Further erosion of postal service
From:
Stephanie Jenkins
Date:
May 05 07:18 UTC
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I don’t think we are currently destined to lose any post offices in Headington
and Marston, are we? So anyone concerned with the loss of post offices
elsewhere in the country might make more of an impact by going to the Post
Office Closures National Action Group at http://www.postofficeclosures.org.uk/
and contributing to their forum (second link down on the left).
That’s not to say we don’t have a lot to complain about with our *local* postal
services. The inaccessibility of the sorting office when you have to go to
collect mail annoys most people, but is particularly difficult for those who
don’t have a car, as there is no direct bus service from Headington to
Littlemore.
And a word of warning: if you miss the delivery of a parcel on a Saturday,
don’t attempt to collect it until Tuesday morning (*three* days later), even
though the standard card says that items will be available for collection 24
hours after the delivery attempt. I cycled over to Ledgers Close at 8.30am
one Monday to collect a Saturday package, but was told that the 24-hour rule
doesn’t apply at the weekend. And when I asked where my parcel physically
was, they said it had been safely locked up in Headington Post Office all
weekend and would be brought back to Ledgers Close during the course of Monday
morning!
I refused to pay a 50p fee so that it could be brought from Headington Post
Office to Ledgers Close and then sent back to Headington Post Office for me to
collect, as I reckon the fewer journeys a parcel makes, the less chance there
is of it getting lost.
(I am not sure if this also applies to Marston: do you have to collect your
parcels from Littlemore as well?)
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