Royal Mail Collection Issue
Hey guys,
newbie here so please bare with me and apologise if this has already been answered elsewhere but i had a quick skim on the forum and couldn't find the answer for this. This question pertains to the the UK postal service Royal Mail.
So basically I bought something from china on eBay and when it arrived I got a grey card through saying I have to pay custom charges. Fine, so I head to my local sorting/delivery office to pay the charge and collect my parcel. They asked for me ID so I showed them my drivers license and the woman just looked at me and asked who am I picking the parcel up for. I told her it's for me then she asked whys the name different - never had a problem collecting parcels until today as the RM staff usually just looks at the address - think I was unlucky I was served by a grumpy old woman. Long story short but I got banned from eBay years ago (After being scammed with a laptop) so I had to use a different name when I made a new account, and i'm paranoid about identity fraud hence I never use my legal name when buying things online. Anyway, I tried to explain that to her but she said she can't release the parcels to me due to the name discrepancy and told me to pay online instead and have it delivered (even though it would not make any difference apart from a delay on my end as the postie doesn't chap my door and ask for my ID before handing my parcel over) but when I went on the Royal Mail site it was buggy as hell and wouldn't accept the tracking reference so I couldn't pay the charge.
So a few questions:
In future, when ordering stuff online, should I always use my legal name to avoid this kind of problem?
How would I go about getting my parcel? They aren't letting me pick up the parcel due to the name discrepancy but also unable to have it delivered as i'm unable to pay the charge online. I hope I don't have to let them return it to the sender and the sender has to resend it back out with the correct name as it's another 4 week wait for me.
Thinking of going back to the sorting office on Monday and try again and hopefully it's another staff serving but definitely going to phone them. Is it best to phone the Royal Mail customer service number or my local sorting office?
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