Royal Mail delivery

[Sue]

garages2018 Wrote:

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> Going back to postage stamps being used again if

> not stamped.

> I don't feel a bit guilty about it. We pay 85p

> first class stamps to

> get posted in 10 days sometimes 13 days. Well

> done to all that reuse them,

> more the merry. When you get a first class

> service, which has not been seen since move from

> Dulwich, I will stop reusing stamps.

The troll was talking about his mother re-using them back in the day.

When there was, in fact, a first class service - and not just in name.

And you couldn't re-use them now, anyway. If you did, the person receiving the letter would get charged for non-payment of postage. The machines can tell if a stamp has been previously used, because they are marked at the outgoing stage, although the marks may not be visible unless you look closely.

To the best of my knowledge.

[garages2018]

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[Sue]

garages2018 Wrote:

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> Sue. I have used them time and time again and

> never heard my friends in Kent

> come back and say they paid for any postage, but I

> will take your word for it.

> But are reusable

This is one of the articles I found when I googled:

https://www.frama.co.uk/news/single/how-the-royal-mail-has-stamp-penny-pinchers-beat/

[katesonic]

Highshore still accept stamps for 'charity' purposes of old envelopes.

I tear my stamps and keep them drop them into Highshore Road.

Happy to accept even if there's a queue...just go up to top of queue and hand my torn off stamps in.

Is this just me?

K.

[Sue]

katesonic Wrote:

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> Highshore still accept stamps for 'charity'

> purposes of old envelopes.

>

> I tear my stamps and keep them drop them into

> Highshore Road.

>

> Happy to accept even if there's a queue...just go

> up to top of queue and hand my torn off stamps

> in.

>

>

> Is this just me?

>

> K.

I send mine to a charity, but these days it takes me ages to fill an envelope.

I alternate between two charities, but it's so long since I sent any I can't remember which they are!

I keep an envelope on my fridge and tear the stamps off before the envelopes go in the recycling.

[intexasatthe moment]

I wonder what the value of them is to the charity ?

[intexasatthe moment]

Oh .our Christmas cards are starting to arrive now - in batches .No sign of a parcel that was expected on 17 Dec .

[Nigello]

I keep stamps (always with a border of envelope, never ripped) to RNIB and other charities once I have about fifty.

https://www.countryliving.com/uk/news/a34891519/used-stamps-donate-charity/

There are bound to be more. It could be a lockdown activity for kids, even adults (assuming the post starts to trickle through)!

[Sue]

intexasatthe moment Wrote:

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> I wonder what the value of them is to the charity

> ?

Very little I imagine, except for foreign stamps.

I think they go into those mixed bags of stamps you can buy when you are starting off collecting (not in this country obviously).

I think some kids still collect stamps. My granddaughters did. One of them was quite into it, don't know if she still is. She used to pore over them with a magnifying glass 🙂

[Penguin68]

As the government announces they intend to write to the over 80s (and later no doubt the over 75s and over 70s) to alert them to their place in the vaccine queue I become incredibly depressed - I wonder whether anyone will bother to check why the low take-up in SE22 is related to no one receiving the bloody letter because the Post Office is hopeless. One delivery only (of one letter) the week after Christmas, one then last week, with 7 Christmas cards and a late (very late) penalty notice! The postman apologising because he knows there's more stuff there waiting. My age and vulnerability suggests queueing in Highshore Road on the off-chance is not a 'necessary' journey.

[nxjen]

I receive all communications from my surgery via text these days

[Sue]

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> As the government announces they intend to write

> to the over 80s (and later no doubt the over 75s

> and over 70s) to alert them to their place in the

> vaccine queue I become incredibly depressed - I

> wonder whether anyone will bother to check why the

> low take-up in SE22 is related to no one receiving

> the bloody letter because the Post Office is

> hopeless.

Is there low take-up in SE22? I didn't know that.

[Penguin68]

No, but there will be if they rely on the post to alert candidates!

[Pugwash]

It may be wise to ask GP surgeries to notify you by email/phone/text. Did hear a rumour that the Tessa Jowell Centre my be used for the vaccinations.

[Penguin68]

Well, I've just had a delivery of 26 letters, of which 9 were Christmas cards, the earliest I could find posted on 12 December, and 6 parcels. Maybe they are beginning to clear the backlog?

[colb2015]

Assuming there's still some folks here who still haven't received their post for last month or so? Hopefully they are beginning to clear the backlog as Penguin68 has mentioned, I don't receive too much post but quite certain I haven't received anything since mid December.

[Sue]

I need new contact lenses, which are sent by post, and I'm really worried about them just getting stuck in the delivery office for weeks.

I should have ordered them before, but I've hardly worn lenses during lockdown (except for vanity purposes on Zoom :))), and I hadn't really noticed they were running out.

[Jellybeanz]

Lynne Wrote:

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> The post got far far worse after the closure of

> Sylvester Rd. I didn't have many problems before

> then

Yes they sold the property and land for luxury flats. That's privatisation for you.

[KidKruger]

It's inevitable, always was.

Shareholders want their profits, so asset strip the organisation to within an inch of it's life if you can't make the operation pay.

Jellybeanz Wrote:

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> Lynne Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > The post got far far worse after the closure of

> > Sylvester Rd. I didn't have many problems

> before

> > then

>

> Yes they sold the property and land for luxury

> flats. That's privatisation for you.

[Rockets]

Looks like they are finally getting through the backlog. Had a load of post today from pre-Christmas - a load of Christmas cards, a weekly magazine the issue of which was Dec 19th and a letter from Father Christmas the late arrival of which caused some distress for one of our children as their siblings got one and they didn't - the only silver-lining was that their behaviour did improve markedly in the days before Christmas as they tried desperately to not be on the naughty list!

We have had more recent post over the Christmas and New Year period - did they just put a load of post in a room and forget about it for a few weeks?

[Emr ash]

Its been nearly more than one week and we havent received any post we are in se27 west dulwich...

Anyone at same situation?

[Pugwash]

A friend thanked me for Xmas Card set to her in ED on 10th Dec which arrived today. We got Xmas card sent from Deptford on 14th Dec which arrived today.

[intexasatthe moment]

I wonder what it's like for those on the ground delivering the post .Presumably they have a round to complete but are now delivering large bundles -Penguin's 26 ,my more modest 13 - instead of the usual 2 or 3 per household .So they must have huge loads to lug around .

Or do they grab a few large bundles of backlog each day to mix in with the "daily" items ? I find myself strangely fascinated by how it ( isn't) working .Maybe there are stashes of backlog ,sorted into streets ,that post deliverers can ( if they fancy ? ) decide to access and randomly deliver ?

But ,in any case ,What can we can do to cheer the poor beleaguered post men and women up ?

[KidKruger]

Do you know what? This has to be regional (within ED) because we, and I believe our neighbours, have had a pretty much normal Royal mail service over the last few months.

I wonder if we can work out which areas are experiencing significant delays in the mail (although that wouldn?t explain delayed in outgoing mail) ?

Pugwash Wrote:

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> A friend thanked me for Xmas Card set to her in ED

> on 10th Dec which arrived today. We got Xmas card

> sent from Deptford on 14th Dec which arrived

> today.

[intexasatthe moment]

My impression was that outgoing mail was unaffected ,that the problem was with delivery .But Pugwash's post suggests otherwise .

Kid -how would it help knowing which roads are affected ? And as an aside I believe you're near me ( I'm in Barry Rd ) as ,if I remember correctly ,I once picked up a nice wooden shelving unit from you .