An Post - I figured it out

17-07-2019 03:36PM

Tony EH wrote: »

Just wait until An Post are killed off completely and you have to deal with the private companies like Fastway.

You'll be on your knees begging for them to come back.

The. Worst. Company. Ever.

Coillte_Bhoy · 17-07-2019 03:39PM

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

I was annoyed with An Post yesterday. I'd ordered a dress online and assumed it was coming in a delivery van.
Instead I arrived home just in time to find the postman on his bike squeezing, and I mean SQUEEZING it through the letterbox.

Not asked to sign for it or anything. It could easily have gone into the wrong house (as has happened here before) and I would have had absolutely no idea where it was.

Just looked at the tracking there and the last thing it's showing is that your parcel arrived in Dublin at 11.45 on Monday night.

Was there a requirement for a signature and also how is the postman supposed to know its a dress and not to put it through letterbox? Why didnt you leave instructions when ordering?

Coillte_Bhoy · 17-07-2019 03:42PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

Not entirely true to say An Post have nothing to do with it...
Eircodes are assigned to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. An Post collects information on new and existing buildings, as well as changes to existing addresses and Ordnance Survey Ireland provides the geo-locations for these buildings. An Post GeoDirectory, issue a new release of the GeoDirectory database file on a quarterly basis to Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, in accordance with their licence agreement.

The Mails delivery service doesnt use it, i dont think people realise that it would make no sense for An Post to try and use this system as the basis for their delivery service, and anyway it would be impossible to use it efficiently.

mikhail · 17-07-2019 04:55PM

Tzardine wrote: »

What is the scam. Genuinely interested.

An Post don't use them. Emergency services don't use them. They exist largely to sell the database to direct marketers.

murpho999 · 17-07-2019 05:17PM

mikhail wrote: »

Eircode is a scam run by a private company. An Post has nothing to do with it.

mikhail wrote: »

An Post don't use them. Emergency services don't use them. They exist largely to sell the database to direct marketers.

Total and utter rubbish that is lacking any facts.

Eircodes work.

They are used by Emergency Services.

Here the ambulance service ask people to use Eircode.

Have a look here at this page from Dept of Communications, Climate Action & Enviornment

Here Eircode announce use by Emergency Services

Page from An Post with an Eircode addreess finder field.

Lots of anecdotal evidence around of Eircode getting services quicker to locations.

So please enlighten me more of these scams please?

punisher5112 · 17-07-2019 05:25PM

People are mistaken as at the launch they weren't been used but more and more services use it now and rightly so.

L1011 · 17-07-2019 05:34PM

mikhail wrote: »

An Post don't use them. Emergency services don't use them. They exist largely to sell the database to direct marketers.

You are required to use an Eircode to get a Deliverybox from An Post. They use them for other purposes

Emergency services find them incredibly useful for locating rural addresses or in confusing estates. One was requested and given when I needed an ambulance in December '17.

You are rabbitting a line from immediately after introduction when *nobody* used them. Takeup here compared to takeup of the UK post codes is much quicker. And the database is not something they can sell.

G_R · 17-07-2019 05:38PM

murpho999 wrote: »

Total and utter rubbish that is lacking any facts.

Eircodes work.

They are used by Emergency Services.

Here the ambulance service ask people to use Eircode.

Have a look here at this page from Dept of Communications, Climate Action & Enviornment

Here Eircode announce use by Emergency Services

Page from An Post with an Eircode addreess finder field.

Lots of anecdotal evidence around of Eircode getting services quicker to locations.

So please enlighten me more of these scams please?

There was an episode of the ambulance fly on the wall documentary on TV3 where the guy on the phone could only find the house using eircode cos it was in the middle of no where and when he hung up the call goes "I don't care how much they cost, thank f^ck for eircodes"

kneemos · 17-07-2019 05:39PM

Am Post use codes for incomplete addresses.

Darc19 · 17-07-2019 06:02PM

Tzardine wrote: »

Address is correct. I checked that.

It's quite a big and heavy box being sent, so unlikely to be in the wrong sack.

Could be the wrong tracking number. I will ask the sender to confirm.

Either mis-sorted or address badly written.

But probably mis-sorted.

Errors happen.

Darc19 · 17-07-2019 06:07PM

mikhail wrote: »

An Post don't use them. Emergency services don't use them. They exist largely to sell the database to direct marketers.

I can absolutely say 100% emergency services use them. I am rural. My wife collapsed last Sunday week. (she has fully recovered)

They asked for eircode and didn't need anything else.

Due to our location, it probably saved 10 minutes. It wasn't as serious as initially feared, but in some cases those 10 minutes are life saving.

Nothing surprises me now · 17-07-2019 06:28PM

My sister renewed her passport on line last Thursday around 12.30pm. At end of renewing it, it said "passport being processed". It will be sent by An Post. The postman delivered it the next day around 12 noon! She, nor I could believe the service, both from DFA and An Post. I think An Post are great, far superior to postal services in UK and some European ones.

my3cents · 17-07-2019 06:28PM

Had one very important package sent from the UK go to Iceland first, but when you see Ireland written side by side with Iceland then you's wonder why that doesn't happen more often.

