Parcelforce deliver today?

nichorob · 2 Apr 2010 at 08:17

Morning,

Sorry for the dull thread. Ordered an item yesterday with next day delivery but just checked the tracking and it shows this:

02-04-2010 07:25 Charlton Depot Out for delivery
02-04-2010 07:18 Charlton Depot Arrived at delivery depot
02-04-2010 00:39 National Hub Sorted in hub

They wouldn't deliver on a bank holiday would they?

POB · 2 Apr 2010 at 08:18

nichorob said:
They wouldn't deliver on a bank holiday would they?

No.

nichorob · 2 Apr 2010 at 08:20

Thought not, thanks, don't know what is up with the tracking then.

spydermixx · 2 Apr 2010 at 08:26

Their tracking system doesn't seem to like weekends or bank holidays and will usually tell you it is out for delivery when it isn't.

PhilthyPhil · 2 Apr 2010 at 09:10

At a guess I would say it has been loaded onto the van by thursday night workers. The van will then sit there for a day because drivers do not work on friday.

Abraham · 2 Apr 2010 at 09:23

although i wouldnt be expecting it don't be too surprised if it comes, more businesses than i've ever seen before are operating as normal today, even just had my bins collected!

MiNxYyY · 2 Apr 2010 at 11:05

I've just received a parcel from Citylink, had my bins collected and have post

indup · 2 Apr 2010 at 11:39

MiNxYyY said:
I've just received a parcel from Citylink, had my bins collected and have post

redditch where the rich folk live.

Greenlizard0 · 2 Apr 2010 at 11:42

So Royal Mail are working today? We've had nothing so far. Waiting for something to come through that's a redelivery; Royal Mail's website allowed me to select today.

Abraham · 2 Apr 2010 at 11:48

indup said:
redditch where the rich folk live.

I've had 2 out of the 3 in Moss Side, where not many rich people live

Lunatic Dreyfus · 2 Apr 2010 at 12:16

MiNxYyY said:
I've just received a parcel from Citylink, had my bins collected and have post

My Redditch comrades must be fools. :eek:

I suppose it must be a local agreement. Suckers!

Lopéz · 2 Apr 2010 at 12:47

PhilthyPhil said:
At a guess I would say it has been loaded onto the van by thursday night workers. The van will then sit there for a day because drivers do not work on friday.

Correct - they "fully load" the van the night before (or early in the morning) and then it won't go anywhere until Tuesday. Some tracking solutions interpret the fully loaded scan as an out for delivery message (ours does the same)

No couriers will be delivering today unless the depots have made local agreements with their drivers.

nichorob · 2 Apr 2010 at 13:40

Yes that's what I guessed. It's being delivered tomorrow though rather than Tuesday.

indup · 2 Apr 2010 at 17:35

Abraham said:
I've had 2 out of the 3 in Moss Side,

where the minorities live.

Souljacker · 2 Apr 2010 at 17:39

Parcelforce are bad for that, it's a little misleading tbh. I had something "loaded onto van for delivery" on Monday, but I didn't get the item 'til yesterday.

Windle · 2 Apr 2010 at 19:05

Greenlizard0 said:
So Royal Mail are working today? We've had nothing so far. Waiting for something to come through that's a redelivery; Royal Mail's website allowed me to select today.

I got mail this morning, postie woke me up actually!

PhilthyPhil · 2 Apr 2010 at 19:11

I expect some offices have agreed locally to work the bank holiday friday in exchange for saturday off. Makes sense as they then get 3 days off in a row and all the mail is sorted on the thursday night anyway.