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Anyone · 19-02-2013 11:05AM #1

Has anyone noticed lately that An Post do not attempt to deliver parcels? They just shove the collection info through your letter box and drive off. No knock, no doorbell. On previous attempts, they have lied on their delivery times also, stating they attempted to deliver at a time about 1 hour before they actually did.

It has happened again to me today, and its getting irritating. I now have to go to the local sorting office to collect it, defeating the whole aspect of them actually delivering the damn item in the first place.

SouthTippBass · 19-02-2013 11:08AM

I'd say you just have a lazy postman, as opposed to there being a problem with an Post. I'v always had great service from them.

Steven81 · 19-02-2013 11:10AM

And if its raining they leave the top of the box open just to wet it

SEPT 23 1989 · 19-02-2013 11:11AM

Head down to the An Post sorting office and rattle some cages

Micky Dolenz · 19-02-2013 11:11AM

You should write an angry letter to someone, Anyone.

granturismo · 19-02-2013 11:12AM

Anyone wrote: »

Has anyone noticed lately that An Post do not attempt to deliver parcels? .

No.

CreepingDeath · 19-02-2013 11:14AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Head down to the An Post sorting office and rattle some cages

+1

Be adam ant that they "Stand and deliver".

Anyone · 19-02-2013 11:15AM

SouthTippBass wrote: »

I'd say you just have a lazy postman, as opposed to there being a problem with an Post. I'v always had great service from them.

Its not the postman though, its a delivery, so its someone in a van. I know our local postman, and they are always great.

Anyway, phoned up and made a complaint, 3 out of 4 items failing to deliver due to them not knocking is a joke.

Supraman · 19-02-2013 11:18AM

An post as a company do not attempt to deliver parcels ? if that's not a ridiculous generalisation I don't know what is .

I delivered 14 this morning ... Maybe I should go back and get them from the customer . The issue is with the driver/postperson not all staff of an post . Make sure to complain to your local delivery office when you do there . Ask to speak to the dsm about it if is a genuine recurring problem .

Problem is there is plenty of people who kick up stink to try get a second delivery and say they've been there when they haven't . Personally caught someone out about a year ago complaining about the postperson who didn't deliver her packet . She was speaking to me losing the rag until I informed her I attempted delivery at whatever time , "oh I was probably in the shower" .

Does your doorbell work ? Could you have been in shower , out hanging clothes , napping , out to shops for two mins , walking dogs ?

SEPT 23 1989 · 19-02-2013 11:18AM

Anyone wrote: »

Its not the postman though, its a delivery, so its someone in a van. I know our local postman, and they are always great.

Anyway, phoned up and made a complaint, 3 out of 4 items failing to deliver due to them not knocking is a joke.

I hope you mentioned that you pay their wages and even a chimp could be trained to knock on a door

Supraman · 19-02-2013 11:26AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I hope you mentioned that you pay their wages and even a chimp could be trained to knock on a door

Very true , would a chimp organise 1000+ letters 30+packets 10+ registered mail items within two hours and be ready to go on 17-18km walk in the pissing rain or snow/icy conditions ? Maybe so and id love to meet that chimp .

By the way it's not poor postman syndrome either the days when there is good weather and your dealing with decent members of the public are a pleasure .

Anyone · 19-02-2013 11:26AM

Supraman wrote: »

An post as a company do not attempt to deliver parcels ? if that's not a ridiculous generalisation I don't know what is .

I delivered 14 this morning ... Maybe I should go back and get them from the customer . The issue is with the driver/postperson not all staff of an post . Make sure to complain to your local delivery office when you do there . Ask to speak to the dsm about it if is a genuine recurring problem .

Problem is there is plenty of people who kick up stink to try get a second delivery and say they've been there when they haven't . Personally caught someone out about a year ago complaining about the postperson who didn't deliver her packet . She was speaking to me losing the rag until I informed her I attempted delivery at whatever time , "oh I was probably in the shower" .

Does your doorbell work ? Could you have been in shower , out hanging clothes , napping , out to shops for two mins , walking dogs ?

This has happened on numerous occasions. Firstly, attempts at home. Failed delivery, even though there was someone there. There was no knock on the door and the slip the notice in. This happened twice, so I have changed the delivery address to work. It happens again. The work doorbell is loud and can be heard all over the office, it wasn't pressed.

