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Slow Certs delivery
« on: Sunday 02 January 11 11:23 GMT (UK) »
I live in Ireland, after deserting England for a quieter life.

If I order certs from the GRO, they generally take 7-8 days to arrive. (I am OK with this.).

10 days before Christmas I did a bit of online shopping at Amazon.   It was a large item, but arrived in under 3 days from time of ordering it. :o

Perhaps I should order my certs boxed up. ;D


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Re: Slow Certs delivery
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 02 January 11 11:44 GMT (UK) »
Over the christmas holiday period, I have found GRO excellent and fast on the speed of delivery.

It may be your mail service which is slow.
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Re: Slow Certs delivery
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 02 January 11 11:48 GMT (UK) »
As I live abroad(Southern Ireland), I accept that there is a difference compared to the British mainland.

But it doesn't explain the time difference between letters and parcels.

The 7-8 day cert delivery remains pretty constant throughout the year.

I find it amusing myself, another of those quirks of life. ;D
Ives, Stevens, Allen, Smith, King, Wooster, Elwood from Monks and Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Wendover, Great Missenden, Bledlow, Horsenden, Saunderton, West Wycombe, High Wycombe, Lacey Green, Longwick, Illmer,  Hughenden, Prestwood, The Kimbles, Haslemere, Bradenham, Aston Clinton and more......!!  Plus a whole host of Oxfordshire areas.
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Re: Slow Certs delivery
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 02 January 11 11:59 GMT (UK) »
Is this a suggestion that Amazon should run the GRO ..........  ;) ;D ;D

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Re: Slow Certs delivery
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 02 January 11 12:01 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: nigelp on Sunday 02 January 11 11:59 GMT (UK)
Is this a suggestion that Amazon should run the GRO ..........  ;) ;D ;D

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  In my experience amazon are rubbish.
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Re: Slow Certs delivery
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 02 January 11 12:34 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: nigelp on Sunday 02 January 11 11:59 GMT (UK)
Is this a suggestion that Amazon should run the GRO ..........  ;) ;D ;D

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 ;D ;D ;D......I don't think so, but if they did, we could get full refund if we didn't like the 'product'. ;D
Ives, Stevens, Allen, Smith, King, Wooster, Elwood from Monks and Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Wendover, Great Missenden, Bledlow, Horsenden, Saunderton, West Wycombe, High Wycombe, Lacey Green, Longwick, Illmer,  Hughenden, Prestwood, The Kimbles, Haslemere, Bradenham, Aston Clinton and more......!!  Plus a whole host of Oxfordshire areas.
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Re: Slow Certs delivery
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 02 January 11 13:42 GMT (UK) »
You might find that GRO was closed for quite a few days over Christmas and New Year, whereas Amazon was still available. 

I have always found Amazon brilliant at delivering orders, apart from this Christmas when they seem to have been held up by the Royal Mail.  However, when I advised them on Christmas Eve that a parcel despatched on 11 December hadn't arrived, they instantly refunded the payment I'd made them and sent me an e-mail telling me what to do if the parcel arrived.  It did, of course, a couple of days ago, so I clicked onto the link to Amazon and was able to print off a return note and an pre-paid address label.  Amazon it seems are is taking the blame for all the late Royal Mail deliveries.

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