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[News] Royal Mail household delivery service.



Leekbrookgull

Well-known member
Jul 14, 2005
16,384
Leek
Without messing about surely it's time for the business to become household delivery on Monday, Wednesday and Friday ? The company have already declared they want to drop weekend delivery, medical services now text you about appointments and services etc. Important financial or legal documents give you a twenty eight day window in which to reply. It's a fast changing moving market so how do you make the company competitive in today's internet age ?
 




Husty

Mooderator
Oct 18, 2008
11,998
Why not? Well...

Are you intending to pay all the staff a full-time wage still? If so, you're not going to save a lot of money doing this.

Or,

If your plan is that the employees all cut their paychecks by 40%? You're probably going to struggle to retain a workforce.
 






Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
I'm still waiting for this post to be delivered.
 




The Grockle

Formally Croydon Seagull
Sep 26, 2008
5,759
Dorset
Give the delivery service to amazon they come to most road about 10 times a day anyway. Free delivery twice a week or the sender pays for named day delivery.
 


beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
36,014
if there's a lack of posties in some areas, or they need to reduce overall numbers, it might make sense. having a daily peice of junk mail and about 3-4 actual post items a month, i dont see a daily service is sustaintable.
 


dolphins

Well-known member
Jan 26, 2012
5,660
BN1, in GOSBTS
Bizarrely we've had post yesterday AND today - whereas in the last few months it's been very hit and miss (more miss) with the Dolphins household getting 12 items, then nothing, then after a week or two, another 12 items (yes, I counted them!) and so on.
 




smartferndale

Active member
Mar 21, 2013
113
The postal service in S.E.Essex has been poor for over a month. We had 15 and a neighbour 24 letters on one day. People pay for a service they are not receiving. Every Wednesday only is not acceptable.
 


Leekbrookgull

Well-known member
Jul 14, 2005
16,384
Leek
Surely just a matter of time before it's household delivery Monday, Wednesday and Friday ? When was the last time you sent a letter,serious post goes recorded delivery even junk mail has seemed to have dropped off.
 






Stat Brother

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
73,888
West west west Sussex
Even your detractors might have a point this time.
You did this 3 weeks ago

 




LamieRobertson

Not awoke
Feb 3, 2008
48,411
SHOREHAM BY SEA
Even your detractors might have a point this time.
You did this 3 weeks ago

Oh well spotted!
 








Sid and the Sharknados

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Sep 4, 2022
5,695
Darlington
Even your detractors might have a point this time.
You did this 3 weeks ago

I assumed the OP was just a copy and paste of that one when I first opened it.
But no, I see the words are in a slightly different order.
 


Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull
Aug 27, 2011
9,095
Brighton
I've just sent a parcel to Thailand. Cheapest quote was £19.00 from Royal Mail and they even collect it.
Postie drove from the depot in a van all the way to me just to collect the parcel, I knew because I asked him. Probably cost in wages and fuel over half of the price I paid.
 




Brian Fantana

Well-known member
Oct 8, 2006
7,550
In the field
Royal Mail will continue to deliver letters whilst they’re still being used as a means of communication by business and individuals. The argument can be had, based on current and predicted volumes, as to the number of days per week that deliveries will happen, but there are still billions of them moving around the network each year.

The parcels side of the business will continue to grow and hopefully become technologically more advanced. I say that as someone working for them to achieve some of that!
 


seagullwedgee

Well-known member
Aug 9, 2005
3,066
Royal Mail will continue to deliver letters whilst they’re still being used as a means of communication by business and individuals. The argument can be had, based on current and predicted volumes, as to the number of days per week that deliveries will happen, but there are still billions of them moving around the network each year.

The parcels side of the business will continue to grow and hopefully become technologically more advanced. I say that as someone working for them to achieve some of that!
 

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