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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Or unless Virgin were aware of the upcoming Postal Issues and have taken appropriate steps
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Again, there is no pressing need for guaranteed next day delivery unless all the old cards are due to expire or VM have some contractual obligation to roll out all the new cards and Nagravision 3 this month.
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Anyway, even if they do use the Royal Mail for the last part, bypassing the majority of the rest of the network will minimise the issues
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Again, it's sorting office and delivery staff who are striking (so far on different days) which probably accounts for about two-thirds of the normal Royal Mail process, with only handling to the point of delivery to the local sorting office being performed by UKMail, so there will still be significant impact.
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
AFAIK once the strike is over the Royal Mail will have to deliver any new post that arrives, e.g from a private mail firm at the local sorting office, before the backlog - unless someone can correct me?
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I expect that UKMail and other firms will endeavour to continue deliveries to Royal Mail offices both to fulfill their obligation to their clients and to avoid the responsibility and cost of storing vast amounts of post. Therefore the backlog will most probably have to be dealt with by Royal Mail in whatever order they see fit or are contractually / legally obliged to do so.