The Icelandic postal service stamped the item " Not Iceland"

FrancieBrady · 17-07-2019 06:37PM

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

I was annoyed with An Post yesterday. I'd ordered a dress online and assumed it was coming in a delivery van.
Instead I arrived home just in time to find the postman on his bike squeezing, and I mean SQUEEZING it through the letterbox.

He was squeezing his bike through your letterbox? :eek::eek: Jeepers!

RhubarbCrumble · 17-07-2019 06:47PM

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Was there a requirement for a signature and also how is the postman supposed to know its a dress and not to put it through letterbox? Why didnt you leave instructions when ordering?

Yes. A signature WAS required.

I didn't 'leave instructions when ordering' because anytime I've ever ordered from the company before, deliveries have come via an An Post courier. Why would there be any need for me to 'leave instructions'?
It wasn't the fault of either myself or the company I bought it from.
It was down to An Post being lazy and taking the easy way out.

RhubarbCrumble · 17-07-2019 06:49PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

He was squeezing his bike through your letterbox? :eek::eek: Jeepers!

Indeed! And not a euphemism in sight

FrancieBrady · 17-07-2019 07:06PM

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Indeed! And not a euphemism in sight

I am ever the gentleman!

Coillte_Bhoy · 17-07-2019 07:22PM

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Yes. A signature WAS required.

I didn't 'leave instructions when ordering' because anytime I've ever ordered from the company before, deliveries have come via an An Post courier. Why would there be any need for me to 'leave instructions'?
It wasn't the fault of either myself or the company I bought it from.
It was down to An Post being lazy and taking the easy way out.

Ok, fair enough re signature.

Atoms for Peace · 17-07-2019 07:22PM

maybe it going to Dublin, Ohio.

freshpopcorn · 17-07-2019 07:26PM

We've a great post woman. Can't fault her.
She may leave packages out but she know's when not to also.

Couriers are a different story tough. You met the odd okay one but in generally they aren't great.

whiskeyman · 17-07-2019 07:29PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Couriers are a different story tough. You met the odd okay one but in generally they aren't great.

A courier stopped me earlier and asked me what time it was.

'It's sometime between 8am and 6pm' I replied...

bodhrandude · 17-07-2019 09:05PM

Well An Post are not the worse, the one and only time I used Fedex, I ordered 4 bottles of absinthe from absinthes.com in Berlin, my delivery address was in Galway and I also put in my Eircode, where does it end up after it arrived in Portlaoise but Cork??

, got the parcel the following day though.

rainbowdrop · 17-07-2019 09:45PM

mikhail wrote: »

An Post don't use them. Emergency services don't use them. They exist largely to sell the database to direct marketers.

I work for a large ISP, and Eircodes are invaluable to us when trying to pin-point a customers address to get service set up.

My job is waaay easier since they were launched...

Guy:Incognito · 17-07-2019 10:12PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Well An Post are not the worse, the one and only time I used Fedex, I ordered 4 bottles of absinthe from absinthes.com in Berlin, my delivery address was in Galway and I also put in my Eircode, where does it end up after it arrived in Portlaoise but Cork?? , got the parcel the following day though.

Completely OT but do Fedex themselves not know what Fedex means?

They have Fedex Express. Bloody Federal Express Express. It's like they just went "lads, we're slow a fup these days, so lets just accept that and set up a whole new section for the people that are able to deliver quickly "

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-07-2019 10:38PM

mikhail wrote: »

An Post don't use them. Emergency services don't use them. They exist largely to sell the database to direct marketers.

Emergency Services most certainly use them. I've had occasion to phone and they ask for the Eircode. When they arrived at my neighbours the ambulance driver even commented that the Eircode was invaluable to them finding remote houses. I don't know why people continue to pedal the myth that they don't use them.

As for An Post; at least they deliver, unlike most couriers.

Graces7 · 18-07-2019 06:36AM

Darc19 wrote: »

I can absolutely say 100% emergency services use them. I am rural. My wife collapsed last Sunday week. (she has fully recovered)

They asked for eircode and didn't need anything else.

Due to our location, it probably saved 10 minutes. It wasn't as serious as initially feared, but in some cases those 10 minutes are life saving.

Absolutely especially in remote rural areas.

Graces7 · 18-07-2019 06:36AM

Nothing surprises me now wrote: »

My sister renewed her passport on line last Thursday around 12.30pm. At end of renewing it, it said "passport being processed". It will be sent by An Post. The postman delivered it the next day around 12 noon! She, nor I could believe the service, both from DFA and An Post. I think An Post are great, far superior to postal services in UK and some European ones.

and Canada Post! Appalling.

Graces7 · 18-07-2019 06:38AM

whiskeyman wrote: »

A courier stopped me earlier and asked me what time it was.

'It's sometime between 8am and 6pm' I replied...

finished with fastway after one courier called me and asked me to drive to town and meet him to get the parcel there.

The J Stands for Jay · 18-07-2019 07:46AM

my3cents wrote: »

Had one very important package sent from the UK go to Iceland first, but when you see Ireland written side by side with Iceland then you's wonder why that doesn't happen more often.

The Icelandic postal service stamped the item " Not Iceland"

I wonder do they have a special "not Iceland" stamp because they get sent so much Irish mail?

s7ryf3925pivug · 18-07-2019 08:07AM

You would be bad at Ticket to Ride.

An Post - I figured it out

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