parcel2go left parcel in black whellie bin

[realdeals]

Originally Posted by stevebills

Damaged and stolen parcels cost Royal Mail £20m in compensation - Deadline News

Yes, thanks for confirming, that is what I thought your source was....BUT......

Originally Posted by stevebills

I used Royal Mail 3 years ago and the drivers were opening mail with a Stanley knife blade and nicking stuff and they sack over 600 a year for nicking so is any courier safe

It is 600 over 3 years, (Jan 2010 - Jan 2013), not per year.

Some of the data therefore is 6 years old or more and outdated, and as JamesNorth states, lots has changed since then.

[wired]

Originally Posted by stevebills

Damaged and stolen parcels cost Royal Mail £20m in compensation - Deadline News

Thats three years old. There was also a Channel 4 documentary around the same time, but things have improved since as new measures were implemented since the reports.

Also, Parcel2go are not a 'courier' service, sending through Hermes on P2G or Hermes themselves is pretty much the same service.

I agree , Under 2kg RM is still king. DHL are the best, but most expensive. UPS come in a close second. I prefer to spend mor, less profit but have insurance and a good quality delivery service.

[stevebills]

Originally Posted by realdeals

Yes, thanks for confirming, that is what I thought your source was....BUT......



It is 600 over 3 years, (Jan 2010 - Jan 2013), not per year.

Some of the data therefore is 6 years old or more and outdated, and as JamesNorth states, lots has changed since then.

I no its not last year but 600 is a lot I was shocked it's not 6
And I'm sure it's not been cleaned up and people have always nicked stuff
And like drugs it's a never ending fight against crime as u lock one up anther is born

[realdeals]

I believe Royal Mail total workforce to be in the region of 150,000?

So in that perspective 200 each year is nothing.

I can guarantee most big companies with any customer facing roles would love it if only 1 in every 750 staff was a thief.

[JamesNorth101]

As a % of workforce RM are pretty good really.

[stevebills]

It would be 60000 if there were not cameras in the sorting rooms lol

[dan_ebay]

Originally Posted by stevebills

I used Royal Mail 3 years ago and the drivers were opening mail with a Stanley knife blade and nicking stuff and they sack over 600 a year for nicking so is any courier safe

Thx steve

I've got a few sacked in the last year lol. On 1 of the forums I sell on in the vendors section about 15 of us all post the postcodes that items get lost, if any keeps popping up someone reports to royal mail and the police. Do about 10,000 orders a week between us so not hard to get enough data.
There aren't any safe couriers unless you pay a ridiculous amount, they're all on crap money so too tempting to be a thieving rat