Anyway, I phoned, made the complaint, the guy said he will contact the driver and find out what happened and get back to me. I'm not having a go at the local postman, I know it wasnt him.

catgalway · 19-02-2013 11:27AM

My postman told me last week that if I missed a parcel I could give him back the undelivered note the next day and rearrange delivery for the following day.Sorting office is miles away,no car so Bualadh Bos to him

sfwcork · 19-02-2013 11:28AM

You better hope the postman isnt delivering a package to yor wife

do ya know what I mean, do ya,do ya

well if you dont I will break it dow

I hope his not Sh@gging your woman

Supraman · 19-02-2013 11:29AM

Anyone wrote: »

This has happened on numerous occasions. Firstly, attempts at home. Failed delivery, even though there was someone there. There was no knock mion the door and the slip the notice in. This happened twice, so I have changed the delivery address to work. It happens again. The work doorbell is loud and can be heard all over the office, it wasn't pressed.

Anyway, I phoned, made the complaint, the guy said he will contact the driver and find out what happened and get back to me. I'm not having a go at the local postman, I know it wasnt him.

Fair play to you . Seems like a perfectly reasonable way of dealing with the issue .

janeo80 · 19-02-2013 11:30AM

Someone local posted a letter to me last Wednesday (to be here for Thursday), I just got it today.. Boo!

Banjo String · 19-02-2013 11:33AM

Just email people instead.

Put the parcel as an attachment.

Problem solved?

Duckworth_Luas · 19-02-2013 11:52AM

SamHall wrote: »

Just email people instead.

Put the parcel as an attachment.

Problem solved?

What if you're a member of an international terrorist organisation and you're using the postal system to transport a killer virus from population centre to population centre?

Antivirus software would block the email!:mad:

barone · 19-02-2013 12:05PM

did you see the postie just leave in the notice op? without attempting to knock/ring ?

could he/she have tried knock/ring and got no answer,went back to van to write the notice (not uncommon) and then just posted the notice?

also on a side note ..... booooooooo to those of you who wait for the notice to go in and were halfway down your drive before you open your front door ...booooo..

you know who you are

antodeco · 19-02-2013 12:10PM

My postman is great. I get a fair amount of small parcels delivered. They ones which go with the normal post. If nobody is in, and it wont fit in the letter box, he holds onto them. Then, when hes in the pub later, he gives them to the father in law who then brings them home! If Im in the pub I get them handed to me there!

Anyone · 19-02-2013 01:35PM

barone wrote: »

did you see the postie just leave in the notice op? without attempting to knock/ring ?

could he/she have tried knock/ring and got no answer,went back to van to write the notice (not uncommon) and then just posted the notice?

also on a side note ..... booooooooo to those of you who wait for the notice to go in and were halfway down your drive before you open your front door ...booooo..

you know who you are

I didnt see him no, but I(and others) were here, and the bell wasnt rung.

An Post phoned back, and spun me some lies about ringing the doorbell at a certain time. I said they didnt, he claimed they did and it was one persons word vs anothers, so cant prove who is telling the truth. I told him I could, since the premises has cctv all over the place including one on the door. I can tell the exact time he attempted the delivery.

Just hate bull**** lies, had the chap said he didnt see the doorbell then that I can understand, but lieing saying he did when he didnt just pisses me off.

19-02-2013 01:41PM

janeo80 wrote: »

Someone local posted a letter to me last Wednesday (to be here for Thursday), I just got it today.. Boo!

How do you know it was to arrive on Thursday?

kowloon · 19-02-2013 01:45PM

SouthTippBass wrote: »

I'd say you just have a lazy postman, as opposed to there being a problem with an Post. I'v always had great service from them.

Pretty much this. The local postman here changed a while back when routes were shifted and the new guy just dumps it all over the wall.

gasman77 · 27-04-2013 10:53PM

Anyone wrote: »

Has anyone noticed lately that An Post do not attempt to deliver parcels? They just shove the collection info through your letter box and drive off. No knock, no doorbell. On previous attempts, they have lied on their delivery times also, stating they attempted to deliver at a time about 1 hour before they actually did.

It has happened again to me today, and its getting irritating. I now have to go to the local sorting office to collect it, defeating the whole aspect of them actually delivering the damn item in the first place.

