail though, just in case it's the same/similar - which is 18 calender days.

Actually just looked at their website...

How long will you keep my parcel before returning it to sender?

Your parcel will be kept at the Post Office or depot for the following calendar days:

• expresscollect: 7 calendar days
  
• Other UK services: 16 calendar days
  
• GLS items: 21 calendar days
  
• Other International services and charge parcels: 16 calendar days
  

If there is no return address, we will keep the inland parcels at our parcel recovery centre for 45 days and international parcels for 90 days before disposing of them.

Which makes today the last day if it's a GLS item (can't tell you what that means - no idea, sorry) You might just be lucky. Give them a bell if there a contact number, before going down there for no reason at all.

I think what you've done happens a fair bit and it's one of the reasons I'm against Royal Mail delivering loads of crap pizza menus and the like. It goes straight in the bin and so do any, "you had a caller" cards. I believe that it's the reason for a fair percentage of people who complain that the postie didn't leave a card (not saying that's always the cause, some posties are crap, but as you've demonstarated, it's easy to do.)

Good luck anyway.

[Zingari]

Sorry mate, can't say for certain - Parcelforce are a different company, although part of the Royal Mail/PostOffice/Parcelforce umbrella (there's a nother part which I can't remember now too). I'll tell you how it works for Royal Mail though, just in case it's the same/similar - which is 18 calender days.

Actually just looked at their website...

Which makes today the last day if it's a GLS item (can't tell you what that means - no idea, sorry) You might just be lucky. Give them a bell if there a contact number, before going down there for no reason at all.

I think what you've done happens a fair bit and it's one of the reasons I'm against Royal Mail delivering loads of crap pizza menus and the like. It goes straight in the bin and so do any, "you had a caller" cards. I believe that it's the reason for a fair percentage of people who complain that the postie didn't leave a card (not saying that's always the cause, some posties are crap, but as you've demonstarated, it's easy to do.)

Good luck anyway.

GLS

Parcelforce Worldwide is a GLS Network Partner. An unrivalled road-based European network for day certain guaranteed deliveries.

GLS consists of 23 parcel delivery companies covering 5 million kms in 30 countries across Europe. The network handles more than 1 million parcels every day with the aim of delivering over 98% of consignments on time.

i thought everyone knew that !

[Trav Le Bleu]

GLS

Parcelforce Worldwide is a GLS Network Partner. An unrivalled road-based European network for day certain guaranteed deliveries.

GLS consists of 23 parcel delivery companies covering 5 million kms in 30 countries across Europe. The network handles more than 1 million parcels every day with the aim of delivering over 98% of consignments on time.

i thought everyone knew that !

98% pfffft, try 99.5.

[Finnegan]

They ain't gonna ship it all the way back to Tokyo are they? If it's gone to some depot for 90 days I assume I just have to pay for redilvery?

[Trav Le Bleu]

They ain't gonna ship it all the way back to Tokyo are they? If it's gone to some depot for 90 days I assume I just have to pay for redilvery?

Like I say, I don't know about Parcelforce practice and I don't really know how that part of the business works at RM. But I do know that I have had to deliver "return to sender" items that have been originally delivered to many places around the world, China, USA, Australia, so I'd guess that yes, it would be sent back to Tokyo eventually.

Best thing is to contact Parcelforce - was there a tracking number written/stuck on the card?

[Finnegan]

There ain't a tracking number but it does say they took it to Hinckley Rd post office and on the back it's got the address for it's place in Brauny Frith. Presumably 16 days would be counted from the day the post office give it back to parcelforce and not the delivery?

[Finnegan]

I should stress, I can't get round there cos of work and they aren't answering the phone - hence all the questions. But I have sent Mrs Finners round to investigate!!

[Bellend Sebastian]

Oh, and worse than the joke in the comic strip of the OP, is when people ask me, "What did they call Postman Pat when he retired?" chuckling to themselves as if they have dipped their tongues in the divine source of wit and merriment, beholden only to the gods.

I just look such people staight in the eye and without any inflection say, "Pat."

What you should have said, and it's easy to be clever with the benefit of hindsight, is that owing to psychosis stemming from a prolonged period of mental illness, Pat now believes himself to be Hephaestus, Greek god of fire, metalworking, stonemasonry, sculpture and volcanism and if you address him by anything else he will simply not acknowledge you, which is exactly what the smart arses will start doing if you say that to them, and will leave you to provide your valued and high quality service to the public unmolested

[Trav Le Bleu]

There ain't a tracking number but it does say they took it to Hinckley Rd post office and on the back it's got the address for it's place in Brauny Frith. Presumably 16 days would be counted from the day the post office give it back to parcelforce and not the delivery?

all I can say is try to contact them.

EDIT: Whilst I was typing this reply you added the bit about work .

[Captain...]

Oh, and worse than the joke in the comic strip of the OP, is when people ask me, "What did they call Postman Pat when he retired?" chuckling to themselves as if they have dipped their tongues in the divine source of wit and merriment, beholden only to the gods.

I just look such people staight in the eye and without any inflection say, "Pat."

I know how I would respond:

[Zingari]

All that money on your private education wasn't totally wasted then Capt'n ?