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Old 26th October 2009, 11:21 PM
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Thumbs up Postal strike: How is it affecting mail delivery?

We sent 500 postcards to addresses around the UK. How long did they take to arrive? Bills left unpaid, packages not received, job applications missing deadlines: the national postal strike, which started last Thursday, is liable to cause untold disruption to Royal Mail's service. To monitor the...

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Default Re: Postal strike: How is it affecting mail delivery?

How long do you think before it is privatised? Are we talking weeks/months or years?
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Default Re: Postal strike: How is it affecting mail delivery?

I've had no post at all for over a week now, I'm hoping that I start to get post soon, as I'm expectating paperwork for courses I'm delivering and cheques for work that I have done.
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Default Re: Postal strike: How is it affecting mail delivery?

I haven't really noticed anything different, perhaps Bolton hasn't been affected too badly. Although I don't think we have received a Lovefilm for a while

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