Oh, UK Mail, what a brilliant service. Most things get sent to Holland before they get distributed (it's TNT AFAIK, based in Holland) and then they get sent back to UK, or other countries. I needed to produce some documents that I didn't have and asked for copies form the provider. It took 7 days for the documents to arrive, and by then I was into all sorts of costs and possible fines with the people who wanted to see them.
I had to sort out my father-in-law's estate, and waited 10 days for documents sent by UK Mail. In contrast, the ones posted via the Post Office arrived in two days, even with a second-class frank on them. UK Mail - if that's the competition they have to match, then I for one hope they never get privatised. Oh, and two of my relatives living abroad have been fined by HMRC because bills they were sent, that had to be paid within 28 days, didn't arrive for 29+ days because they were sent by - you've guessed it - UK Mail! You pay peanuts, you get monkeys...
And don't get me started on why local Post offices are so good for small communities, yet get closed for profit reasons. This Government are a bunch of idiots...
Keep Royal Mail as it is, get the Government's targets off its back, and let it provide a service.
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