Air Mail

[Amadeus]

No more? https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2023-05-17/royal-mail-plans-to-scrap-daily-mail-plane-to-the-channel-islands-and-isle-of-man? 

[offshoremanxman]

The postal service is absolutely sub standard crap here as it is. If they do this I can’t imagine how slow it will be. 

[Lxxx]

Even less of a point in paying for Amazon Prime then.

[Omobono]

difference is Royal Mail deliver 6 days a week , Isle of  of Man post 5 days but you can exclude  Monday's   as often the UK mail is  not delivered until Tuesday , 

with the way the airport had been running   the mail would be just as quick going out on the evening ferry and into the Royal mail hub , 

items coming here should be easier no silly rules about flight restrictions , and some things  possibly   a day  later  , 

Parcel force is a good service  and reliable ,  when you see the losses Royal mail  have been experiencing  you can understand  their problem , 

but we seem to be awash with money  ,as it seems every postal worker now has a van  some electric , and no one humping bags of letters ,and the machine does all the sorting , 

[offshoremanxman]

26 minutes ago, Omobono said:

difference is Royal Mail deliver 6 days a week , Isle of  of Man post 5 days but you can exclude  Monday's   as often the UK mail is  not delivered until Tuesday , 

I can see another consultation coming where in order to save money the public will be asked:

When it comes to a postal service what service expectations do you have from IOM Post?

A. Better than the current shit service

B. Worse than the current shit service 

C. Much worse than the current shit service 

And they ignore all the feedback and opt for C as it’s cheaper and they literally couldn’t give a toss what their service users either want or expect as it’s just another embarrassing public sector shit show of arrogance and incompetence. 

Edited May 18, 2023 by offshoremanxman

[Moghrey Mie]

More and more people seem to be realising that the Isle of Man is not part of the UK eg credit card companies and acting accordingly.

[Non-Believer]

28 minutes ago, Omobono said:

and the machine does all the sorting , 

There are a number of reports from very reliable sources that the new sorting machine is not all it was cracked up to be. As in, it takes as many people to staff it as were previously employed in manually sorting (to wit, 10 including one who has to man a prodding stick to free stuck parcels), it won't sort about 1/3rd of parcels that it can't read the addresses on and lots of proven, established delivery practices have had to be altered to accommodate its "shortcomings", the main fallout of which is slower deliveries to the areas outlying Douglas (because naturally, no criticism can dare be directed at the new machine).

All this from a source within the P.O....

[NoTailT]

Family member sent me an important document from UK on Monday. Guaranteed next day. Still hasn’t left the UK according to tracking.

post is such a waste of time.

[Two-lane]

I ordered a second-hand motherboard from Ebay on Tuesday afternoon. The box arrived at 11:00 today - Thursday.

[forestboy]

1 hour ago, Non-Believer said:

There are a number of reports from very reliable sources that the new sorting machine is not all it was cracked up to be. As in, it takes as many people to staff it as were previously employed in manually sorting (to wit, 10 including one who has to man a prodding stick to free stuck parcels), it won't sort about 1/3rd of parcels that it can't read the addresses on and lots of proven, established delivery practices have had to be altered to accommodate its "shortcomings", the main fallout of which is slower deliveries to the areas outlying Douglas (because naturally, no criticism can dare be directed at the new machine).

All this from a source within the P.O....

Another “cabbage” then. 

[NoTailT]

The major implications I foresee

1) Jobs, WestAtlantic maintenance facility.

2) Some CI businesses highlighted in the article, but we have numerous distribution businesses based here that are B2C. Especially in the Balthane. This could be problematic.

[Roger Mexico]

1 hour ago, Non-Believer said:

There are a number of reports from very reliable sources that the new sorting machine is not all it was cracked up to be. As in, it takes as many people to staff it as were previously employed in manually sorting (to wit, 10 including one who has to man a prodding stick to free stuck parcels), it won't sort about 1/3rd of parcels that it can't read the addresses on and lots of proven, established delivery practices have had to be altered to accommodate its "shortcomings", the main fallout of which is slower deliveries to the areas outlying Douglas (because naturally, no criticism can dare be directed at the new machine).

All this from a source within the P.O....

If only someone could have foreseen this happening.  I wonder if the Chairman of the Post Office @Stu Peters would like to comment.

This is the sort of nonsense that we see continuously in Isle of Man Government.  Some high-up manager see a piece of kit they fancy and then makes up a flimsy case why it is 'needed' or just buys it anyway.  Rather than analysing what the actual requirements of the organisation are and then investigating what solutions would best fit them and costing out if it is worth making the change.

[Happier diner]

5 minutes ago, Two-lane said:

I ordered a second-hand motherboard from Ebay on Tuesday afternoon. The box arrived at 11:00 today - Thursday.

It might have been overclocked

 

[Andy Onchan]

1 hour ago, Non-Believer said:

There are a number of reports from very reliable sources that the new sorting machine is not all it was cracked up to be. As in, it takes as many people to staff it as were previously employed in manually sorting (to wit, 10 including one who has to man a prodding stick to free stuck parcels), it won't sort about 1/3rd of parcels that it can't read the addresses on and lots of proven, established delivery practices have had to be altered to accommodate its "shortcomings", the main fallout of which is slower deliveries to the areas outlying Douglas (because naturally, no criticism can dare be directed at the new machine).

All this from a source within the P.O....

I've heard similar.

[x-in-man]

3 hours ago, Two-lane said:

I ordered a second-hand motherboard from Ebay on Tuesday afternoon. The box arrived at 11:00 today - Thursday.

That's great!  When does the contents of the box get here?