Slow mail from UK recently ?

[Blueman1]

17 hours ago, SamSaraburi said:

That’s very slow.

Don't I Know it ??

[K2938]

16 hours ago, Freddy42OZ said:

I receive mail from all over the world as part of a global mail testing service. 

I received an airmail item from the UK a few days ago that was mailed on May 28th, 8 days from the UK to Bangkok.  Postage on it was 3.20 GBP (!!!) for a standard envelope.

I sent some documents from Bangkok to our family lawyer in the UK and they took 2 weeks (registered, A4 size)

I've not noticed any slowness compared to normal timings.

You send all this by regular airmail in both directions and it actually arrives?  For me things usually get lost.  Any pro advice?

[topt]

On 6/7/2025 at 2:20 PM, Guderian said:

You're lucky that you're getting anything. Barclays in Jersey sends me a bank statement every month, but historically only around two-thirds of then have ever arrived here. So far this year, I've received just a single statement,

Just so you don't feel hard done by I am the same with Lloyds International. However since the one item I received from them in April was not a monthly statement I have been leaning towards them not sending them for some reason rather than a Thai issue.

[chilly07]

Track and trace is the only reliable method taking 7/10 days. Otherwise hit and miss especially with official mail who refuse to use track and trace.

[Guderian]

23 hours ago, topt said:

Just so you don't feel hard done by I am the same with Lloyds International. However since the one item I received from them in April was not a monthly statement I have been leaning towards them not sending them for some reason rather than a Thai issue.

 

I've asked my Relationship Manager in Barclays if they're still sending out monthly statements and she confirmed that they are. It's something going amiss at this end, unless Jersey Post are dumping them in the English Channel, lol. For several years I've been suspicious because, quite often when mail arrived here, I suddenly received a wad of half a dozen envelopes, as if one of the Sorting Offices here had been sitting on them. Maybe there's half a dozen bank statements somewhere in the Banglamung SO which will be delivered at the same time in months to come, who knows? 

[Zaphod Priest]

On 6/9/2025 at 2:54 PM, Guderian said:

It's something going amiss at this end, unless Jersey Post are dumping them in the English Channel

 

Jersey aren't members of the Universal Postal Union which can cause problems with interchanges to other countries.  For example, it's not possible to send EMS mail from Thailand to the Channel Islands.