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ime not saying much,ime too annoyed....for over a year now,we have had different postmen,week by week...and they are causing me terrible problems,for instance,my mail goes missing,doesnt arrive...i have mail,in my hall,for five other people..two wrong numbers,three incorrect road...well i caught him today...fat lot of good,as he doesnt speak bloxdy english!!! bryan.

no, ours us rubbish. Last week (or a few weeks ago, whatever) he delivered, at the same time, TWO TV license reminders, for the same house number but two different streets. We often get mail for the wrong people, Next door often gets our post. and to cap it all - during the week, the posts delivered around 2pm, on a Saturday he comes at 7am and so we get woken up early (barking dog).

Your not the only one, had all that. Different postmen all the time. Post coming all different times anything from 7am(usually on a saturday) until around 2.30pm the other day. Some days we get no post at all. You don't see a postman, they probably don't bother coming out. I've complained many times. It improves a tiny bit, within a couple of weeks back to square one. One of our main problems was that I live at no.9, next door is 11, then 15, (no 13). So if the postman came down from the other end of the road he was just counting the houses down leaving in no.13. We was all getting wrong post. Other times I was getting post for all three. Obviously couldn't be bothered going to all three doors. Always something going on. Left all sorts of parcels on the step, didn't even knock. Bane of my life at times. Diane

I think we share the same postie! Honestly I should be on the payrole for the amount of mail I have to deliver CORRECTLY to my neighbours that has been put through my door! To top it all post usually arrives around 1:30pm but has been as late a 4pm. Drives me mad. Christine

Hey Paul, Have you got out last postie?? Brillllll!!!!!!!!! He's gone! Kim

I think it's explainable though (and no offence to anyone here), but he' looks about 60, no wonder he struggles ;)

I do wonder how it is that the Saturday post is on the mat at 7.30 but weekdays never before 1.00. I swear ours saves up several days worth, Thursday seems to be a good day, always get loads then but nothing on the other days.

well,last tuesday,i was told a cheque was posted to me at 9.40am,first class,and that i would get it wednesday,this was from a trusted sauce...didn't arrive...thursday,didn.t arrive..i was in trouble...had to pay some of this money to a guy that doesn't take prisoners...had to dash accross town,after work,sit outside his office for three hours,while he decided,whether to teach me a lesson. sat morning,ring at the doorbell...elderly lady...is this yours,she says...yes,it was my cheque,put through her door,on wednesday..my address is xx road, her address is xx avenue. bryan.

Oh! You lucky people! I have to drive 12 miles to the post office to pick up my mail. If I have a parcel I get a card in my box to say so and if the post office is closed I have to make another trip of 12 miles (each way) when the place is open. Saturday delivery - not a chance! and you have a gripe???? :)

I used to get mail for different address's ,not even my house number or street,,,so i just waited for the postie next time round and gave it back to him,,Or i just stick it back in the post box when i get to work,,,Im not being paid to re-deliver mail because the postie too idle to read properly,

Our postie seems to be delivering or not as the case maybe all over the country. Got a letter last week posted in June and delivered to wrong address twice as the folks there had made comment on the envelope !!!!! We even caught him and asked if we had post..answer Yes but I think I put it in next doors letter box cos me phone went off !!!!!........He had and we didn't get it till very late that night when neighbours came home , the post was some thing we had been eagerly awaiting. I got in touch with main post sorting office and complained..got told they are temps so give them a chance as the other posties left.Reason given twice the size rounds and expected to deliver in same time as the original round.(I asked our old postie when I saw him and that is the reason he gave for so many leaving) Jan

Hi, my brother is a postie and I know he works really hard getting up at 4.30 every day. The problem is not the usual hard working posties but the management who have reduced the number of posties, increased the workload for those left and then get in temporary or agency staff to fill any gaps who generally dont care if they deliver to the correct address and aren't given any training or have any knowledge of the area - as shown in the channel 4 documentary - they're just given the letters and then told to get on with it! Unfortunately these are the ones that give them all a bad name and the good ones like my bro are tarred with the same brush! sorry to but in but felt I had to defend by bro - he's a good bloke. Ta Karen

