Banker Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 59 minutes ago, Casta said: The post from Isle of Man used to be excellent, with other than weekends, the regular mail plane ensuring next day delivery to UK. Our firm has benefitted from it. Now we're at the mercy of the next day boat leaving and all that that entails. There may be a plus side in that mail sent Saturday morning might get to UK Sunday or Monday rather than Tuesday, but that is little consolation. The situation does not bode well for the IoM, and CI. You’ve obviously forgotten the many times the Mail plane was cancelled due to weather, illness & technical problems then there were complaints about that , nothing anyone can do about weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 11/28/2023 at 3:39 PM, woolley said: In the words of old McCartney, there's good and bad in everyone. But then, he can fix holes where the rain gets in - not so reliant on trades, I guess… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Casta said: The post from Isle of Man used to be excellent, with other than weekends, the regular mail plane ensuring next day delivery to UK. Our firm has benefitted from it. Now we're at the mercy of the next day boat leaving and all that that entails. There may be a plus side in that mail sent Saturday morning might get to UK Sunday or Monday rather than Tuesday, but that is little consolation. The situation does not bode well for the IoM, and CI. I see Guernsey Post partner with one of their so-called 'competitors' to provide a much needed international service that Royal Mail struggle to provide. Is that a "race to the bottom" or a common sense move for the customers of Guernsey Post? Answers on a postcard..... (sorry about that)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 21 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: I see Guernsey Post partner with one of their so-called 'competitors' to provide a much needed international service that Royal Mail struggle to provide. Is that a "race to the bottom" or a common sense move for the customers of Guernsey Post? Answers on a postcard..... (sorry about that)! Guernsey have a substantial export market with moonpig so need a plane plus of course they own their own loss making airline so it goes on that, guernsey don’t have easyJet, Logan air to provide alternative flights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Banker said: Guernsey have a substantial export market with moonpig so need a plane plus of course they own their own loss making airline so it goes on that, guernsey don’t have easyJet, Logan air to provide alternative flights. I thought Aurigney were in profit these days? And you missed the point of my original post (not for the first time). Edited December 7, 2023 by Andy Onchan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouthpiece Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Andy Onchan said: I thought Aurigney were in profit these days? They do. Covid and no interest from EasyJet has been good news for Aurigny which made a good profit this year as the primary route provider in Guernsey. https://guernseypress.com/news/2023/06/28/aurigny-back-in-profit-after-years-of-losses/ Edited December 7, 2023 by Mouthpiece 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Mouthpiece said: They do. Covid and no interest from EasyJet has been good news for Aurigny which made a good profit this year as the primary route provider in Guernsey. https://guernseypress.com/news/2023/06/28/aurigny-back-in-profit-after-years-of-losses/ Another Billy Bullshit certain “fact” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said: Another Billy Bullshit certain “fact” Why do you try and start arguments with everyone, haven’t you been warned enough times or was that in a previous name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 An significant increase in "Technical problems" arose from Royal Mail's choice of carrier to the island....at one stage they didn't even have a single airworthy plane to fulfil the contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 11/28/2023 at 11:58 AM, Banker said: Why would someone order live fish via normal parcel service? You can arrange to send parcels for 24 hours delivery which goes on plane, it’s been publicized & I know one local business uses it to send vital deliveries & it works fine. That's only going from the island, not coming to, which I think was the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, Banker said: Why do you try and start arguments with everyone, haven’t you been warned enough times or was that in a previous name? Another non-believable statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 The post hitting the island, whilst impacted by the boat, has been dreadful in terms of speed. I had a special delivery leave the UK on a Friday, before the cut off, it arrived on the Island the following Wednesday. With Christmas coming alongside the boat disruption, how will they get around the backlogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 23 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: I thought Aurigney were in profit these days? And you missed the point of my original post (not for the first time). After states capitalised their loans after £90m losses built up but main reason they are still flying in Mail is that Moonpig a big employer and exporter need it and Moonpig would likely have left otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casta Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 9 hours ago, Banker said: You’ve obviously forgotten the many times the Mail plane was cancelled due to weather, illness & technical problems then there were complaints about that , nothing anyone can do about weather That will happen occasionally but not that we've noticed. I manufacture and remanufacture small parts. Not highly lucrative but it provides for the family. My main edge on the UK competitors was that anything ordered up to 4:30pm was posted 5:00 pm (at Strand Street) and was at the customers UK address first post the following day, 99 times out of 100. Bog standard post. All good things come to an end I suppose, but I can't take the hit on loss of service and extra cost. I suppose it is like the price of beer and cost of road tax. Once it was a nice little Isle of Man advantage, now just a dream. We Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, Casta said: I suppose it is like the price of beer and cost of road tax. Once it was a nice little Isle of Man advantage, now just a dream. We Indeed, whereas we were once half the price we're now double! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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