BOOM: Royal Mail

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d000hg replied

22 October 2020, 10:19
Originally posted by ChimpMaster View Post

I've been using Hermes (via Packlink) for months for delivery via collection. It's great. Costs around 60p to £1 more for a parcel but saves me a heap of hassle when I sell things from home. Excellent service - and that's saying something considering it's Hermes!

You must've got lucky with your local driver. We get collections made about 50% of the time - get a notification "sorry you driver couldn't make the collection" when we've been sat at home and know nobody has even been near the house.
Leaves parcels on the doorstep when we have a shed right next to us - fine security wise but in the rain surely something must twig.
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SueEllen replied

21 October 2020, 19:51
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

But none of them are interested in NLyUKs used-undercrackers 'business'...

That's because you have to be a real lady....
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ChimpMaster replied

21 October 2020, 18:39
I've been using Hermes (via Packlink) for months for delivery via collection. It's great. Costs around 60p to £1 more for a parcel but saves me a heap of hassle when I sell things from home. Excellent service - and that's saying something considering it's Hermes!
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Mordac replied

21 October 2020, 12:10
Originally posted by Eirikur View Post

Many years too late. All competitors are doing this for ages and many of them cheaper

But none of them are interested in NLyUKs used-undercrackers 'business'...
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BR14 replied

21 October 2020, 11:47
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Looks like BOOM threads are getting better response, maybe I should be posting more of positive news...

nah, just FO
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SueEllen replied

21 October 2020, 11:45
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

If British Rail ran a parcel service that would be great. My house used to be next to a railway line, they'd have to relay some track but...

They would just use the ticket office as a parcel depot.
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vetran replied

21 October 2020, 11:44
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Looks like BOOM threads are getting better response, maybe I should be posting more of positive news...

seems sensible
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AtW replied

21 October 2020, 11:34
Looks like BOOM threads are getting better response, maybe I should be posting more of positive news...
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Hobosapien replied

21 October 2020, 11:33
Free news source for those not interested in FT's pay for news bollox:

Royal Mail launches 72p parcel pick-up service - BBC News

Already paid for that news source via TV licence.
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d000hg replied

21 October 2020, 11:27
If British Rail ran a parcel service that would be great. My house used to be next to a railway line, they'd have to relay some track but...
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scooterscot replied

21 October 2020, 11:20
Other brands coming to a town near you:

1) British rail

2) British Telecom (from a stock perspective it is starting to look very tempting. Will wait until Spring).
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d000hg replied

21 October 2020, 11:02
True but I don't think doorstep collections are that widely used except for Amazon returns. It's a faff finding who to use especially if you're not super internet-savvy.

Plus, tarnished as it is, there's still the Royal Mail brand which many will prefer to "parcelz4UFAST"
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Eirikur replied

21 October 2020, 10:50
Many years too late. All competitors are doing this for ages and many of them cheaper
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21 October 2020, 10:40
BOOM: Royal Mail

“ Royal Mail launches doorstep parcel collections in ecommerce boom

Demand for UK packages deliveries grows with surge in online shopping triggered by pandemic

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The UK’s Royal Mail is starting to collect parcels from doorsteps across the country, in what it bills as one of the biggest overhauls to the daily delivery service since the first postboxes appeared in 1852.

Customers will be able to hand over items to postmen and women on their rounds, or else leave packages in a “safe place”, from Monday to Saturday after paying a fee online.

The nationwide rollout of the service, which follows trials in areas of the west of England including Bristol, comes during a boom in internet shopping spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic.”

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