I do many transactions with the likes of amazon and ebay . It became ridiculous that every parcel meant a visit to the sorting office (stand in the queue, business hours only, produce id). I watched the postman from my window one day and saw him filling out (scribbling would be a better term) the forms in his van and then just posting them to the various letterboxes without a knock or ring. I wonder does he even have the parcels in his van?

Because of this I became aware of alternative services such as Parcel Motel (google it). GLS and others provide similar services.
How it works is that for instance, you order a book from amazon. UK delivery is free, but to Ireland it is £15 stg.
The supplier allows you to enter alternative delivery addresses, sometimes called "gift" addresses and using the Parcel Motel example I am able to select a Belfast (therefore UK) address and get free delivery.

The net result is this.
Use My Irish delivery address and I get charged £15 stg + 3 days min delivery + a trip to the sorting office at a time of THEIR choosing, produce ID etc.

OR

Use the likes of Parcel Motel, pay them €4.50, get next day delivery to my local garage 24/7 access via pin sent by text.

No Contest

And An Post want to increase charges!
Please provide a service first.

As an aside, many Ebay suppliers refuse to ship to Ireland because of delivery problems. Usually the ONLY EU country they exclude. Time for An Post to wake up

Lando Griffin · 27-04-2013 11:13PM

I have the best postman.
He drives around the Estate first with all the registered letters and parcels and delivers them to the people he knows have to work.
Then delivers the rest after.
It does not take to much extra time.

NuckingFacker · 27-04-2013 11:35PM

gasman77 wrote: »

I do many transactions with the likes of amazon and ebay . It became ridiculous that every parcel meant a visit to the sorting office (stand in the queue, business hours only, produce id). I watched the postman from my window one day and saw him filling out (scribbling would be a better term) the forms in his van and then just posting them to the various letterboxes without a knock or ring. I wonder does he even have the parcels in his van?

Because of this I became aware of alternative services such as Parcel Motel (google it). GLS and others provide similar services.
How it works is that for instance, you order a book from amazon. UK delivery is free, but to Ireland it is £15 stg.
The supplier allows you to enter alternative delivery addresses, sometimes called "gift" addresses and using the Parcel Motel example I am able to select a Belfast (therefore UK) address and get free delivery.

The net result is this.
Use My Irish delivery address and I get charged £15 stg + 3 days min delivery + a trip to the sorting office at a time of THEIR choosing, produce ID etc.

OR

Use the likes of Parcel Motel, pay them €4.50, get next day delivery to my local garage 24/7 access via pin sent by text.

No Contest

And An Post want to increase charges!
Please provide a service first.

As an aside, many Ebay suppliers refuse to ship to Ireland because of delivery problems. Usually the ONLY EU country they exclude. Time for An Post to wake up

And possibly the reason An Post posted a loss of €17.4 million for last year. In fairness, our postie is great with parcels, never a bother, but as a Company, they do not cut the mustard.

gurramok · 27-04-2013 11:49PM

Just get your parcels delivered to your workplace instead of home, guaranteed delivery.

MonkstownHoop · 27-04-2013 11:52PM

Anyone wrote: »

This has happened on numerous occasions. Firstly, attempts at home. Failed delivery, even though there was someone there. There was no knock on the door and the slip the notice in. This happened twice, so I have changed the delivery address to work. It happens again. The work doorbell is loud and can be heard all over the office, it wasn't pressed.

Anyway, I phoned, made the complaint, the guy said he will contact the driver and find out what happened and get back to me. I'm not having a go at the local postman, I know it wasnt him.

same happens here all the time, never hear a knock or the bell, and the slip is there in the hall saying they called :mad:

michellie · 28-04-2013 12:02AM

I find them great, my postlady is lovely .

Omar187 · 28-04-2013 12:05AM

antodeco wrote: »

My postman is great. I get a fair amount of small parcels delivered. They ones which go with the normal post. If nobody is in, and it wont fit in the letter box, he holds onto them. Then, when hes in the pub later, he gives them to the father in law who then brings them home! If Im in the pub I get them handed to me there!

Hope you tip him over xmas.?
Sounds good auld proper old school postman.

Stereomaniac · 28-04-2013 12:09AM

I'm out in Dunmore Michellie, perhaps we have the same postwoman. She is a really great woman.

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