Just spoke to the Postie, he said they have 1.5 million parcels in circulation in Mail and contractor vans because they have no more trolley storage, and they only have half as many people working as they can’t share vans. He also said they are delivering on Sundays now until Christmas, and that just because he doesn’t have it doesn’t mean it won’t come in a van later.

I guess we shouldn’t be too hard on them then... thanks for the great info!

Yes im waiting on 3 orders,1 just arrived so hopfully more tomoro or monday,defo slow atm

Yes waiting on orders from two vendors, both a day overdue (so far) compared to their usual timeframe.

1st class is taking about 4 days here. 2nd class weeks. royal mail updates frequently say not all mail could be processed or even fit it all onto transit.

Hi kickass420. And to all..Special NDD delivery all the way..in December..or people will be disappointed come xmas time..my brother a postman for 20 years.and even first class items.already up to a weeks delay..wouldnt even use 2nd class ...just a bit of friendly advice biggers .if the vendor you order off doesnt do special Delivery option..find one that does .or ask them to consider it!!!.
DONT be waiting for your orders until.after xmas .If you order late.and expect 1st class items to arrive intime...my friendly advice is order this weekend.if you plan to use 1st class...to avoid any disapointments :-))

agreed. though had a couple special deliverys miss the delivery day. that's checking the stamped date to when I received it. usually shows on the tracking to. most miss or barely make the 4pm guarantee either. the amount I've spent on postage alone just to guarantee an ok delivery time this year. yet probably up there with yodel on how shit they are. I don't blame the postie though. shitty times we're in and doesn't help the RM have to keep one eye on their stock price now.

Hi kickass mate.yer no exactly what your saying. it can get costly using special Delivery each time.especially when its not always on time.but can safely say they do turn up..at this time of the year its a safer bet than normal post or first class..and yer cant put all blame on posties..they do there best I suppose..they do get rammed with deliverys and loads packages.I was a postman for 9years myself while ago.know how it can be at this time of the year..!!!.id be still happy even if a special Delivery was a day late.than wait a week or more for 1st class items.nowt worse than your weed turning up beginning of the new year..and it does happen!!.think cut off for 1st class is normally around the 20th December?.ill have ordered my xmas stash well before then lol!!!.have a good 1 kickass..

I have hardly received any mail for over 2 weeks, pretty frustrating.
Still waiting on an order I made on the 24th, and I moved out yesterday...

Hi Raw thanks for the vote respect:-))
R u still waiting on your order Raw??..hope you get it soon!!.and if you say you moved out??.best to put a redirection in at royal mail mate.. Good advice is just use special Delivery ND Raw to avoid waiting and being disappointed .take it easy mate..jb

Yeah, I'm in the same situation. Ordered from two vendors, one last Thursday and one on Sunday. Still no sign of either order as of Friday evening, although worryingly I've been receiving other mail as normal.

Mine tend to take 4 days max so I think it’s defo different areas with the higher levels of lockdown effecting the pace of the post.
Bloody nightmare. X( Even re supplying for me atleast has been a problem.. took my plug an extra week to come up with my reload.

Xmas delays started at the start of November. In my experience they only really apply to normal delivery options[1st/2nd class], where NDD was delayed one day once or twice. The problem with Christmas 'delays' are that there are Xmas Temp workers (who like to help themselves) and they show as lost in the system or still on the way and never show delivered, making it hard to figure if it's been seized or stolen.

2nd class arriving quicker than 1st class here! Work that one out

I was i formed off postman that they are running 2 day delay, true to his word mine came today n normally would of been thursday so seems pretty accurate, hope this helps