An Post and the case of missing birthday cards!

Pixie84

Since last year birthday cards sent to my family in Dublin from down the country have been going missing. Never had any mail go missing before and now 5 cards since last summer. 4 had money in and the latest did not. Has anyone else had these issues? An Post won't acknowledge because they were standard post.

fits

I’ve heard a lot of things go missing recently. A package heading to me disappeared without trace last month and I’d paid customs on it. No tracking and no response from customer service. Company refunded me the price but customs fee is gone.

An post used to be very reliable.

Kalimah

I sent a small package to my son in Donegal containing wireless earphones that he'd left behind here in Dublin, but they never arrived. Weren't worth a huge amount but still… I wish now I had registered them, but I've never had issues with the post.

GIMP

Missing birthday cards has happened to us a few times both sent or recieving. Solution was to put them in larger brown envelopes

swoofer

second the above, send in the most non conspicuous way. learnt the hard way.

con___manx1

I know a post man who was caught stealing money from cards and so on. An post set him up eventually. He was doing it years before he was caught. I

SunnyDays1

I have stopped sending money in cards as it has gone missing quite a few times in the past. Sometimes the cards just never arrived and sometimes they arrived with a slit in the envelope and the money gone!!!

An post do nothing about it.

Cabaal

Sending cash in cards is just silly, its also a restricted item for An Post

"You cannot send restricted items by Standard or Express Post, with the exception of
cheques and bank drafts, which can be posted in Ireland by Standard
Post at the sender's risk. Restricted items include: Cash and coin."

https://www.anpost.com/Post-Parcels/Sending/Sending-Guide/Prohibited-Items

Pixie84

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122326640#Comment_122326640

Be that as it may people still tend to send cash in cards especially for kids on special occasions etc. You still expect your mail to be delivered rather than be 'lost'/stolen.

Pixie84

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122313883#Comment_122313883

Agreed, never had any problem with them up until recently. I've had one package disappear and another I was sending was stuck in depot for over 2 months!

PastaPizzas

Can they not send a valuable item with a GPS tracking device hidden inside it. Wait for it to go “missing” the track it to the thief’s house and the Gardaí kick the door in.

del roy

like this

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/airtag-leads-arrest-airline-worker-accused-stealing-least-15000-items-rcna43547

cute geoge

My Dunnes vouchers went walkabout twice before ,I went to the trouble of contacting dunnes who confirmed my suspension they were cashed the day after mailing

PastaPizzas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122336942#Comment_122336942

Tesco ones must be validated by the clubcard that they were earned by.

Is that not the case in Dunnes?

ebbsy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122336854#Comment_122336854

There is more chance of me winning the world snooker championship I'm afraid.

I sent a father's day card with scratchcards in it, never got there.

...Ghost...

I've used digital stamps for 13 letters I posted this year. I was careful to write the code carefully in all cases. Of the 13:

1 is marked as expired. I posted the letter from my local PO.

3 are marked as used, but haven't been delivered.

1 of those 3 was an official complaint sent to AnPost because of AddressPal employees lies and incompetence.

When I hear of post offices closing down, I know why.

Muahahaha

A friends mother in law sent her grandson £30 from Wales there last Christmas. Customs intercepted it and put VAT on it. I couldnt believe they are opening kids birthday cards but thats what happened and they had to pay the VAT and handling fees to get it.