John Wright Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: The last few times I have tracked the package and no it’s been sat in the IOM longer than it’s been sat in the UK. My experience has been the opposite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellanvannin2010 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, John Wright said: I think you might mean that The Post Office in the UK is shocking. IoM Post aren’t responsible until it actually hits Ronaldsway and the sorting office. It’s that getting it to the departure depot airport, and onto a plane in a timely manner, by The Post Office, that lets down the guarantee. Not all of it is the UK arm though, I often get stuff that is scanned as received in IOM depot at 07.00 and is not delivered til next day or 3 days if it is a Friday. Other stuff is delivered early when the tracking shows it is in Bristol or Birmingham, it is not very consistent. Edited March 30, 2022 by ellanvannin2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 40 minutes ago, ellanvannin2010 said: Not all of it is the UK arm though, I often get stuff that is scanned as received in IOM depot at 07.00 and is not delivered til next day or 3 days if it is a Friday. Other stuff is delivered early when the tracking shows it is in Bristol or Birmingham, it is not very consistent. Happens all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 1 hour ago, ellanvannin2010 said: Not all of it is the UK arm though, I often get stuff that is scanned as received in IOM depot at 07.00 and is not delivered til next day or 3 days if it is a Friday. Other stuff is delivered early when the tracking shows it is in Bristol or Birmingham, it is not very consistent. Think it’s a Royal Mail tracking service which shows its in IOM when it’s still in UK & just left UK depot. Often get an email from Hermès confirming delivery with a signature on but it doesn’t get delivered for another day as they forge the signature so they get paid quicker, try contacting anyone at Hermès!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 I think what happens with tracking is once it is delivered to the depot in the UK, it is shown as in the IOM,ie they have handed it to the carrier who will take it across the sea. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 2 hours ago, ellanvannin2010 said: Not all of it is the UK arm though, I often get stuff that is scanned as received in IOM depot at 07.00 and is not delivered til next day or 3 days if it is a Friday. Other stuff is delivered early when the tracking shows it is in Bristol or Birmingham, it is not very consistent. If it's not delivered until a couple of days after being scanned in on a Friday it needs to be remembered that IoM Post scratched a lot of Saturday deliveries in the name of "savings". So it won't be delivered until Monday or maybe Tuesday if there's a backlog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 1 minute ago, offshoremanxman said: Yes that’s one of the stupidest things IOM Post has done in ages. Scrapping the delivery of packages on the only day of the week most people want them to be delivered on as they aren’t at work. What genius dreamed that one up? The union that wanted the pay rates to increase and then the managers that had to cancel Saturday deliveries to give them more money for Monday to Friday. Post Office should be corporatised - self serving bunch of shits. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellanvannin2010 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 42 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: If it's not delivered until a couple of days after being scanned in on a Friday it needs to be remembered that IoM Post scratched a lot of Saturday deliveries in the name of "savings". So it won't be delivered until Monday or maybe Tuesday if there's a backlog. I thought that special delivery, parcelforce24 and 48 were supposed to be delivered on a Saturday?. Too many Post Office vehicles about on a Saturday just to be delivering only the Special Delivery Saturday service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war baby Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Basically the 'next day' delivery is what we used to call 'Registered' as agreed by the Universal Postal Union, introduced in Britain in 1855 and recognised around the world. .. and still is. Why the UK Post Office marketing bods saw fit to come up with an irrelevant out of step phrase I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war baby Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Wiki tells us this... interesting: The earliest reference to a mail registration system dates to July 1556, during the reign of Mary Tudor, of England. In that example, the poste between this and the Northe should eche of them keepe a booke and entrye of every letter that he shall receive, the tyme of the deliverie thereof unto his hands with the parties names that shall bring it unto him, whose handes he shall also take to his booke, witnessing the same note to be trewe.[3] This was likely for state security rather than mail security.[4] In 1603, another Order of Council was made whereby all letters had to be recorded.[3] This system was, in effect, a registration system, although it applied to all items sent via the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: If it's not delivered until a couple of days after being scanned in on a Friday it needs to be remembered that IoM Post scratched a lot of Saturday deliveries in the name of "savings". So it won't be delivered until Monday or maybe Tuesday if there's a backlog. i think you're out of date there NB , i have had parcels delivered on Saturday mornings on 3 occasions within the last 3 months that have actually arrived early as the email/text i received said they were due Monday, what they don't do is deliver letters on a Saturday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, WTF said: i think you're out of date there NB , i have had parcels delivered on Saturday mornings on 3 occasions within the last 3 months that have actually arrived early as the email/text i received said they were due Monday, what they don't do is deliver letters on a Saturday Letters or packets too. Parcels are still delivered as you say, depends what posters on these boards are referring to in respect of delayed deliveries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellanvannin2010 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Non-Believer said: Letters or packets too. Parcels are still delivered as you say, depends what posters on these boards are referring to in respect of delayed deliveries? Mine are all packets/parcels. Although occasionally I get ordinary letters on a Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 1 hour ago, ellanvannin2010 said: Although occasionally I get ordinary letters on a Saturday. No you don’t. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 1 hour ago, ellanvannin2010 said: Mine are all packets/parcels. Although occasionally I get ordinary letters on a Saturday. Delivered by who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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