Is it just me or is the standard parcel service getting slower? a few months back you could depend on delivery within 3 working days, its now closer on 6. I know the spec is 3 -5 days but it does seem to me to be deteriorating...

Nope you're right. The whole frigging lot's slowing down. We are RG1 i.e. classed as central Reading same as the sorting office but our first class post doesn't arrive before 1130 and more often it's after mid-day.
First class it ain't and according to the postie it'll get worse as they are reducing their head-count to save money!
Cheers, Pewe

agree

and it always seems longer when your waiting for it !

paul

You should have a go with DHL £6.99 colected from your door next day delivery insured for £100 up to 31KG.
Good value.
Being sold on Ebay..

I get my FIRST delivery from anything like 12.30 to 17.30 and then often get stuff (parcels) turning up until 19.00. I've even had stuff turning up on Sundays for a few weeks!

Steve

Studying last weeks Private Eye there's a neat snippet re Government's "Shareholder Executive" -set up to increase value of publicly owned companies with bonus payments on results.

Forget delivery times it is another gravy train - these are the guys wanting to shut the rural post offices that everyone around here is going mad about.
Once again the tax payers are getting shafted twice over.

Apart from that it has been a very nice day!!
atb
Mike

Privatization don't you love it.. All looks good for the first few years then people want to make a real profit, surprise surprise service gets worse in fact it will get to the point that people start using something else... It's only around this point that the post office will start to take note, but we will still end up with a shocking service.. Rant over..

Dan

The Post Office have a lot of catching up to do - yesterday at around 10am I ordered some filter foam from Pipercross. It was delivered by ANC at 10am this morning.

The cost was barely £1 more than Royal Mail Parcels would charge.