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lawrencesummers

Darc19 wrote: »

Now that is complete balderdash.

Date arrival into Ireland is what matters and customs are not going to create delays for a few bob.

How do people believe such sh1te??

And how on earth would a delivery person know what goes on in a large parcel depot.

Just think of how stupid the suggestion is.

Don’t shoot the messenger.

irishgirl19

Posted parcel from Dublin to wexford on the 10th. Still not arrived. Not tracked but correct address and return address is on it.
What are the odds of it arriving before Christmas?

virginmediapls

1 parcel from Germany, ordered 9th December and no sign since it's been handed over to An Post. Not in their system yet even. Apparently there are huge delays in some sorting centre in Cologne/Koln - so if it goes through there you're justed feckered.
1 parcel from UK ordered 6th December, still not arrived. Hopeful for Monday.

Plenty of other parcels ordered and delivered after those date. Bit of pot luck involved in this at the minute.

The scary thing is that, and it pains me to say this, but Fastway are probably the fastest courier around Ireland now (based on my anecdotal, recent experiences with ~20-30 deliveries).

Darc19

sportloto86 wrote: »

Nah, not UK, I sent them from Germany. One was delivered last Monday while second one "Your delivery has been sorted in DUBLIN PARCEL HUB, DUBLIN 12" since the same day. Frustrated, anxious and a tad angry, yes. I just like things to be logical and would love some "inner works" explanation. Thank you for your attempt. Seriously.

You're in Germany too long expecting everything to be perfect

I suspect that it's sorted into a cage and just waiting transfer. But they are delivering tomorrow and volumes have fallen. We've been told to continue dispatch until Tuesday

virginmediapls

irishgirl19 wrote: »

Posted parcel from Dublin to wexford on the 10th. Still not arrived. Not tracked but correct address and return address is on it.
What are the odds of it arriving before Christmas?

I'd be very surprised if that didn't arrive to be honest now.

Sheep Shagger

Waiting 6 weeks for an A4 sized envelope containing a number of birthday and Christmas cards from New Zealand

jmreire

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Waiting 6 weeks for an A4 sized envelope containing a number of birthday and Christmas cards from New Zealand

Good Luck with that,,,,,,I'm waiting for 7 weeks for a delivery from Cork.......LOL :cool:

sportloto86

Darc19 wrote: »

You're in Germany too long expecting everything to be perfect

You got me there

Sheep Shagger

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Waiting 6 weeks for an A4 sized envelope containing a number of birthday and Christmas cards from New Zealand

.....and I’m waiting 6 weeks from the UK

theguzman

Posted an A4 envelope with documents on Tuesday for delivery within the same county to a destination 25kms away. Cost me €3.40 to post, I could have driven there for maybe the cost on fuel and hand deliver them. The envelope still hasn't arrived despite having correct address with a printed label attached and eircode also. Normally this would be next day.

pc7

I was told next day was all but done during week. I posted a parcel paid for swift and tracking, post mistress said she still didn’t think it would arrive before Xmas, but got email it was delivered yday! Fingers crossed it was.

Parcel I posted in Dublin to Dublin 4th December still hasn’t arrived!

greenfields46!

Darc19 wrote: »

I'd say so. Volumes have subsided and will continue to drop and there are more planes flying people home giving for letters and parcels

thank you!! I order a bit from uk ive looked bk on some old tracking numbers & for some strange reasy anytime an item leaves uk (langley) on a tuesday its always delayed!! where if it leaves langley Friday eve i know itll arrive early te following week usually Tuesday, ordered recently left Friday had it monday!! wonder is Tuesday night a lazy night fir them 😀 just thought its odd

Darc19

Had a customer screaming delight on the phone to one of our team yesterday.

She forgot her friends birthday which was yesterday. Ordered from us Fri at about 2pm in Kildare and didn't expect delivery until after Christmas.

It was delivered by an post yesterday at 9.38am!

Great when things go as good as this.

On general delivery all but 3 parcels we sent on Thursday (about 200) had been delivered by this afternoon.


On UK, this travel restriction may cause issues with all post, but seems aer lingus will still operate flights to repatriate people from here, so cargo and post may not be as badly affected as we may think.

Mollywolly

Darc19 wrote: »

Had a customer screaming delight on the phone to one of our team yesterday.

She forgot her friends birthday which was yesterday. Ordered from us Fri at about 2pm in Kildare and didn't expect delivery until after Christmas.

It was delivered by an post yesterday at 9.38am!

Great when things go as good as this.

I'm delighted for your customer but I'm still waiting for a package shipped from Dublin on 1st December. I'm at the point now where I have requested a replacement or refund

greenfields46!

Darc19 wrote: »

Had a customer screaming delight on the phone to one of our team yesterday.

She forgot her friends birthday which was yesterday. Ordered from us Fri at about 2pm in Kildare and didn't expect delivery until after Christmas.

