Be Aware

[Dorabell]

Hi all just to let you now if you are sending by 1st class recorded(£1.08 its taking up to 2 weeks:mad: i have checked a letter i sent on the 6march its saying still in transit i have never had any trouble before letters have always reach the destination with in 4days is this a new thing?

Edited March 16, 2009 by Dorabell
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[tigga_1961]

Hi all just to let you now if you are sending by 1st class recorded(£1.08 its taking up to 2 weeks:mad: i have checked a letter i sent on the 6march its saying still in transit i have never had any trouble before letters have always reach the destination with in 4days is this a new thing?

hi i would check this with royal mail and complain it shouldnt take longer than 3 days 1st class recorded,

[harrassed senior]

Could this be one of those 'signed for in bulk' situations, where only the letters on the front get acknowledged? As previously suggested I would check with Royal Mail.

[foolishgirl]

I've recently had 2 x rec. del. letters go astray completely, never to be seen again. Perhaps the Royal Mail machinery is hungry?!

 

I claimed compensation but it's v. annoying when you anticipate the arrival of a letter.

[palomino]

No, it's quite common for recorded delivery letters not be signed for. Quite often they are actually delivered - and you have proof of posting.

 

I've had three letters in the last few weeks where there is no record of delivery. Two of these are supposedly still sitting in the Post Office where I posted them!

 

The recorded delivery system is not particularly reliable. Special delivery is of course much better - but hideously expensive.

[Undercover-Elsa]

I've had similar problems..sent out 7 by recorded on 27th Feb...two still not signed for. Just a thought, but how does it work the other way..two responses I've had so far from the banks were NOT sent to me by Recorded, and one ended up at a neighbours. How do they prove I received it?

[Dorabell]

No, it's quite common for recorded delivery letters not be signed for. Quite often they are actually delivered - and you have proof of posting.

 

I've had three letters in the last few weeks where there is no record of delivery. Two of these are supposedly still sitting in the Post Office where I posted them!

 

The recorded delivery system is not particularly reliable. Special delivery is of course much better - but hideously expensive.

 

Hi same as me i have 2 letters saying still sitting at the post office i posted them the 6th march i have rang the royal mail they say to leave another couple of days i said i was not very happy with the service but they just try to fob you off:mad: i will think about sending by special delivery next time which does work out very expensive when you a few letters to send

[foolishgirl]

Just a thought, but how does it work the other way..two responses I've had so far from the banks were NOT sent to me by Recorded, and one ended up at a neighbours. How do they prove I received it?

 

They can't - which is why when a creditor claims in court that a default notice was sent, pod should always be insisted on. ;-)