Instruciton for the postman

Pawnless Endgame

Pawnless Endgame

Pawnless Endgame

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A small first world problem is nagging me at the moment. The previous owner of my house left a 'beware of the dog' sign on my gate. My parents advised me to leave it on even though I'm dog-less. For the 6 years I've been here, the postie has always entered the gate and used my letterbox no probs. Seems like they've changed local posties now as for the last 2 weeks, they've been leaving mail at my gate. Sometimes they stick it on the handle so that it holds there or they'll shove it under the gate (6" gap). A couple of items that I was expecting haven't arrived including an SD card. Am I within my right to stick this note on my gate?

To the postman: please use my door as normal. Items left at my gate have gone missing including computer memory. I don't have a dog. Thanks.
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Plus, I'm going to Devon today for 4 days, so I obviously don't want stuff hanging around for people to see/steal for 4 days.

I couldn't find anything on Royal Mail's web site about leaving instructions for an address, so I thought 'quick, to the internetz'.

Thanks.
 
Monserrat said:
A small first world problem is nagging me at the moment. The previous owner of my house left a 'beware of the dog' sign on my gate. My parents advised me to leave it on even though I'm dog-less. For the 6 years I've been here, the postie has always entered the gate and used my letterbox no probs. Seems like they've changed local posties now as for the last 2 weeks, they've been leaving mail at my gate. Sometimes they stick it on the handle so that it holds there or they'll shove it under the gate (6" gap). A couple of items that I was expecting haven't arrived including an SD card. Am I within my right to stick this note on my gate?



Plus, I'm going to Devon today for 4 days, so I obviously don't want stuff hanging around for people to see/steal for 4 days.

I couldn't find anything on Royal Mail's web site about leaving instructions for an address, so I thought 'quick, to the internetz'.

Thanks.
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Take the sign down?
 
Take down the sign or put something else over it. Or, if you want the sign to stay to make the local hoodlums think twice about burglarising your Haribo stash, get a lockable mailbox and fix it to your gate/gate pier/wall.
 
Put third sign up that says To all people who aren't postman; I do have a dog, it's big, it smells, licks it's **** and eats babies for breakfast.

This would seem the most efficent course of events................... Oh wait..................
 
Royal Mail do a service where they hold your post whilst you're away on holiday, when you notify them of your return deliveries resume.
 
Okay, I'll take both signs off the gate, but it'll have to be after Devon now because the dog sign is part of the gate and I'll need to get my tradesman buddy to sort that one.

Yeah my parents' reasoning was what Edrof said here, about local chavs. It's ok with couriers because I can pop an instruction on the consignment. Just can't do it with RM.

LOL @ TheMightyTen. GD delivers :p
 
Monserrat said:
GD delivers :p
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By way of ample recompense, might I be suggesting the postage of an image of photography that depicts some fair maiden? Not for my beneficiaries, of course, but instead to placate the red-blooded sea dogs that lurk, dagger betwixt rotten teeth, amongst GD's threads. They do love a buxom missy.
 
Put the sign up, but then put up another one saying 'I might actually have a dog. I could be lying' just so you have the best of both worlds. I assume your gate is big enough for 3 signs?
 
Also... we all know you're on holiday and away from home (which doesn't have a dog) so we're going to go rob you :)

Have a nice day.

(Not disclosing your address is not an issue to the OcUK detectives... ;) )
 
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