It was delivered by an post yesterday at 9.38am!

Great when things go as good as this.

On general delivery all but 3 parcels we sent on Thursday (about 200) had been delivered by this afternoon.


On UK, this travel restriction may cause issues with all post, but seems aer lingus will still operate flights to repatriate people from here, so cargo and post may not be as badly affected as we may think.

so do Royal Mail only use passenger flights for small parcels etc?!! quite worried now with flights cancelled? any help ideas wld really help!! tnks

Boscoirl

Boscoirl wrote: »

Finally some movement on my package. Shown as arrived in Dublin and sorted in the Dublin parcel centre.

My Package is now showing out for delivery, kinda suprised to be honest, also delighted as its getting delivered to work and today is my day before christmas

my time line is

26/11 - Ordered
30/11 - Arrived Parcel Centre - Germany
01/12 - Sorted and Queued to be shipped to Ireland
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-
-
- (who Knows what happened in between)
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17/12 - Arrived and Sorted Dublin Parcel Hub
21/12 - Out for Delivery

Sam Hain

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Don’t shoot the messenger.

Most definitely, shoot the messenger, when he repeats such absolute balderdash.

micks_address

package left germany december 9th and no sign yet... just sit tight? was by dhl deutshe post... i can see it on an post tracking as having left germany but nothing since 9th december

newbie18892

Ordered some lovely bracelets off Etsy on the 1st of December. They were dispatched from London on the 15th. No sign yet and no tracking. Losing hope of pre-Christmas delivery especially with all this current crap in the U.K.

ordered a gift voucher from a small Irish company based in Dublin on 12 Dec. They posted it on 16th Dec and there is still no sign of it. I only live 25km from Dublin.

I contacted the seller of my above voucher yesterday as I still haven’t received it. They said they will send another voucher today by registered post , will I get it tomorrow? I’m leaving for Limerick early in the morning and need it!

Parcel sent from Australia on the 10th November.
Landed in Ireland sometime around the 14th December.
Sorted in mail centre d12 on the 20th.
Contacted an post webchat on the 21st to see if there was a chance it would get to me before Xmas-said it would be delivered within 24 hrs.
Arrived today 22nd!

andrewfaulk

greenfields46! wrote: »

so do Royal Mail only use passenger flights for small parcels etc?!! quite worried now with flights cancelled? any help ideas wld really help!! tnks

Most airfreight is moved on passenger flights, Ireland has very few cargo flights..

Although I would be fairly sure RM moved their Irish shipments to road early this year and are just using the flight as an excuse

d51984

Royal mail have an early morning cargo flight from east midlands to Dublin daily. Smal turbo prop aircraft, comes in about 5/6 am. Amazon have some stuff on it too.

Away With The Fairies

Ordered something a month ago, shipped 26th of November through royal mail... Should I get worried about this parcel?

wench

Deleted User wrote: »

ordered a gift voucher from a small Irish company based in Dublin on 12 Dec. They posted it on 16th Dec and there is still no sign of it. I only live 25km from Dublin.

Keep the faith, I ordered likewise on the 15th, only got it today.

whiterebel

d51984 wrote: »

Royal mail have an early morning cargo flight from east midlands to Dublin daily. Smal turbo prop aircraft, comes in about 5/6 am. Amazon have some stuff on it too.

That seems odd, as the tracking normally stops at Langley, which is in Heathrow?

d51984

They use Aer Lingus and British Airways at Heathrow too. Aer Lingus have been sending over their bigger aircraft to help clear backlog.

Darc19

Sam Hain wrote: »

Most definitely, shoot the messenger, when he repeats such absolute balderdash.

Believe what you want to believe.

Have you noticed that the number of posters with issues has become a trickle?

Sort of confirms the improvements.

But call it balderdash if you wish. I think most people appreciate it.

BTW, 94% of items we dispatched yesterday were delivered today.

micks_address

micks_address wrote: »

package left germany december 9th and no sign yet... just sit tight? was by dhl deutshe post... i can see it on an post tracking as having left germany but nothing since 9th december

Just like that it’s in Ireland. Might make it for Xmas

steinbock123

steinbock123 wrote: »

Ordered two small items from the Czech Republic last month. Supplier informed me that he posted on the 3rd November. He came back the next day with proof of postage and my correct address, according to Czech Post, item “left their jurisdiction” on the 11th November.
So I want to the local sorting office, they were very friendly, but didn’t want to see the Czech documents, couldn’t tell me what route the item may have taken, where it might be etc.etc..
All I got was, “There’s huge backlogs in Dublin ( I’m in Kildare) , don’t worry , it’ll probably arrive soon. Keep the faith.”
Wonderful.

Happy to report that my package posted in the Czech Republic on the 3rd November arrived yesterday at last. Santa can breath a sigh of relief.
Now if only my two small items from the USA would arrive . . . . .