ED Royal Mail Delivery Office

[geneverve]

Hi, does anyone know if this is open this morning? Can't get through on the phone, and not sure if the strikes are affecting london today or not

[TimmyBaggins]

Hope not, heading down there in a bit. Should be open until 12.30pm today...

[goblinqueen]

I'm sure it's open as the workers are out there, however there was a big fire at the back of it in the early hours of the morning!

[reetpetite]

Just had post.

[Fuschia]

It was open earlier

[Rockets]

They never answer the phone at the sorting office........

[louisiana]

The phone number is no longer specific to the sorting office. And no, they don't answer the phone locally, when the other end tries to make the connection. Better to just turn up in person.

[JW]

I went this morning to collect a Special Delivery letter and the delivery office was shut. There was a note on the door saying that due to industrial action it would be closed on 09.09.09 and only open between 10-11am. I couldn't wait around as I had to get to work. I called the number on the back of card they left and they couldn't let me know when the office would be back to normal. Does anybody know whether or not they will be open tomorrow or whether I have to wait until next week?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

[thexwinglessxbird]

Strange. I haven't been having any problems

[JW]

Did you manage to pick up something this morning from the delivery office or are you talking about your normal post? I think that services are working in some capacity, but the Silvester Road delivery office was shut until 10am this morning. I need to pick up some concert tickets for next week so I'm hoping that it's open from 8am as normal tomorrow. If anybody knows whether or not it will be open as normal I'd appreciate a heads up!

Thanks

[mlteenie]

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(just spotted other post about postal problems)

[JW]

Hi mlteenie

I managed to pick up my tickets from the Silvester Road Delivery Office the next day (last Thursday) as it was open as normal. There are strikes in London (all areas except EC) this Wednesday (16th Sept) so I would take a punt that the delivery office will be closed again then, or at least have restricted opening hours. Maybe try popping along tomorrow?

Good luck!

JW

[fractionater]

No post in the last 5 days for me - expecting some too!

[JW]

That's bad. Which road are you in?

[Penguin68]

I went into the Silvester Road sorting office today looking for a parcel that hadn't been delivered - the very helpful guy there - the one who remembers who regular customers are and where they live - said they had a two to two and a half week backlog of parcel deliveries. The posties themselves don't seem happy about disapointing customers; I am getting letter post in Underhill most days - but running 4-5 days late against normal delivery times (based on news magazine deliveries which are normally regular).

The guy in the office's advice if you wanted a delivery was to get it sent 'special' - these are given priority - but at a cost

[ed_pete]

I'm still waiting for a letter sent first class last Tuesday from Sidcup. Would have been quicker to walk over and get it.

[fractionater]

I'm in Worlingham rd - now 6 days no post.

These strikes are a joke.... cuts & automation are inevitable if Royalmail is to survive.

take the pain now with fewer job losses compared with potentially massive loses in the future!

[mlteenie]

I went in to the sorting office the other day and the guy on the counter said that RM is in chaos with a huge backlog of post. Special and Recorded are prioritised. I am waiting for four or five packages for up to two weeks now and basically the posties won't work overtime so the backlog will only be gradually reduced.

We are all going to have to hang in there until the whole thing is resolved, only then discovering whether our parcels have actually gone missing or not. It is a pain.

[dulwichgirl2209]

I went to the post office yesterday and the nice man at the sorting office said that there was a 2 weeks backlog which would take around 3 weeks to clear. I have been waiting on items from amazon for over 2 weeks.

He stated that the items posted earlier would take longer to be delievered as those item were at the bottom of the pile.

Lets hope we do recieve our item.

[EDKiwi]

Poetic justice?

Royal Mail Strike Ballot to be conducted by post...

[robotcat]

HI

I am also waiting for stuff, thought I'd call the post office to see if the parcel was sat there but like the previous posts the guy told me about the back log. Interestingly though he did say that they were getting extra drivers in to clear the backlog over the next couple of days and would be hopefully getting everything out either tomorrow or Monday. He said if it hasn't turned up by Tuesday give them a call back.

[Ann]

Thanks that's useful. I#m also waiting for an Amazon order for two weeks now.

[buggie]

Could be worse.... the passport office ignored me paying for secure delivery and bunged my marrige certificate in the regular post - 3 wks ago.

Got new passport begining of Sept but think my certificate's lost forever - suppose I should cross my fingers my identity (or that of my husband's) isn't stolen :(

On the plus side, the manager at the LL Post Office couldn't have been more helpful when trying to sort this out yesterday.

[trinity]

Royal mail delivered 2 parcels to me on Sunday!! so I think they are trying to deal with the backlog.

[Sue]

I got a packet today, I only ordered it last Wednesday so it was probably posted towards the end of last week.