ianparkin   11 #1 Posted September 10, 2020 I bought an expensive item and the shop sent it Royal Mail 24 hour service on Mondays afternoon it sat in London until Tuesday evening then at 4 am on Wednesday it was at sheffield mc didnt come to me at midnight Wednesday this was on the tracking :-  We're holding this item at Sheffield South DO. We’ve received a request not to deliver mail to the property your item is addressed to today. We'll attempt delivery as per the instructions we’ve received, which is usually on the next working day.  anyone any idea what this means? tracking now says to be delivered today ( Thursday) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Arnold_Lane   0 #2 Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) 50 minutes ago, ianparkin said: I bought an expensive item and the shop sent it Royal Mail 24 hour service on Mondays afternoon it sat in London until Tuesday evening then at 4 am on Wednesday it was at sheffield mc didnt come to me at midnight Wednesday this was on the tracking :-  We're holding this item at Sheffield South DO. We’ve received a request not to deliver mail to the property your item is addressed to today. We'll attempt delivery as per the instructions we’ve received, which is usually on the next working day.  anyone any idea what this means? tracking now says to be delivered today ( Thursday) Probably means an error in the original delivery date they stated.  Had payment cleared? Edited September 10, 2020 by Arnold_Lane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ianparkin   11 #3 Posted September 10, 2020 Yes of course payment had been made shop posted and shows on tracking but then hung around in london then hung around in sheffield strange message on the tracking re someone asked for not to deliver  probably post office speak for we messed up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Arnold_Lane   0 #4 Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, ianparkin said: Yes of course payment had been made shop posted and shows on tracking but then hung around in london then hung around in sheffield strange message on the tracking re someone asked for not to deliver  probably post office speak for we messed up I didn't ask if payment had been made - I asked if it had cleared; that can take a couple of days. You said it was an expensive item.  Anyway, it's probably an error on RM's part and the request not to deliver was made by RM themselves.   Edited September 10, 2020 by Arnold_Lane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   213 #5 Posted September 11, 2020 It sounds like an error. That kind of notice occurs when a postman feels in danger or threatened at a property, usually by a dog. So someone higher up goes to deliver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Arnold_Lane   0 #6 Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, alchresearch said: It sounds like an error. That kind of notice occurs when a postman feels in danger or threatened at a property, usually by a dog. So someone higher up goes to deliver. Or, the premises has made a request to not receive post/parcels on a Saturday because it’s an office (for example) and is empty at the weekend.  Did it arrive OP?   Edited September 11, 2020 by Arnold_Lane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tinfoilhat   11 #7 Posted September 11, 2020 Or the sender didn't put enough postage on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Resident   1,185 #8 Posted September 13, 2020 It's Royal Fail / Parcel Farce.  I've recently received a parcel that was posted RM24.  It was posted by the merchant on 04/04/20.  You complain and all the do is a meaningless gesture of a few stamps. There's seemingly no accountability within RM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw   89 #9 Posted September 13, 2020 On 10/09/2020 at 11:31, ianparkin said: strange message on the tracking re someone asked for not to deliver  probably post office speak for we messed up Don't blame Post Office. PO nowadays runs just the sub-office counters, via sub-Postmasters/Postmistresses. Royal Mail is an entirely separate plc business and has been for years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Pyrotequila   401 #10 Posted December 16, 2020 To save me from starting a whole new topic for one simple question, I'll piggyback on this one.  Does anyone know what "PSC South Yorkshire" is when it comes to tracking a parcel?  I know that all the post is being hugely delayed at the moment, but this parcel has been traveeling through the system since the 10th, even though it was meant to be a Tracked 48 hour parcel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MuteWitness   10 #11 Posted December 16, 2020 parcel sorting centre Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Pyrotequila   401 #12 Posted December 16, 2020 27 minutes ago, MuteWitness said: parcel sorting centre Is it that temporary one they'd made in the old B&Q down Darnall like last year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...