Saturday post collections?

[Hollybush]

Does anyone know if there's any later post collection anywhere locally? Seem to have missed the 12 o clock collections and even highshore rd and LL post office are 12 too, we thought they'd be later!

[KidKruger]

LL post office is 1330 collection weekdays, though that information is not posted anywhere like it should be for folks to see.

[apbremer]

I was told by a postman that Royal Mail are not now allowed to display their various daily collection times as our Masters in Brussels have deemed it "la competition injuste" and banned it.

[Loz]

Sounds like one of the many EU myths.

[rendelharris]

apbremer Wrote:

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> I was told by a postman that Royal Mail are not

> now allowed to display their various daily

> collection times as our Masters in Brussels have

> deemed it "la competition injuste" and banned it.

The collection times are posted on every postbox along with a handy indicator telling one when the next collection is, so that's cobblers. Next!

[KidKruger]

...apart from LL post office post box as mentioned.

(at least, on Tuesday)

[Loz]

Maybe the EU made very, very special legislation just for the LL post office.

[Burbage]

apbremer Wrote:

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> I was told by a postman that Royal Mail are not

> now allowed to display their various daily

> collection times as our Masters in Brussels have

> deemed it "la competition injuste" and banned it.

This is nonsense, and collection times are displayed on most post boxes.

It depends where you are though. The pillar box on Eynella Road, shaded by gingkos and scented with roses, pledges to be emptied at a handy 5pm, or thereabouts. The box at the end of Friern Road, on the other hand, lurking by a struggling shrubbery rancid with dogwater, claims the last post is 9 o'clock in the morning.

There is a reason for this, and that's because the Royal Mail is monitored; from time to time, people put letters in boxes and count how many working days it takes for them to turn up. By making the last post first thing in the morning for the bulk of its round, the Royal Mail gets a apparent day of grace, which means it can charge a first class stamp for a second class service. But, obviously, it can only get away with that on certain streets. Those, apparently, that have more fallen leaves than others.

[se22]

Royal Mail have changed the plates on the boxes in anticipation of a planned change in the way collections are performed.

The plan is that most boxes will be emptied in the morning by the delivery postman instead of in the afternoon by a van driver. This is part of many planned changes which the union are currently in dispute with Royal Mail about.

For example closing 500 out of 900 delivery offices nationwide and changing staff working times so that staff would start and finish 2 hours later. Customers would obviously therefore receive their mail 2 hours later.