Residents and traders report Brighton post problems (From The Argus)
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Residents and traders report Brighton post problems
10:13am Thursday 29th March 2012 in News By Bill Gardner
Residents and traders have been contacting The Argus to complain about the service they are receiving from Royal Mail.
It comes after we revealed that hundreds of parcels are lying dumped in a sorting office in North Road, Brighton, because postmen say they do not have time to deliver them.
The Royal Mail press office admitted there were "small delays" to deliveries.
Today we call on our readers to tell us about any problems they have been having with post.
Call Bill Gardner on 01273 544531, email bill.gardner@theargus.co.uk or tweet to #sussexpost
Comments(23)
Phani Tikkala
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12:00pm Thu 29 Mar 12
Maybe if they didn't have to carry so much junk mail around with them (e.g. pizza menus, directline voucher books, etc.etc.) they'd actually be able to deliver the post on time
Archie Bun
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12:30pm Thu 29 Mar 12
Phani Tikkala wrote:They get money for the junk mail. Royal Mail of course, not the postie. Now with the rising price i would gladly use someone else if i could.
Post deliveries every other day now. Maybe if they didn't have to carry so much junk mail around with them (e.g. pizza menus, directline voucher books, etc.etc.) they'd actually be able to deliver the post on time
Ballroom Blitz
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1:02pm Thu 29 Mar 12
It normally takes 2 days - which is too long anyway to travel 10 miles.
Our postie has said that they only deliver parcels every other day, whatever the 'head office' says.
toldsloth
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1:37pm Thu 29 Mar 12
I'll bet its less than 10...........
Yet another non-story. Obviously slow in the newsroom today!
That is Correct
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2:57pm Thu 29 Mar 12
Brighton is to host a major European summit. But what sort of change does such a large event bring to a city, town, or even a village?
Where is Schengen? OK, Maastricht? Er, Bretton Woods, anyone?
It's a fair bet that most people in the UK have no idea.
But, if only for a few days, statesmen have gathered in these otherwise internationally obscure locations where treaties were signed and agreements reached, changing hundreds of millions of lives.
Schengen, a village in Luxembourg, was where European leaders decided to end the need for passports to travel around much of the continent.
Maastricht, a city in the the Netherlands, was the birthplace of the euro and the modern European Union.
And Bretton Woods, a hamlet in the north-eastern United States, was where the rulers of the world's economies set up the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
'Global stage'
Next month it is the turn of Brighton, an established seaside resort on the south coast of England, to host such a gathering.
The Council of Europe will decide whether to accept a substantial rewriting of the European Convention on Human Rights to allow national courts more powers.
Schengen steel memorial The people of Schengen are very proud of their place in European history
If so, the "Brighton Declaration" will enter the history books.
The resort is used to hosting domestic political conferences, but the city's Green Party-run council is expecting great things.
The cabinet member for tourism, Geoffrey Bowden, told the BBC: "It does put things on to a sort of global stage, or at least a European one.
"It will certainly raise our profile among the people with spending power."
Five hundred delegates from the Council of Europe's 47 member states are expected to attend the conference.
Mr Bowden predicts more people will be encouraged to visit the city of Brighton and Hove in the longer term.
Maybe it will become a shrine for Eurosceptics.
'Sense of freedom'
Large cities like Rome, Paris and Lisbon have little need of a profile boost of the type accorded by the Brighton event.
john5001
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3:00pm Thu 29 Mar 12
That is Correct
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3:02pm Thu 29 Mar 12
That is Correct wrote:loved the BBC Quote...
On a brighter note but not repo rted here....
Brighton is to host a major European summit. But what sort of change does such a large event bring to a city, town, or even a village?
Where is Schengen? OK, Maastricht? Er, Bretton Woods, anyone?
It's a fair bet that most people in the UK have no idea.
But, if only for a few days, statesmen have gathered in these otherwise internationally obscure locations where treaties were signed and agreements reached, changing hundreds of millions of lives.
Schengen, a village in Luxembourg, was where European leaders decided to end the need for passports to travel around much of the continent.
Maastricht, a city in the the Netherlands, was the birthplace of the euro and the modern European Union.
