Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Missing Mail
Dear Harringay Ladder residents, we've think we might have a problem with official mail (e.g bills, statements) not being delivered - particularly in March - has anyone else in the area experienced a similar problem?
Thanks.
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Tags for Forum Posts: mail delivery problems, royal mail
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Permalink Reply by OneWomanAndHerDog on
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Hi
Not sure if anything is missing but a letter from a pension company has just come through our door fully opened! I've lodged a complaint via the Royal Mail website. I also mentioned that the security of our post was subject to discussion on a community website. Perhaps you could do the same? Pester power!
Helen
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Permalink Reply by Caroline on
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I'm not aware of anything recently but we've lost quite a few things over the last couple of years - travel tickets, premium bond certificates ... and I no longer have a cheque book because one was intercepted and used fraudulently. I'm very careful now about knowing when to expect things and acting quickly if they don't arrive.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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I live in a block of 8 flats and the postmen frequently deliver mail incorrectly to us ( 390 instead of 290 etc.. ) Since nobody else in the block can be bothered to do anything about this spurious mail, I usually take it and deliver it.
If my neighbours' couldn't-care-less attitude is widespread there's probably a lot of mail being dumped into the waste bins.
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Permalink Reply by Alison P on
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I went though a stage of getting lots of mail for the house in Allison road with the same number as where I live on Seymour Road. Am guessing my first name just got too confusing!
By the way, did anyone else see this piece about Royal Mail rubber bands and proposals to fine postal workers for dropping them on the streets?
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Permalink Reply by Birdy_Too on
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I wouldn't say it was always the posties, there is a long line of PO folk handling your mail before it gets to the person who delivers it.
We too have had mail disapearing but not recently, touch wood. I don't use regular mao
I'd I can help it and send recorded if it's valuble.
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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I'm in Tottenham not Harringay, but I have loads of problems with my post. Before I moved here I don't think I ever lost any, but now I try not to get anything of value sent non-recorded. The rule somewhere in the sequence of sorting offices/delivery people is, see if if the envelope bends. If it doesn't, steal it. I've lost credit cards, payment books, officialese letters. Best one was one of those irritating unwanted credit card cheques which got cashed for £9200.
I also get loads of mail for the wrong address - anything with 19a for anywhere in N15 seems to come to me. I do put these back in the post but I wonder if the other 19a's do the same.
I despair that something so essential is no longer to be trusted. What are we supposed to do? - especially if you're trying to run a business and need it to be reliable. Cant send everything Recorded, and even if I did, it's the missing incoming stuff that is most worrying.
A couple of years ago a bunch of thieving posties got busted when a run of cheap shops somewhere near White Hart Lane was raided and found to be stuffed to the ceiling with sacks of stolen post - benefit books, bank cards etc. This was meant to result in an enquiry into how such a thing had happened, anyone know the result?
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Permalink Reply by Anette on
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I had so many problems and I complained so much we ended up getting a new postman! He's still here, and he's great. The old one was rubbish. I contacted Postwatch, who did a great job respresenting me with the local post office.
Long story for someone at the next social if you're that interested.
Postwatch is now a part of consumer direct, more here:
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/about/organisations_we_work_with/U...
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Permalink Reply by David Barry on
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Nice to hear good things about PostWatch: I was a member of the Greater London Committee and we had a really good staff - an excellent area manager and assistant who were great at following up peoples postal issues. Both made redundant when PostWatch was closed. The decision to close PostWatch, which was a response by the Government to lobbying from Royal Mail (!) lost consumers a dedicated body to represent them. I speak no ill of Consumer Direct but they simply do not have the specialist focus which PostWatch provided.
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WHAT? Really? Is that what happened? PostWatch were really, really great, followed up and made a real difference. No wonder the Royal Mail wanted shot of you guys, you must have been a pain in their backsides. And rightfully so. No, Consumder Direct has no way of dealing with issues as well as PostWatch did. What a shame!
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Am resuscitating this old post because at least three birthday cards that were sent to my husband a few weeks back didn't arrive (cause of potentially major family rift on Facebook!).
All from Lancs, but not the same postboxes. Surely something wrong at this end? Anyone else been having problems recently?
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Permalink Reply by Danzigger on
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Pfft! Our post has been rubbish since the day we moved in. We frequently get mail for other houses on the street or other streets nearby. Every so often we get mail dropped in by nieghbours who have received it in error - but for anything remotely important I use my office address.
I've complained to the post office who have promised that their people are looking at it, but frankly I wouldn't trust them to post a letter, never mind deliver one.
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