Getting the right delivery service

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I have taken to following a new blogger, a gentleman I call the Gordon Ramsey of Change Management, Gerald Price. To make matters worse I can never recall whether he is called Gerard or Gerald, so I have christened him Big G as he is tall. It has been pointed out that at 5′ 2″ tall and most of the adult population is taller than me but the irony was lost

I asked why I would need this service; no amount of insurance payout could ever replace a lost passport â€“ Iâ€™m not even sure what its monetary value is â€“ but she insisted that it would offer â€˜peace of mindâ€™ considering that the contents of the envelope; the passport and the information on the application form would be of huge benefit to an identity thief, apparently.

Maybe.

The Royal Mail is a courier. We pay them to take our letters and parcels form one place to another. Now we may choose to pay a premium for our missives to be delivered more or less promptly but I utterly fail to understand why we should have to pay extra to ensure that the people we entrust our letters to donâ€™t steal them and use the contents against us and to our detriment.

Protection Racket by Gerald Price

Well, Royal Mail is a postal service primarily and a courier service secondly. When an item is priceless the best option is a same day courier. This is considerably more expensive than ‘Special Delivery‘ but the plus points to the Courier service are

The courier that collects it, will be the one that delivers it
Its delivered directly to the correct department and not the reception area
If it gets ‘lost’ you will know about it that day. Royal Mail says you have to wait for 15 days before a item of mail is officially lost
Have you ever tried to claim on their insurance?
Passport / Identity theft is virtually nil when delivered by a professional courier

When an item is priceless or the loss of it would cause a great deal of aggro then don’t take a chance with it, send it with someone who cares and has the systems in place to deal with an item of value.

If you have the time to sort out a duplicate form, an insurance claim and don’t mind the hassle then Â£4.95 is a small price to pay and if next day delivery isn’t essential, then 39p is an even smaller price to pay!

Hope it was delivered safely for you Gerald.

Sarah

Passport collections and deliveries – for when it’s urgent