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Dhenalau

Got a "We attempted to deliver your item" from An Post yesterday.
Was working from home waiting for them and just to be sure, I checked my security cameras. Nobody came to the door...

This is a package from Amazon and it was supposed to be delivered yesterday, I assume An Post has a contract with them and it's easy to enter a fake delivery attempt to keep the stats up...

Inquired online, chat wit a nice customer service person trying to get more info, he could not get an answer to his call to the local post office and send an email asking for more details.

Took the time to go to the local Post Office where I was feed BS by the guy saying they only leave a notice after the third attempt to deliver and a
"Come back on Wednesday, if you do not get a notice"

Let's see if try to deliver today.

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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.

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

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).

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?

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.

[Deleted User]

Item posted in Dublin and sitting in 'Dublin Depot, Dublin' since December 9th. No movement at all on tracking but thankfully arrived in Limerick this afternoon. I spoke with An Post web chat a couple of days ago and they said it's not unusual for stuff not to be scanned properly at the moment. Delighted it arrived in time for Christmas anyway :cool:

sportloto86

Darc19 wrote: »

I haven't a clue, but usually it just goes through a scan with no more than a few hours delay.

No point getting angry. Chances are that most of the delay is on the uk side.

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.

Darc19

lawrencesummers wrote: »

I had a long chat with my postman today.
We know each other pretty well because I get a lot of deliveries all year round with work.

He was telling me that the parcel centers in Ireland are stockpiling stuff at the behest of customs / revenue of items coming from England and reckoned that they are doing it because they know it will generate income in January once they examine it.

The date it’s shipped is irrelevant apparently, only the date that customs examine it and once that’s 01/01/2021 or later than your gonna have to pay.

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.

Darc19

sportloto86 wrote: »

OK, and how long does this gonna take? Why couldn't there be a message on that bloody code I'm tracking that "we're sorry for the delay but we have selected one of your packages that you've sent to your children and deemed it to be suspicious so sit tight as we are ripping it apart destroying Christmas spirit for another 5 to 14 working days while you can't sleep at night being eaten by anxiety". That would be nice, wouldn't it?

I haven't a clue, but usually it just goes through a scan with no more than a few hours delay.

No point getting angry. Chances are that most of the delay is on the uk side.

jmreire

Seven weeks ago yesterday,6th Nov. I sent my old driving licence, with all the required documents for renewal to the Licensing Centre ( NDLS ), So far nothing back. Tried ringing them several times...keep getting the engaged tone. Anyone else with the same problem? I didn't register the post, as I though it would be all straight forward.

sportloto86

Darc19 wrote: »

All incoming international parcels and packages also go through customs check and some items will get selected for examination. - That can cause some items to be delayed further.

Currently we are seeing service return to next day / two day as volumes have dropped dramatically.

OK, and how long does this gonna take? Why couldn't there be a message on that bloody code I'm tracking that "we're sorry for the delay but we have selected one of your packages that you've sent to your children and deemed it to be suspicious so sit tight as we are ripping it apart destroying Christmas spirit for another 5 to 14 working days while you can't sleep at night being eaten by anxiety". That would be nice, wouldn't it?

lawrencesummers

I had a long chat with my postman today.
We know each other pretty well because I get a lot of deliveries all year round with work.

He was telling me that the parcel centers in Ireland are stockpiling stuff at the behest of customs / revenue of items coming from England and reckoned that they are doing it because they know it will generate income in January once they examine it.

The date it’s shipped is irrelevant apparently, only the date that customs examine it and once that’s 01/01/2021 or later than your gonna have to pay.

Darc19

ED E wrote: »

AP arent managing to do FIFO. I suspect cages/bags aren't labelled in a way that they know what landed when.

Sweet feck all you can do other than pray and if they don't arrive Monday perhaps refund the customers.

Where do you get this information, or like most of your comments they are just rants against anpost/sky/eir/virgin/three/Vodafone etc etc.

Cages and green tubs are all barcoded and whilst at one stage in early Nov, there were issues with early cages getting pushed back. But once the two holding facilities (parkwest and finglas) opened in mid Nov, this was alleviated.

All incoming international parcels and packages also go through customs check and some items will get selected for examination. - That can cause some items to be delayed further.

Currently we are seeing service for our parcels return to next day / two day as volumes have dropped dramatically according to our an post mw.

Wombatman

ED E

AP arent managing to do FIFO. I suspect cages/bags aren't labelled in a way that they know what landed when.

Sweet feck all you can do other than pray and if they don't arrive Monday perhaps refund the customers.

Gerrymandering reborn

Anybody help me with this please??

I sent 8 items on 8th December.
One was delivered next day but the other 7 are showing status 'Your Post was accept in Post Office' . They have not moved

I've been onto An Post since the beginning of the week, spoken 4 times, done live chat etc and also submitted a formal enquiry (N58) for each of the seven items.
Been told they are in Dublin mail centre awaiting to be sorted etc.

I've been keeping my customers constantly up to date but they are getting frustrated, which is understandable.

When I spoke to them most recently on Thursday, I asked 'would they we delivered before Christmas'. The reply I got 'I can't guarantee that' . Like WTF!

