The end of the postal service?

[TimberWolf]

Presumably we'll be getting a lot more public sector strikes over the coming years.

[SantaClaus]

I was amazed when my post arrived at 8:00 this morning...













....then I realised it was a kind neighbour from a few streets away where my post had been wrongly delivered.

Regular occurence round these parts. They always get the house number right, just not the street.

[minestrone]

If any of us kicked up a fuss when our employers/clients wanted to modernise and demanded that they take on some of our ideas we would be thrown out on the street within 30 seconds.

They are living in a fantasy world.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

First decide what you want of Royal Mail:

1. A national public service that carries a letter from any part of the Kingdom to any other for the same nominal fee.
2. A commercial delivery service like any other.
3. A hybrid: let it compete in the market, but step in to ensure that it (or somebody) will guarantee delivery everywhere for a nominal fee.

Your choice will pretty much decide what direction you advocate it taking. What you can't have is setup no. 2 with the results of no. 1.


BTW a not dissimilar analysis applies to the BBC too.

[TimberWolf]

You'll miss it when it's gone.

[Sysman]

Amazon are already looking a contingency plans and if they manage to still deliver without Royal Mail then quite possibly they (and others) will make a permanent shift to a more reliable service.

That has certainly happened with previous strikes.

[swamp]

I'd settle for 2 or 3 reliable deliveries a week.

Right now I get no mail. My redirections from the flat I just sold have mostly gone missing. Let them have a national strike I say: at least it will resolve the problem in SW London quicker.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Amazon are already looking a contingency plans and if they manage to still deliver without Royal Mail then quite possibly they (and others) will make a permanent shift to a more reliable service.

Wrong on one count:

Amazon.co.uk has cancelled its long-term contract to use the Royal Mail for parcels over 500 grams and will use a rival service, Home Delivery Network

[Mich the Tester]

If any of us kicked up a fuss when our employers/clients wanted to modernise and demanded that they take on some of our ideas we would be thrown out on the street within 30 seconds.

They are living in a fantasy world.

permies

[singhr]

You'll miss it when it's gone.

Ours only delivers junk mail addressed to The Occupier even though I filled in that 'no junk mail' request thingy over a year ago.