Being very (very) rural, the Post Office system of collecting parcels/letters from your home is very useful. Especially since a spate of stolen post boxes in the area included the one near our house. However, the system itself seems to be down:
'Sorry, collections cannot be arranged right now. This service will be available again shortly, so please try again later.'
Bit awkward. (Though update - spoke to postman and he didn't know anything about - still willing to collect parcels)
Meanwhile, as for parcels sent out, 24hr delivery tracked, collected 2nd May (!), gets the message on tracking: ' Sorry, your item went to Stroud DO in error, so we re-routed it immediately. More information will be available as it travels through our network.'
Not what you would call the most reliable service at the moment...
Hahaha (hollow laugh) - did you see my recent experience here Rob?
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A parcel from Truro took about 6 weeks to reach me in Auckland - but it only took about 11 days to get from UK to NZ - the first month was just getting from Truro to UK international departures - once it actually left Britain, the transit time was pretty good!
Not even my first encounter either... https://easterngarrison.blogspot.com/2022/12/complaining-loudly-sems-to-be-working.html
DeleteBut gladly the "stroud parcel" arrived safely and the chaps were on the table at Legionary on Saturday!
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