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dryfterW.T.F. is the Royal Mail up to??
I've had two small parcels sent to me from Cambridge to London recently. (That's about 70 miles for those of you not familiar with the distances.)
Both of these took 4 days to arrive, on the "next day" service. For crying out loud, it's only down the road!
I posted two parcels out to Australia - one on the "normal" service (normally 1-2 weeks), and one on the "slow" service because it was a heavy one (normally takes a couple of months).
The Aussie packages *both* got there in about 7 days. (I'm guessing I scored a "free upgrade" to airmail on the surface-mail one).
So, the long-haul packages travelled at an average speed of 119 km/hr, whereas the packages exclusively handled by the Royal Mail moved at a massive 1.15 km/hr. (OK, so this is easily explained by the fact one of them travelled by air, but still.. it's interesting to try thinking of distances in the world by time-to-post rather than actual physical range. Imagine if Adelaide, Australia really was a little further away than Cambridge? Damn, I'd be on the beach RIGHT NOW!)
I've had two small parcels sent to me from Cambridge to London recently. (That's about 70 miles for those of you not familiar with the distances.)
Both of these took 4 days to arrive, on the "next day" service. For crying out loud, it's only down the road!
I posted two parcels out to Australia - one on the "normal" service (normally 1-2 weeks), and one on the "slow" service because it was a heavy one (normally takes a couple of months).
The Aussie packages *both* got there in about 7 days. (I'm guessing I scored a "free upgrade" to airmail on the surface-mail one).
So, the long-haul packages travelled at an average speed of 119 km/hr, whereas the packages exclusively handled by the Royal Mail moved at a massive 1.15 km/hr. (OK, so this is easily explained by the fact one of them travelled by air, but still.. it's interesting to try thinking of distances in the world by time-to-post rather than actual physical range. Imagine if Adelaide, Australia really was a little further away than Cambridge? Damn, I'd be on the beach RIGHT NOW!)
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Date: 2006-12-16 09:12 pm (UTC)They are far busier than usual just before Christmas. Still it's not like it's unexpected, they can in theory plan for it.
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Date: 2006-12-16 09:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-17 11:13 am (UTC)Maybe the Royal Mail Parcel Sorting office has been outsourced to, perhaps, India. Hence the wait.
Let's face it, everything else has.
Of course, I just mailed a copy of the magazine I write for to my family in Australia, and between Royal Mail and Australia Post I'm confidently expecting them to receive it, at the latest, by January 2nd.
2023.
-J
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