Southern Ireland postage

[bobmac]

I sent a V-Easy to an address near Dublin 2 weeks ago yesterday and apparently, is still hasn't arrived.
I wondered if anyone knew if this is normal as I seem to remember sending one near there a few years ago and it took about 3 weeks to get there.
Thanks in advance

 

[chris661]

Something's seem to take an age when other things take a few days.

My parents were waiting on something for 5 weeks from an aunt in Scotland before but I seem to get most things a good bit quicker. Depends on the mood of the postie I think

 

[c1973]

Maybe the postmans horse has a gammy leg or the cart has a broken wheel.

 

[guest100718]

Maybe the postmans horse has a gammy leg or the cart has a broken wheel.

I was just thinking the very same thing.

 

[bladeplayer]

I sent a V-Easy to an address near Dublin 2 weeks ago yesterday and apparently, is still hasn't arrived.
I wondered if anyone knew if this is normal as I seem to remember sending one near there a few years ago and it took about 3 weeks to get there.
Thanks in advance

It does sound a "bit" long but it Wouldnt Surprise me at all Bob , could bounce around between Post offices before someone actually takes it in hand , too many , head , regional and local post offices , so it can take a while .. especially if its a country address ..

 

[MegaSteve]

especially if its a country address ..

What like 'Third house on the right down the lane after the white painted farmhouse on the road to...'

Had several like that during my e-baying days and the item always found its way there :thup:...

 

[bladeplayer]

Ha ha yea the one after the green gate with the 2 horses ha . no post delivered since one horse died last year ..

Nah mate it can get bounced around between , post office areas that may border each other .

 

[palindromicbob]

Hopefully it will be better when they finally get the postcode system in place.

 

[smange]

2 weeks!!

Is that all?

I got a Christmas card in last week of March that was posted in Scotland a week before Christmas.

It can take a while for some reason which is the Irish way but then again on the other hand you can get your passport in 10 days

 

[LanDog]

Last summer I was driving around the severe backroads of Donegal and noticed a postman pulling out of a driveway a couple of hundred yards ahead, when I say backroad, I mean my car was lucky to fit on it by itself never mind a post van as well!

So I was expecting him to pull into the lay-by just ahead of him as there was nowhere for me to pull in.

Anyway, he just came trundling on, until we were nearly nose to nose, travelling at about 10 mile an hour to be fair, but then he looked up and seen me as he reversed back he put his window down to talk, he apologised and said he was distracted because he had just found out that his brother-in-laws fishing boat had hit rocks and he had to be airlifted, so he had been checking his phone and wasn't paying attention to the road.


Anyway, that's my insight into the Irish Postal System

 

[bobmac]

Good news, it arrived today