An Post

RekcaH

I was very unsure which forum to post this in, but basically I have an issue with An Post. Basically I applied as a mature student for a course on the Cao. I got accepted but the letter notifying me of my offer arrived later then the reply date for accepting my offer, basically due to late delivery by An post. My college place is now uncertain because of this.

Is there anyway of tracking the letter back or proving it was delivered late?

If this is the wrong forum for this directing me to a more relevant forum would be much appreciated...

jor el

Unless it was registered post, there's nothing you can do. you could lodge a complaint with An Post about the delay, but if it's non-registered, the outcome will probably consist of an apology and stats point out how 95% of the post gets through on time, little help to you.

Have you contacted the CAO or the college yet?

Brando_ie

Back in the day I had a very similar situation albeit involving the UK's system which is slightly different to the CAO system (mainly in that you accept a place prior to sitting the leaving cert).

In my case, the letter offering me a place arrived a full 6 weeks after the acceptance date due to the backlog of an Irish postal strike. Worst still, I had already accepted a different place after that offer came through just before the strike hit.

As it turned out, I rang the college and explained the situation and they arranged an acceptance of its place and canceling the previously accepted place, all of which was highly unorthodox and most welcome.

The interesting part was the whole debacle happened on the afternoon of the English paper 1 (day 1 of my leaving cert marathon) and once sorted out took all the pressure of the actual exams as the requirement in the new offer was terribly easy to achieve.....

Anyhoo, If you give the CAO a ring and explain your situation they may accommodate you as these systems always have a bit of wriggle room built into them and you might be just dandy.

Best of Luck

January

You can accept offers online can't you??

antoinolachtnai

Not looking too good this. You can't do much. You could ask the CAO for a certificate of posting. It would be interesting to see what they said.

(The CAO advise applicants to get a cert when sending stuff in, so no doubt they always get certs themselves.)

Silverfish

RekcaH wrote: »

I was very unsure which forum to post this in, but basically I have an issue with An Post. Basically I applied as a mature student for a course on the Cao. I got accepted but the letter notifying me of my offer arrived later then the reply date for accepting my offer, basically due to late delivery by An post. My college place is now uncertain because of this.

Is there anyway of tracking the letter back or proving it was delivered late?

If this is the wrong forum for this directing me to a more relevant forum would be much appreciated...

The postmark on the envelope.

snubbleste

The postmark does not indicate the date of delivery.

Contact the CAO and the college as soon as possible.

Silverfish

I know that, but it will indicate the date it was posted/processed.

Therefore showing if it was posted late, or the delay between postage and delivery.

antoinolachtnai

If it was bulk-mailed, it won't have an an post postmark. At best it will have a frank, which tells you nothing for sure.

Shelflife

a frank mark will merely tell you the date it was franked, not the date it was posted.

dsane1

If all else fails try the ombudsmans office ,they tend to see things in a natural justice way ,good luck.