And Bretton Woods, a hamlet in the north-eastern United States, was where the rulers of the world's economies set up the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
'Global stage'
Next month it is the turn of Brighton, an established seaside resort on the south coast of England, to host such a gathering.
The Council of Europe will decide whether to accept a substantial rewriting of the European Convention on Human Rights to allow national courts more powers.
Schengen steel memorial The people of Schengen are very proud of their place in European history
If so, the "Brighton Declaration" will enter the history books.
The resort is used to hosting domestic political conferences, but the city's Green Party-run council is expecting great things.
The cabinet member for tourism, Geoffrey Bowden, told the BBC: "It does put things on to a sort of global stage, or at least a European one.
"It will certainly raise our profile among the people with spending power."
Five hundred delegates from the Council of Europe's 47 member states are expected to attend the conference.
Mr Bowden predicts more people will be encouraged to visit the city of Brighton and Hove in the longer term.
Maybe it will become a shrine for Eurosceptics.
'Sense of freedom'
Large cities like Rome, Paris and Lisbon have little need of a profile boost of the type accorded by the Brighton event.
"Brighton, famed for its bohemian and bacchanalian excesses as much as its piers and Royal Pavilion, is also planning a rather sombre and intellectual commemoration"
man290663
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4:33pm Thu 29 Mar 12
Ive taken to ordering from companies that do not use royal mail for parcels and pay the extra for DHL, UPS etc or for urgent post the only way to actually get it is to pay the extra for special delivery as so far that doesn't seem affected. odd thing is - I can see the delivery office from my window!
winalot
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4:50pm Thu 29 Mar 12
fedupwithgreens
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5:46pm Thu 29 Mar 12
fedupwithgreens
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5:49pm Thu 29 Mar 12
Archie Bun wrote:Problem: junk mail
Phani Tikkala wrote:They get money for the junk mail. Royal Mail of course, not the postie. Now with the rising price i would gladly use someone else if i could.
Post deliveries every other day now. Maybe if they didn't have to carry so much junk mail around with them (e.g. pizza menus, directline voucher books, etc.etc.) they'd actually be able to deliver the post on time
Solution: return writing postage will be paid be recipient,problem solved,no more junk mail( worked for me)
epiphany
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8:38pm Thu 29 Mar 12
Did make enquires about using an alternate company as a social experiment to send a 100g letter.
In the region of £20 (including vat)..guess this is probably more in the region of the actual cost ? With all the will in the world still cant see how RM can transport a letter from Brighton to Glasgow for 60p..no wonder they are struggling.
phoenix123
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9:28pm Thu 29 Mar 12
Are you really that thick? The Postman only has to put a Docket through the letter box, so you would have to come and collect it or make alternative arrangements.He is doing you a faver you stupid Plonker.
pleasantlydisturbed
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9:29pm Thu 29 Mar 12
We send parcels with Fed Ex for £ 6.50 and they will collect from us too...
In the mean time, we have had no post from RM on Thursday last week and on Monday and Tuesday this week. We have complained to RM customer services and they denied any problem.
charlie smirke
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9:55pm Thu 29 Mar 12
albion seagull
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9:56pm Thu 29 Mar 12
albion seagull
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9:58pm Thu 29 Mar 12
Metro Reader
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10:25pm Thu 29 Mar 12
.com/price-finder
the link above shows the target delivery times, 1st class is aimed for one day, 2nd class 3 days.
Perhaps if the Argos did not put so many FoI requests in then the Brighton post would be delivered.
leobrighton
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10:54pm Thu 29 Mar 12
jamie-hove
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9:31am Fri 30 Mar 12
Maxwell's Ghost
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10:22am Fri 30 Mar 12
Be careful what you wish for.
At least with RM deliveries you can collect undelivered parcels from the town centre unlike those idiots at HDN and other private delivery companies who I refuse to use.
newdeal
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4:43pm Sat 31 Mar 12
In the last few days that parcel and a lot of other post has been delivered. There appears to 3 postmen round here at the moment!
charlie smirke says...
10:31am Thu 29 Mar 12