Inbound and internal An Post Delays

carltonleon wrote: »

Seems like a bull**** article to me , the heading states a parcel, the first line says a packet and the 2nd line it mentions a 1kg track and trace letter of which there is no such thing, you can’t have a 1 kg letter.
So EH which one is it?
For a packet or a parcel up to 2kg including insurance And track and trace and 2-3 day delivery it’s €13 and €14 for next day so where they get €18.50 I have no idea

It's referring to prices for Europe, not domestic prices.

€18.50 for a registered 1 kg packet is correct.

If anyone is interested for time frames... - parcel sent from Germany on the 29th Oct

Hoping its here tomorrow

16 November 2020 01:21

We have your post and are getting it ready for delivery

13 November 2020 02:56

We have your post in DUBLIN PARCEL HUB, DUBLIN 12

13 November 2020 00:16

We have your post in DUBLIN PARCEL HUB, DUBLIN 12

12 November 2020 17:38

We have your post in DUBLIN PARCEL HUB, DUBLIN 12

12 November 2020 17:37

Your delivery was received by An Post in DUBLIN PARCEL HUB, DUBLIN 12

notahappycamper wrote: »

Has anyone had their tracking not moved on since Thursday- the last update is that it has been sorted in Dublin 12 on 12th November?

I have two packages that were sorted there on Tuesday 10th and haven't moved since.

As I said before I had a package due last Tuesday worth over €100. Amazon refunded me last Thursday morning. Then it arrived in Dublin last Thursday evening. Just updated this morning as out for delivery. Should I contact Amazon to charge again or will it be done automatically?
I have no issue in paying for it but don't wanna spend the money either if it is gonna be deducted if I don't say anything.

Edit: it also seems to me that anything delivered in Dublin parcel hub is being delivered on time but anything delivered to Dublin mail centre is being delayed

jonny_b wrote:

As I said before I had a package due last Tuesday worth over €100. Amazon refunded me last Thursday morning. Then it arrived in Dublin last Thursday evening. Just updated this morning as out for delivery. Should I contact Amazon to charge again or will it be done automatically? I have no issue in paying for it but don't wanna spend the money either if it is gonna be deducted if I don't say anything.

Say nothing. I got three parcels refunded and they eventually turned up on Friday. Amazon have let me down a number of times this year so I don't feel bad about it.

VG31 wrote: »

It's referring to prices for Europe, not domestic prices.

€18.50 for a registered 1 kg packet is correct.

By the way I am actually waiting for a package from Austria which has been posted on the 22nd October 2020. All i can see it has left Austria on the 24th October, however no tracking update since.

an post website is playing up, I hope. telling me can't find parcel yet was there in Dublin since thursday at 4am this morning.

charlietheminxx wrote: »

I didn't realise how bad things were with the backlog at the moment. I had an order that left Germany a week ago and hasn't been scanned by An Post yet. I hope I'm not waiting weeks for it!

I ordered something from the states online & thiu they said it was dispatched via An Post I wasn’t
even bothering looking at the emails as I didn’t think it would be here for weeks. Heypresto - about 6 (working) days later it was here! Big surprise & delighted to get it so soon.

Last time I ordered (same website) & specified another delivery address in the west of Ireland it was a total nightmare - item logged as delivered but not delivered, 3 days looking for where it might be - finally after much perserverence ‘found’ it in the local depot, marked delivered to home address. Took all the joy out of the surprise. Excuses given were the operator couldn’t work the computer, it ‘was delivered’ because it was in the depot in Ireland, nobody had been at home - total lie and two cars outside house all day along with an post house large post delivery box, and other such ‘we were going to do it tomorrow’ nonsense. It seems to depend on the attitude of whomever is working and what depot you get and the honesty and competence levels of those involved. Although the complaint and follow up was well marshalled I’d be very reluctant to order a surprise gift for delivery again - it was only luck the person rang me out of the blue and I mentioned the gift as I assumed that was why they were calling - and it had been tracked as delivered to the home address. Mortifying & embarasing for us both.

I have stopped using my local letterbox because of theft / non-delivery of items that look like birthday cards and have had inspectors out in my house ‘investigating’ how post addressed to me was opened and resealed between leaving one house and another - and never got a satisfactory reply.

I’d also hope they and other courier forms and properly screening and reference checking the staff they are taking on for the onslaught at Christmas for their short term contracts - too much trust for expensive goods and materials in zero hours minimum wage short term jobs.

Package arrived at least .Tracking is still saying it's in Dublin

from where?’!!! im waiting since last tues for package from uk!!’ will i get by xmas at this rate? its not even in an post system yet, so annoying

waiting times of 2+ weeks for packages from outside Ireland will be the new norm until January I'd say. God knows how our postal service will be impacted by Brexit next year.

charlietheminxx wrote: »

Should An Post not have a notice on their website about the service delays, maybe with advisory processing times? It would probably save them a lot of hassle with so many of us chasing parcels.

Exactly, every carrier has that quoted on their website at the moment, why not AnPost ? Just another sign of poor management. It’s really frustrating.

I am getting all my Amazon orders delivered to Parcelmotel, it seems their postal system in the UK is better organized.

I have received 4 Amazon prime deliveries in the last week only 2 of those were delayed 2 days max all from UK. All were delivered with An Post aswel. But my small package from USA is in Dublin since the 8th. No update since.

The Continental Op wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised if An Post lost all of Amazons business not just Dublin.

Look around this forum- all the couriers are under savage pressure. Looks like there's very little spare capacity.