Just how much mail gets stolen?
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I've had so many things go missing in the mail recently its got beyond a joke
This started with things like tickets going missing - Wimbledon / Queens / FOS
Both the Wimbledon and Queens stolen tickets were sold on by London ticket agencies (found out when I turned up to the events with the duplicate tickets)
but now I've started noticing loads of other mail is just not turning up
I thought I might just be unlucky with my postman but talking to other friends its happening to loads of them
Yet when I call my local sorting office about this they basically told me they weren't interested
No wonder they are going bust
This started with things like tickets going missing - Wimbledon / Queens / FOS
Both the Wimbledon and Queens stolen tickets were sold on by London ticket agencies (found out when I turned up to the events with the duplicate tickets)
but now I've started noticing loads of other mail is just not turning up
I thought I might just be unlucky with my postman but talking to other friends its happening to loads of them
Yet when I call my local sorting office about this they basically told me they weren't interested
No wonder they are going bust
At least a couple of times per week a business letter of mine or two magically opens itself then seals itself closed with cellotape between being posted and arriving.
Funnily enough it's usually ones with multiple sheets inside that may feel like a wad of notes.
Coinsidence? I think not!
Funnily enough it's usually ones with multiple sheets inside that may feel like a wad of notes.
Coinsidence? I think not!
traxx said:
This started with things like tickets going missing - Wimbledon / Queens / FOS
Both the Wimbledon and Queens stolen tickets were sold on by London ticket agencies (found out when I turned up to the events with the duplicate tickets)
OT, but what happened - did you have to throw people out of your seats? Both the Wimbledon and Queens stolen tickets were sold on by London ticket agencies (found out when I turned up to the events with the duplicate tickets)
Dave_ST220 said:
c0ldpl4ya said:
Not sure how they even get lost to be honest?
Quite. How does a jiffy bag with a sticky label complete with return address get lost exactly? "lost" my arse, stolen more like.The dyes that go 1st class recorded always arrive. Go figure as they say.
I wonder if Royal mail vans have leather seats? (Kidding)
I've just been through this re. a lost parcel.
Normal efforts to engage with 'customer services' doesn't work with Royal Mail (or many others these days).
Sadly, their management and senior management responds to being shouted at. And if you get far enough up the line and shout loud enough your 'lost' mail will magically reappear. Unless it has been stolen, in which case you should certainly involve the police.
Except that you will have to go through an identical line climbing and shouting pantomime to get anything done there either. Sadly, THEIR service also magically improves the more senior the person you shout at.
And if you DON'T line climb and shout, NOTHING will get done. Nothing at all.
Normal efforts to engage with 'customer services' doesn't work with Royal Mail (or many others these days).
Sadly, their management and senior management responds to being shouted at. And if you get far enough up the line and shout loud enough your 'lost' mail will magically reappear. Unless it has been stolen, in which case you should certainly involve the police.
Except that you will have to go through an identical line climbing and shouting pantomime to get anything done there either. Sadly, THEIR service also magically improves the more senior the person you shout at.
And if you DON'T line climb and shout, NOTHING will get done. Nothing at all.
I worked with an ex Royal Mail HR man who had a few stories about this. The big one was someone who had filled his entire loft and spare room with mail over several years. However, not a single bit had been opened - apparently the person in question could not cope with his increased round but was too ashamed to tell anyone, hence started taking the stuff he couldn't deliver home. Bizarre.
Also plenty of "can't be arsed to deliver, I'll throw it in a ditch" tales
Also plenty of "can't be arsed to deliver, I'll throw it in a ditch" tales
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