What time does your post arrive?

[Geordielass]

It's gettin later and later here too, seen it arrive 3:30 b4 now!

 

[Barleymow]

before 8 on a Saturday rest of week any time from 9 to 5

 

[ARW]

The time is irrelevant, the postie hides next door until they see me jolly of to town to cash a cheque, as soon as I leave the deliver more cheques

 

[JD-Kid]

tuesday and friday weather dependt might get mail about 12-1 at the top other times mails 8 km away no probs to only get the mail once a week
cheque's getting uncommon realy most bank payments only seems to be govt departments still on the old system but yet want you to on line pay them

 

[GTB]

So the general consensus is that mail is arriving later generally? I too can see a time when a weekly delivery or collection will be the norm. Most abattoirs now paying by bacs and most urgent stuff sent by email these days. It looks like in time only legal documents will be delivered by post.

 

[yellow belly]

when they used to come on a bike we were last on the line so between 11 and 2 in the after noon
now on a van its between 8 and 9 in the morning so on the farm always earlier than it used to be

now live in the village and it depends which postie is on so 10 am or 12

most payments now by bacs so only have a hand full of cheques in a year

 

[JD-Kid]

talk of rural postie here dropping a day or 2 a week just less post most online not so many letters etc
most bills 20th of the month so dose not matter with them or people on line invoiceing for a lot of stuff

 

[North Coast]

The time is irrelevant, the postie hides next door until they see me jolly of to town to cash a cheque, as soon as I leave the deliver more cheques

I wish our postie would deliver more cheques - mostly junk mail here!. I fear for rural delivery longer term given that more commerce conducted by e-mail.

 

[Henarar]

Dinnertime

 

[Chae1]

Didn't think many people still using cheques.

Give our postie his due I remember seeing him running up farm roads during bad weather because his van couldn't make it up road and royal mail wouldn't give them winter tyres.

 

[GTB]

Dairy farm not far from here had contractors in pumping slurry. They had run the pipe along the farm drive and as the post van drove down the lane he caught the sump on one of the couplings. His van was literally full of slurry by the time the pump was turned off. Poor sod looked like a drowned rat.

 

[Samcowman]

Dinnertime

You don't get it till the evening??

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

About half one in the afternoon. Postie doesn't bother to go to the farmhouse at work, he leaves the post at the bungalow. Driving another 300 yards in his van is out of the question.

 

[kernowcluck]

Delivery at 3.30ish and collection once a day at 5pm and our posties are still in shorts!

 

[Flossie]

When I was a postie, my hours were 5am till 1pm. Royal Mail moved everyone on to a later start because 5-6 was a couple of pounds per hour better rate due to being "unsociable hours". It was to try to save money when they were on their backside.

As per other replies, depends who's on. Anywhere from 10am to 3pm.

 

[smcapstick]

Used to be 10am sharp, every day - it was like that for YEARS.

It has been rather erratic of late. Generally between 10.30am -12noon, sometimes as late as 12.30pm.

 

[TheRanger]

Between 8am and 9am which is good. But milk is collected anytime between midnight and 1am, which is a nightmare

 

[jemski]

Used to be 8.30 now between 11 - 12.
Postie is great. Always signs for stuff for me unless it looks official, then he will try to find me. Leaves packages hidden in the wood shed. The other day a courier had left something on my front door step. Postie saw it in the open when he delivered and hid it for me

 

[wdah/him]

Not seen postie for a week due to a little bit of snow on farm track. Obviously 400 mtrs each way is to far to walk.

its a policy in snow now, not sure what but heard our man say if anything happened it wouldnt have been worth it, people above. also the service ahs changed, all the part time farmers who are posties now cant get to the mart in time to buy cattle and stuff as is a later start and no longer task to finish.

bin men have it as bad, i bale for one and normally was blue bin and start at dinnertime, it was a task to finish but now 4.30 finish.

both services were before they messed them about.

post here when we get home

 

[Robigus]

The time is irrelevant, the postie hides next door until they see me jolly of to town to cash a cheque, as soon as I leave the deliver more cheques

Get paid by BACS. You'll never have to go to town again.