XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.politics.british   
   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <1141042375.521778.69300@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Maria   
    writes   
      
   >banana wrote:   
   >> If you send something by 'Royal' Mail recorded delivery, it will be   
   >> logged at various points during its journey, using a barcode.   
   >   
   >If it is, I don't know where they record the information. If a RD item   
   >never arrives, there is absolutely no information as to where it   
   >actually disappeared from the system, or that it was ever post.   
      
   I stand corrected.   
      
   Their phrase 'track and trace' is very misleading.   
      
   >Special   
   >Delivery journeys are recorded from the moment the person hands it over   
   >the PO counter, but annoyingly, they apparently now mark the item as   
   >having been received when it should have been, rather than when it   
   >actually is received, which leads to a lot of chasing about trying to   
   >find where the parcel has been delivered to, by mistake, when it hasn't   
   >actually been delivered at all.   
      
   Ridiculous, given that the sender has paid them to get a signature on   
   delivery, and to 'record' the actual delivery.   
      
   >> You can also phone up to check whether it's arrived.   
   >>   
   >> You get a recorded message saying they should be able to tell you within   
   >> FIVE DAYS of the day you sent it.   
   >   
   >That's when somebody can be bothered to enter the data on their   
   >computer.   
      
   Aren't they supposed to swipe the barcode at the time of delivery?   
      
   Otherwise, what is the barcode for?   
      
   >They have to be more careful with Special Deliveries because   
   >they are insured and they have to give some value back if lost.   
   >   
   >Also, the tickets say the item in Recorded Delivery parcels is covered   
   >for up to £28, but it says that it doesn't cover anything of value.   
   >What, of no value, could be worth up to £28?!   
      
   :-) Maybe an insurance company is taking large insurance premiums on a   
   policy they know will never (or very rarely) be paid out on...   
      
   a scam of which there are many examples in the UK...   
      
   ...e.g. 'would you like to insure against accidental breakage?' I mean,   
   imagine if you do so, accidentally drop it when you go out of the shop,   
   and then try to claim on the policy.   
      
   'Payment Protection Insurance' is another one. This accounts for 17% of   
   Lloyds TSB's profits.   
      
   >> The country's falling apart, isn't it?   
      
   >Not sure I'd go that far, but certainly for businesses like mine which   
   >rely on the (only) postal service to deliver to customers, it causes a   
   >lot of problems and loss of earnings too.   
      
   I'd be interested to know what happens when you post something by   
   recorded delivery, keep the receipt, and then the item goes missing?   
      
   --   
   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
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