I placed an order 30 Sept and it only arrived today (10 Oct). Had been sent 1st class so not the vendors fault. Just put it down to what's going on with RM at the mo.

Biggas are really feeling the weight of RM delays right now and will be doing so for some time by the looks of it. We need to be patient and cut vendors some slack. If it’s sent it’s sent and virtually all orders will eventually arrive.
That said there is no reason for you not to protect your coin by raising a dispute during the dispute window shown on the order page. If it arrives you can cancel the dispute.
Vendors will be understandably reluctant to reship orders that are just delayed by strikes.
We just need the mindset that orders will take longer whilst not being shy to protect our coin via escrow.

Do we know what the impact is on NDD specials? Is it likely to be NDD willing to pay the extra if it comes through

I guess they’ll have priority but still won’t be delivered on strike days, just asap afterwards….

there's another thread about the 16 days of november royal mail strike. that's more than half a month of strike action - i used to be a postie, supporting the pay raise