Guess what ?
Bl**dy Royal Mail strike again !!
Got a card on Saturday, informing me a parcel was at the mail sorting office, awaiting collection, as there was a charge of £4.10 for un-paid postage, which included a £1.50 handling charge - I thought that's what RM were supposed to do, handle mail ?!!!!
Went there today, paid the fee (had no choice), collected the parcel, and noted there was a 'Signed For' label on the package, which is Recorded Delivery, but no stamps or postage franks.
This means that the parcel had passed over the counter at the sending office, and must have been paid for. So, either some lazy bar steward hadn't bothered to do the job properly, and affix the stamps, or maybe he/she pocketed the fee.
Sent evidence to the seller, who has immediately re-funded the charge, and is going to play merry hell with his local Post Office.
So once again, sloppy service and 'don't give a s*it' attitudes, caused me to venture out, in the bitterly cold wind, to collect, and pay for, a parcel that should have been delivered last Friday !!
Services and businesses these days need a bl**dy big kick up the Rs, and do, properly, what they're charging for !!