UK Royal Mail delays (update)

Posted a thread a week or two ago about delays, got some good responses, I think we need a place like this to vent anger at the permanently unprepared Royal Mail during December.

How long's everyone's shit taking? From feedback I'm reading some people are waiting up to a week for first class UK - UK orders. This makes me angry and I'm reckoning the order I placed today might taken even longer...

Who else will be more excited about the post than the presents?!


Comments


[5 Points] sullyrb:

waiting 10 days now on an order that should have arrived in 3, 7 on one that should have arrived in 4. apparently royal mail have refused to employ more postmen and they are being stretched to the max. bout time amazon took over the postal system.


[5 Points] Shiftlock0:

As an American, to me a week sounds ridiculous. The UK is smaller than the state of California. USPS Priority Mail can get a package across the US, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, in 2-3 days, guaranteed. Your Royal Mail needs to get its shit worked out.


[3 Points] None:

Aye, that's what privatisation will do for ya, bastard tories.

A 100% NDD guy just took 3 days, on day 4 on another normally NDD vendor.

I know my postie quite well and he says this year has been hell, they have taken on next to no extra staff and just expected things to somehow manage.


[2 Points] dubwayeatthebass:

Ordered on last Saturday a 1/4 of generic haze and still waiting for it. Hopefully it comes before the weekend as it's my friends birthday and was planning on smoking it with him. Fucking Royal Mail.


[2 Points] juanhck:

Hey guys, consider ourselves lucky, in Argentina there is like a 6-8 months delay to get even the smallest package delivered, and that is if customs dont lock the shipment, even when they dont know what is in it.


[2 Points] None:

My HDMI cable from Amazon came in 2 days. Not a euphamism or anything, literally a 10m HDMI cable.


[2 Points] fafafafaf111:

I ordered on Wednesday, hoping it will be here before christmas (used first class).


[2 Points] NotGCHQBro:

order came in 2 days 1st class :) happy holidays haah


[1 Points] imRegistering2:

Order sent out on monday and recieved by wednesday with a 1st class stamp. My other order also sent out on monday from western europe is yet to arrive, at normal times it would be here by now.

So right now there seems a 1-2 day delay, which isnt too bad.


[1 Points] i_dont_like_onions:

I've had a letter posted on monday take until thursday, whereas previously 100% of them arrived the next day. Still waiting on a package from the 13th. I ordered last night from NL and I bet that comes before the other one.

Royal Mail are pretty good the rest of the year in my experience. First class comes the next day maybe ~90% for me.


[1 Points] anonfe:

The thing that grinds my gears is that they come up with the same shitty excuses every fucking year.. I live behind a royal mail sorting centre and I hear them at 2-3am general chitchating and laughing and I'm led in bed like hurry up with my fucking parcel u lazy dimwits lol its pisses me off to hell


[1 Points] DNMTA01:

I've got 3 orders outstanding, 1 order is 3 weeks now and the other 2 are around 2 weeks now. All coming from abroad.

I did speak with one of the vendors about disputing to extend the auto finalise by a few days to which they said yeah no worries, but got pissed at the weekend due to christmas party and forgot. Other two were FE so I've spent quite a few BTC and got nothing for it so far :(

I did order a domestic as well, arrived in 3 days.

Hopefully RM pull their fingers out, socks up etc and get me my parcels before christmas.


[1 Points] NotGCHQBro:

have an order and tomorrow will be third day :( normally first class is next day for me


[1 Points] FagDamager:

my orders have only been delayed by one or two days, im not really fussed by this. but my friend is since he owns shares in it. im sorry that you've had to wait a week though, that is atrocious


[1 Points] mythTECH:

Been waiting 3 weeks for some stuff from Canada :(


[1 Points] gerundive:

Very mixed delivery times, anywhere between NDD and a week. But I've noticed that a couple of my regular vendors are waiting several days before shipping. Not sure whether this is because of extra pre-xmas trade, supply problems or falling bitcoin prices.


[1 Points] mxefan123:

Day 18 - H.K. to U.S. Just had its first update in U.S. yesterday


[1 Points] disposablebazooka:

waiting 3weeks now for something that takes 5days like clockwork normally, us > uk, i dunno why when it came in it went to parcelforce instead of royal mail, but its been stuck on the same tracking update for 2weeks and hasnt budged from the internatonal hub, i cant imagine it not being seized or lost, no green for me this christmas


[0 Points] None:

I for one wont be getting drugs for presents, so im def more excited about the mail :D gonna be ordering some 200mg nintendo rolls. Cant think of a much better present than that. Maybe some good clean cid to take with it :)