Royal Mail From the UK slow
Mar 27th 2011, 12:55 am
#16
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
I received a card from the Uk for my birthday! It took 6 months to get here from the post mark on the envelope
Mar 27th 2011, 1:27 am
#17
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
I'm waiting on a parcel for my birthday from Mum, mailed one month ago, usually takes a week or so, she ended up telling me everything that was in it seeing my birthday came and went 
Now I want my parcel, it has sweets in as well as M&S tee shirts.
Now I want my parcel, it has sweets in as well as M&S tee shirts.
Mar 27th 2011, 1:54 am
#18
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
Took 6 weeks for a UK-US envelope to turn up recently - and 2 days for a US-to-UK envelope to get there 
Mar 27th 2011, 11:19 pm
#19
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
I had loads of problems before Christmas and just into the new year, but have had all small packets from the UK arrive in four to eight days since. Last one I got was postmarked in the UK Monday 14th March and arrived in California on Saturday 19th March. These are bubblewrap envelopes though, not parcels.
Mar 28th 2011, 5:12 am
#20
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
My husband worked for the Royal Mail for 12 years. He says they've really gone down the tubes! My mother inlaw mailed us a letter airsure which was "guaranteed in 4 days" It took 10! When I mailed a package priority in the US and it got there a day later than promised they refunded the money. My mother in law tried that in the UK and they wouldn't do anything !
Mar 28th 2011, 1:08 pm
#21
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
My brother posted me a parcel on Saturday 26th March so I will say when it arrives! Recently had a parcel delivered via UPS that took two days to get from the UK to USA. Couldnt have been faster!
Apr 1st 2011, 7:38 pm
#22
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
Still waiting..............
Apr 2nd 2011, 12:05 am
#23
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
Finally got package posted 7th March today!
Lucky you.
Apr 2nd 2011, 10:58 pm
#25
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
Lucky you.
I'm still waiting on my birthday stuff.
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Apr 4th 2011, 12:48 pm
#26
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
Same story here. My mom had sent me 2 DVDs for Christmas but mailed it after Christmas to avoid the rush. They arrived about 6 weeks later. Normally it would have taken a week to 10 days. Looks like the RM have shot themselves in the foot. This is a taster of what will happen if all inbound international freight has to be x-rayed and inspected at every location. Currently the private couriers (FedEX, UPS & DHL) don't do this although FedEx do x-ray in Memphis.
Apr 4th 2011, 1:54 pm
#27
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
First class stamps have risen 5p to 46p today.
Not really relevant to those abroad though!
Not really relevant to those abroad though!
Apr 5th 2011, 1:31 am
#28
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
ive got two parcels incoming from my mum - both small - and they have already been 3 weeks or so.
Apr 8th 2011, 2:44 pm
#30
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Re: Royal Mail From the UK slow
My parcel, posted on Saturday 26th March sent via Royal Mail arrived yesterday so took 9 working days. Not too bad!
Anything which comes via DHL seems to take about 3 days, they are fast and you can track every move, unlike RM`s tracking which is useless once it leaves British soil!
Anything which comes via DHL seems to take about 3 days, they are fast and you can track every move, unlike RM`s tracking which is useless once it leaves British soil!