Recorded delivery

[missprim]

Among my post today was an envelope which had a recorded delivery sticker with 'Signed for' on it.
It was sent this way because there was something of value inside.
Is the Postman supposed to push this through my letterbox when there was nobody here to actually sign for it?

[Mamyalynne]

No

[douglas9401]

No, but it does save a "why doesn't the postie give us enough time to answer the door/I had to go all the way to the sorting office" saga.

[magicmick]

He should have left you a form, asking you to collect it or arrange for redelivery

[missprim]

Can Posties ask a neighbour to sign for it or does it have to be signed for by someone at my address?

[dotty.]

i've had the same thing before now, the postman apparently signed on my behalf, good of him eh?

[boxtops]

It has to be signed for by the person it's addressed to

[boxtops]

..(or rather, someone at the address it's addressed to, my OH can sign for mine)

[jno]

I've had that, though the postman didn't actually deliver it as such, more sort of dropped it in the street 100 yards away. A neighbour found it and delivered it instead (but he didn't ask for a signature either).

[jno]

I've signed for the people upstairs occasionally without any specific authorisation. Do you have anyone in the same house who might have signed for you?

If not, it's as magicmick says.

[boxtops]

I've had this happen to me though - no form, just the letter poked through. I complained to the sorting office, it happened twice in one week, it was a trainee who had forgotten to take his electronic signy-thing out on his walk with him.

[magicmick]

It saves him a lot of mither back at the sorting office if he signes it, but he can get in trouble if found out it is not good practice for him to do, as the sender can ask for a copy of the signature.

[missprim]

jno I live on my own in a bungalow so there was definitely nobody from this address that could have signed for it.
Our postie always folds everything in half and leaves it sticking half out of the letterbox. It's possible he may have done this today as there was a 'menu' from the local takeaway also, so it's possible who delivered this might have pushed my post through first.

[boxtops]

He shouldn't leave it sticking out either - dellivery rules say "through" the letterbox, not "stuffed in".

[magicmick]

Standards certainly seem to be slipping at RM reading these threads, leaving mail sticking out again is bad practice the guy who delivered the advert could have stolen the RD, it can also inform thieves that there is no one in, do you have a box behind the letter box they some times stop the mail going through

[missprim]

No there is no box behind the letterbox and it's not a difficult letterbox to post through. When one of my neighbours asked why he didn't push the post right through he said it was so she didn't have to bend down to pick it up off the floor!
I did report him once though as I came home one day and pulled my letters out from the outside and in one of them was a cheque for £300.
Royal Mail apologised and sent me a book of stamps!

[TOWIE]

Royal Mail workers also take Recorded Delivery stickers off envelopes and just shove letters through your door if they can't be bothered to knock. My son was told to do this when he was a casual during his student days.

[missprim]

Good for you methyl.

[slinkycat]

Think posties must be specially trained in letter folding these days as ours does it too. He actually managed to fold a CD-ROM (from my son's new employers) in half before he stuffed it halfway through the letterbox!

[Dee Sa]

no matter how much you complain to the sorting office they have an answer/excuse waiting for you.
Even if you complain post office driver did a "v sign" to you over his driving they have an answer - the driver was indicating there are only two lanes ! My brother was the trouble shooter at the main London office [ now retired], you wouldnt believe the stories.