Post Deliveries

[KUSTARD]

Just asking this for curiosity.  I live in a well populated urban area, not some remote dwelling at the back of beyond, and yet the post seems to be saved up and only delivered once a week.  It was my birthday on Wednesday and, although two people had posted my card first class a week ago, NOTHING!!! I hadn't had any post for over a week and got about five items together then.  Anyway, yesterday I got a deluge - five birthday cards, a letter from a friend, a couple of charity requests and my garden waste bin permit!!!!  I was just wondering how other ABers in different areas find their postal service and is there any point in sending anything first class?

[newmodarmy]

The postman seems to come most days - maybe 4 times a week- but I think there may be an issue at sorting offices as some items arrive at least a week after being postmarked...and I notice some that I know were posted out to me a while ago arrive without a postmark so I've no real evidence of a delay. I am not convinced first class generally gets here any quicker. For birthday cards now I just use second class and post a week early.

[seekeerz]

Happy birthday Kustard for Wednesday .....it's mine today !! 
I can't help with your mail deliveries as I'm on the other side of the world, but I think ours have been pared back to three a week ....progress, they say !!

[KUSTARD]

Thank you so much Seekeerz.  Happy birthday to you too.  Nice that a greeting from the other side of the world is quicker than one from a couple of miles away!!!!

[vulcan42]

My local post office now operate an "every other day" service, odd number houses one day, even numbers the next day. They've also cut out Saturday deliveries, so I now get five deliveries every two weeks. They stll operate the compulsory six day system ( Saturday is commercial premises only )but for their convenience, not the customer.