Should the postman be signing it himself and posting the letter through my letter box?
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6 years ago
Should the postman be signing it himself and posting the letter through my letter box?
Probably not but it sounds like a good / personal service. ;-)
We know (as in 'have built up a good relationship with') all of our regular post-people and would consider most to be (therefore) pretty trustworthy and happy when they go the extra mile.
I think they aren't supposed to do loads of things ... like take the package next door or across the road (I think you might have to pay for 'mail redirection'?) but most this way seem happy to do so as they don't have to carry it back to the sorting office.
YMMV of course and there are limits ... ;-)
Cheers, T i m
I am given to understand by our postie, that they can sign for some of them, but not all. My guess is there are two versions of signed for.
+1
When my old postie (who lived around the corner from me) retired, he was replaced by the local sorting office's to the letter (ha) rule following union rep - what a contrast.
Yup, that's the situation now it seems.
Like the bus driver in North Wales who actually waited outside the campsite while I ran some provisions to the tent and ran back to the bus. Ok, it took another few seconds over what it might have taken a few slower people to get on and off ... and all the passengers were counting me down as I ran back on ... but it really wasn't an issue for anyone (other than the bus Co possibly)?
Can't imagine that happening in London or most places 'these days'? ;-(
Cheers, T i m
When we lived on a remote farm & the roads were closed with snow, the local sorting office would open your letters and read them out over the phone if requested to.
This was Wales in the 80's.
Ofcom approved 'delivery to neighbour' scheme in 2012
Especially if he knows you and the alternative is putting a card through the door saying words to the effect that the parcel is at central sorting and you have 7 days to claim it before it is returned to sender.
Signed for only really works to get "a signature" from a recipient - I have had stuff go missing that was "signed for" by the wrong person at the wrong location. Initial enquiries showed "I" had signed for it, but GPS showed that it was not delivered to my address when "I" signed.
Turned out my kit had been unloaded to a BT office a few miles away since that had a large shipment from the same vendor (and ended up with a couple of extra boxes that were not theirs but mine). Snag of having a common name like Brown I suppose.
I am generally happy when the leave me stuff in an agreed hidden dry location rather than take it away again. My signature on these nasty touch screens tends to look more like "His mark X" anyway.
No but they all do it. Also as I've said here before, carriers when they see I'm blind won't let me near their glass screen thingy as I am not allowed to touch it with my fingers to feel where to sign. The world has gone completely bonkers. Brian
Cool, thanks.
We have had a small sign in the door for years indicating where best any deliveries might be made in the event we don't respond to the doorbell.
This seems to have been acceptable to most post persons and couriers as I'm guessing because it is inside (glass panel) door, couldn't have been put there by a scammer trying to intercept a delivery.
A while back we saw a courier trying to deliver a small package to a neighbour and knowing he was out, offered to take it in for him. The courier declined, said he would redeliver the next day and left a card. I spoke to the neighbour that evening and he asked us if we would sit in his house at the appointed re-delivery time and we agreed (and we already had a key etc).
You should have seen the couriers face when I answered the door ... ;-)
Cheers, T i m
"Ah, harry, I have your results from the STD clinic, would you like me to read them out ...?" ;-)
Cheers, T i m
Yup. I'm looking after a mates house while he is on holiday and there is such a card in his mail. Because he didn't have a spare debit / credit card available (or other acceptable ID) I can't go and collect it for him.
;-)
I did consider one of those metal mail boxes where they can put a package in and then press the lock but never got roundtuit (and have good neighbours). I think they come with ... or you can supply your own unique code that they can enter into their system to at least prove they opened the lid of the box (even if they didn't put the package in there). ;-)
Quite. ;-(
Cheers, T i m
It being Wales, it would be common knowledge long since.
;-)
Cheers, T i m
If you are out they are supposed to return signed-for items to the sorting office but it as much an aggravation for them, they tell me, as it is for the intended recipient, but, in my experience, the regular guy will sign/squiggle on my behalf, or try and leave with neighbours if larger than my letterbox can accommodate, but the irregular guy won't. As the sorting office won't answer the phone, re-delivery will take about three days so collection is marginally more convenient, despite not being allowed to use the empty sorting office car park, in a location with parking restrictions, and having to queue outside in all weathers, and is to be avoided if at all possible.
The reception on our premises is up one flight of stairs. We have a courier company whose driver refuses to climb the stairs but stands at the bottom and shouts. When I queried this with his company I was told he was not allo wed to climb stairs due to 'Health and Safety' Hmmmmmmmm strange as all oth er couriers have no problem climbing the stairs .
'Health and Safety' the greatest excuse for incomprehensible behaviour ever .
Maybe check their Terms & Conditions - if there is no mention of it there, perhaps tell them and refuse to accept the delivery.
The postman I had a few years back used to do this. The postman has now changed and its a PITA to collect such mail from the local postal depot.
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