UncleEbenezer wrote:Midsmartin wrote:Anecdotally - I've sent two things by Special delivery in the last 6 months, guaranteed to be delivered, tracked, by 1pm the next day.
The first one took 5 days to arrive, after just disappearing, with no tracking updates for 3 days.
The second one, last weekend did precisely the same. It was an important document that we really needed to get there on Monday, and it arrived on Friday. By Wednesday we had to jump through hoops to obtain a replacement document. Next tine I am going to get in my car and drive 90 miles to deliver it by hand. I can't trust Royal Mail to do it
Don't say that! I sent something special delivery just today for (so far as I recollect) the first time ever, and they've promised Monday morning delivery.
Arrived already. False alarm.
And it wasn't even an epic post office queue when I sent it!