OT: Delivery service too good!

The only trouble with opting out is that you also miss letters sent through the post to the whole street advising of work due to be done on the road, utilities and suchlike.

Not my experience!

With the current state of RM those kind of notifications would turn up a couple of weeks after the work has been completed. :)

I think the leccy company hand delievered a load along our road

We get the railway ones like that too (we live near the track)

Opposite problem here ...

transco sent a letter giving a week they were going to replace pipes in street, 5 years later they sent another, two months later they sent another, two weeks later they turned up.

severn trent sent a letter giving a date they would (proactively) fit a smart meter, on that date they fitted the neighbour's but not mine, a fortnight later another letter, on that date they did fit mine and the other neighbours, I expect they'll keep turning up a few yards down the road on an irregular basis all year long ...

An interesting Amazon delivery today. 'Expected between 2pm and 4pm'. Then '2:30 pm to 4:30 pm'. Then '2:45 to 4:45' I happened to be in a room adjacent to the hallway when te package appeared in my side of the letter box. There had been no knock on the door, I was 6 feet from it, and the package was pushed into the letter box until it stopped. I went to retrieve it, it would not go backwards, and I feared for its safety after pulling it through the letter box. I managed it, I think it's ok. Amazon Tracking reports it as "Handed to Customer", which it certainly was not. I don't even know if the driver was male, female, or any other sex, and I have no idea of his skin colour. I do know that his van was unmarked, no 'Amazon Prime' markings on it. But at least its here. Now I need to try it, it is electronic stuff, so I need a test run.