Some can but most can't! Our next door neighbour often works away from home, sometimes for a month at a time. Guess where our post goes? We have recently changed electricity suppliers. We owed our old suppliers over £300 (their cock up not ours). Last week we got a letter from a debt collection agency threatening us with court action if the account wasn't paid within 7 days from date of letter (which was dated 12 days previously). I contacted British Gas (electricity!) and was told that the bill and the reminder had been sent, but had been ignored. Not to my house they hadn't! Neighbour came back from trip, and guess what...........there was the reminder for the bill. Still no original.....gone who knows where? I live in a residential road where all the houses have numbers. 2,4,6,8, etc on one side and 1,3,5, etc on the other. Not exactly rocket science to follow the numbers is it? So why does it happen? I report it every time to my local sorting office - same answer- we will look into it! We live about 3 miles from the sorting office and the postmen drive here in their van. My son has a postie friend who told him that they only have a certain amount of time to deliver their round. If time runs out, they take mail back to sorting office for another day! They also have to empty the three post boxes in our village, so if time is running short they empty the boxes instead of delivering the mail. And the Post Office is putting up the cost of stamps because they are making a loss!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sue

Well I must stick up for the posties here in our town - they are very good. The only slight moan I have is the different times mail is delivered at, sometimes 8am and sometimes lunchtime. Very rarely get something put through the wrong door, and when the postie put our post through next door's box by mistake, she rang our doorbell to tell us and was full of apologies. I'm a school secretary and our sorting office even deliver all the school post to my home address during the holidays (at my request, so that I don't have to open 6 weeks' worth when I get back!). I fully sympathise with all of you who have post problems, it must be so frustrating, but ours are pretty good and deserve a pat on the back. Mandy :)

Well, WE have been really lucky with our postie, he even delivers incorrectly addressed mail to me if it's got my name on it, then it arrives here. I can have a laugh with our postie he's great fun, we even exchange rude jokes, texts and e-mails. THEN..... the P.O. decided that he shouldn't work a 6 day week anymore, so he has a rolling day off. Monday one week tues the next etc, wel i know exactly when he's off cos i encounter all the problems you lot mention. I end up with someone else mail i live at 38 ** ct !! RD ( not putting addy too many weirdos) but i get mail for 38 !! rd. Now i always used to take their mail to them but have just discovered that they don't do the same they put it back in box as not known at this address, so in future i shall be doing the same. Shelli

We usually have the same postman, who is very thoughtful and manages a quick cheery word with many of the people on his round. When he noticed there were many cards to be delivered to one bungalow, where he hadn't seen the chap for a few days, he asked a neighbour then himself sent a condolence card to the widow. He picks up a 2nd bag of mail to deliver from near my house but we get ours from the bottom of that bag. Realising that my grandson would have gone to school on his birthday, our postman sorted his birthday cards to the top of the 2nd bag so that the young one had time to open them before school. Please don't tar them all with the same brush.

Our postie is brilliant. Usually say good morning to him as I go and get the morning paper (about 7ish) and a couple of times he's stopped me to say that he has a parcel for me, and would I like to take it off him there and then or will I be back at the house before he gets there. He's always cheerful and he's mine!!!! Nobody else is going to get him - sorry :-))

I've no complaints with our postie. Mail is usually delivered between 7.30 and 8 every morning and its very rare to get other peoples letters.

Our postman is great and I dread it when he has time off because it all goes pear-shaped. Did I tell you about the time when he was away for two weeks? I'd had no mail for about seven days and then the local crematorium rang me and asked if I would like to pop down and collect my mail which was piling up!! I suppose that being the local vicar the postie thought that I would be going to the crem 'some time' and could pick it up - they couldn't be bothered. (it's only at the bottom of the road!!)

Karen is right. We used to have the best postal service in the world. Unfortunately The Postal Services Commission ... the Government department responsible for Royal Mail refused to let the Post Office increase stamp charges and at the same time insisted on savings being made for a bigger profit. Sorting Offices have had to change the way the Posties work. Giving them "walks" (rounds) which are far longer than previously and scrapping the second delivery. This is why your mail is delivered later than usual. If your address happens to be at the end of the posties walk, you won't get it until well into the afternoon. Because the number of walks were therefore reduced, some posties had their regular rounds taken from them and were put back onto "filling in" on rounds to cover for sickness or holidays. The consequence of all this, of course, is, that many long-standing postman have left and casual and temporary staff are being employed. This is basically why YOU the customers are receiving such an abysmal service. Why not contact the Postal Services Commission and tell them how you feel..... http://www.psc.gov.uk/Index2.html or PostWatch where you the consumer can register your complaints... http://www.postwatch.*co.*uk/ (remove the *) Dee x