What am I supposed to do??

I've been sending items from to GPO this week and they have been delivered next day or two day.

All items are going to Ireland
Would appreciate any advice.

Thanks

Eaz

Just had a package sent with Royal Mail sit with a "Item Leaving the UK" status since 3rd of December, finally arrived in Dublin on Thursday 17th and now stuck on "Your delivery has been sorted in DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12".

Was hoping it would reach Cork yesterday or today and make it out for delivery but starting to doubt getting it before next week.

carville

Anyone else waiting more than 10 days? Current status: Your delivery has been sorted in DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12 been like that since the 9th December.

[Deleted User]

2 out of 3 parcels from Look Fantastic have now arrived. Happy with that!

un5byh7sqpd2x0

Sent from UK on Thursday 17th, scanned into Dublin Parcel Hub yesterday 18th, and out for delivery this morning the 19th. I'm impressed.

joeysoap

I got 2 parcels from the uk this week. Ordered on 12th. Happy with that.

sportloto86

Boscoirl wrote: »

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

Ye, I have the same message since 14th of December...
"sorted in Dublin 12" which according to some posts here is not very promising...
...

le_girl

greenfields46! wrote: »

I have a small parcel left UK on Tuesday night, wld u think ill get it in in the next few days?!! i hope so

I had something sent from the UK on the 11th which showed up on An Post tracking today. So a week to reach Ireland but hopefully won't take too long to get to me from Dublin, the last one was speedy enough from this point onwards.

Orlak2410

shashaela wrote: »

I've a package that arrived in Dublin on 12th December, says it departed the airport and in transit to the destination.
No way would I expect the vendor to refund me. They shipped via USPS, it arrived in ireland within the timeframe, the delay is now the handover between USPS and An Post.
I guess it coukd be January now before I receive it!

That's what happened to me. I ordered it on the 23rd of november and it says it arrived in Dublin on the 28th but some of the previous posts on this thread suggest that the USPS can update the tracking saying it's in dublin when it actually isn't. It could be january by the time I get my parcel when I ordered it on the 23rd of november expecting it in 5-14 working days. Somebody has to be held responsible. I know there's a pandemic but people are in the habit or blaming absolutely everything on it. It's getting a bit old now.

Darc19

greenfields46! wrote: »

I have a small parcel left UK on Tuesday night, wld u think ill get it in in the next few days?!! i hope so

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

greenfields46!

Darc19 wrote: »

There will always be some exceptions, but I've just downloaded our Tuesday and Wednesday report and out of several hundred parcels only 7 are showing as "sorted in Dublin 12"

Every other parcel has been delivered or out for delivery.

About 60% are delivered the next day and less than 5% are taking 3 days and less than 1% taking longer.

I have a small parcel left UK on Tuesday night, wld u think ill get it in in the next few days?!! i hope so

shashaela

I've a package that arrived in Dublin on 12th December, says it departed the airport and in transit to the destination.
No way would I expect the vendor to refund me. They shipped via USPS, it arrived in ireland within the timeframe, the delay is now the handover between USPS and An Post.
I guess it coukd be January now before I receive it!

Orlak2410

whiterebel wrote: »

Which is probably what they were told by the carrier. As An Post did to people here when asked about 1/2 day express services. They took the parcel, charged for it and took 8/9 days to deliver. Should the shipper pay because they were given wrong information, again in a very uncertain climate?

I don't know if you're aware of it, but Trump was actively dismantling USPS in the US. Their backlogs are horrendous, and has been for months. Then you have pot luck as to them actually getting it on a an aircraft to either Dublin or London because 90% of the worlds flights are grounded.

Exactly the same is happening in Germany, Spain, Austria, Uk, Czech Republic. Its taking weeks, if not months, to get here from some of those countries.

Yes it is the responsibility of the vendor to ensure that the parcel arrives on time. I realise it might not be their fault that it arrives late but the fact of the matter is that they said it would arrive within a certain timeframe and it didn't. I realise most customers might be reasonable and understand that it is busier than usual with an increase in e-commerce and slower shipping/customs due to social distancing and increased sanitization but that's a choice that the customer should have. When I enquired to the vendor about my parcel being late, I received a 'what do you expect attitude' from them and I was not happy with that. If Trump was dismantling the USPS well then the vendor should have factored that into account and informed their customers but they didn't instead they were worrying that that might put people off buying from them.

AutoTuning

I'm starting to see long delays on UPS items from the continent that specifically mention the channel tunnel being backlogged.

Looks like we are going to be in for a lot of hassle if these logistics companies don't move to direct routes and keep tagging us onto the side of the UK.

carville

Darc19 wrote: »

There will always be some exceptions, but I've just downloaded our Tuesday and Wednesday report and out of several hundred parcels only 7 are showing as "sorted in Dublin 12"

Every other parcel has been delivered or out for delivery.

About 60% are delivered the next day and less than 5% are taking 3 days and less than 1% taking longer.

Mine must be the 1% then. Its been "sorted in Dublin 12" since 9th December and no movement since.