royal mail's mail redirection & credit report

[namnadasht]

You can ask the delivery office to hold you mail until you collect it. There is no change for the service and it works quite well. They will give you a card with a collection number for you mail and you will need to show identity when you pick you mail up.

When working away or travelling you can use “post restante” service whereby you get mail addressed to a post office of your convenience (this also works in Europe). There is no charge for this service, but these days some thick people in privatised post offices don’t know the service exists. Any problem phone customer services and they will sort it out

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/j...mediaId=600012

thanks for the info ! I didnt know about "Poste Restante" ! it sounds like a useful option! but I guess I still have to go for the royal mail redirection because some of the companies only post items to the same address as which my credit/debit card is registered! I might also recieve unexpected items which is impossible to redirect them through "Poste Restante"!

thanks for all of the tips! at least I better understand the quality of their service!

[eliquant]

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/p...diaId=19100259


Royal mail Post Restante quote:

"
* pick up your mail from Post Office® branches in the UK and abroad
* have mail from the UK stored for two weeks and mail from abroad stored for 1 month"


Wow a WHOLE 2 weeks UK mail retention from Royal Mail, I'm looking for this service as may be moving abroad soon and what a rubbish service I was wanting something like 6 months Post Restance !! oh well, welcome to Britain.

P.O. Boxes are a better option I think when stuff won't fit through the letter box or you live in a block of flats and don't trust the neighbours.

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/p...diaId=25700670

[Paddy]

I think it means that they store them up to two weeks for collection, not limited to two weeks service. I have used the service a lot particularly when I know that I must be in a particular part of the country but I don’t know where I will be staying.

I have used the service for more than six months without problems.

[northernrampage]

I worked in a royal mail call centre. Lots of complaints about re-directions. It really depends on your delivery staff/how much time they have.

Otherwise there can be mix-ups, etc as others say.

It's not going to show on your credit report (as far as I know) but it's likely it could start late, go missing. Certain things won't get re-directed as well (can't remember what exactly.. probably benefit letters, which doesn't matter if you're working anyway).

I would only do as a back-up, anything urgent/vital I'd go back and check, make sure sent to you somewhere else.

[namnadasht]

thanks for the advice! I have no much option so I have gone for it and so far its been working fine ..
I got a special delivery coming soon, i wondered if anyone knws whether they also be redirected?