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Postal LFT missing

34 replies

SwanShaped · 29/12/2021 14:09

Anyone else had their LFTs not turn up? I ordered them just before Christmas. Got a text to say they should have been delivered and I should have had a Royal Mail tracking message. Nothing.

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ApolloandDaphne · 29/12/2021 14:14

The text usually says when it will be delivered and gives a tracking link which tell you where it's at. My last one shows it tracked as being delivered. What did your text say exactly? Has it possibly just not been delivered yet due to the Bank holidays?

TinyLittlePandaSneeze · 29/12/2021 15:08

There's a backlog I think.

winefortea · 29/12/2021 15:34

Yes, this has happened to us a couple of times now!

fretnot · 29/12/2021 15:43

Yep, me too!

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SwanShaped · 29/12/2021 16:11

I didn’t get the tracking message either. Must have just gone awol.

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dinkydoodah · 29/12/2021 16:17

Me too. Got a text 3 days ago saying I should have them by now. No delivery yet.

OrangeBlossom28 · 29/12/2021 16:48

Same here. I ordered a box in 17th Dec and have received nothing. An email mention on 23rd Dec says I should have received them and to chase using the email from Royal Mail which I haven't received yet.

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SwanShaped · 29/12/2021 17:00

Maybe someone is taking them to sell on at a later date!

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Thumbcat · 29/12/2021 17:02

If my office is anything to go by a lot of posties are currently off with covid. We're trying out best to prioritise covid tests but there are hundreds of them each day so it's inevitable that some will be delayed.

CasparBloomberg · 29/12/2021 18:09

The lack of any post being delivered due to absences was on the local news and we haven't had post since we'll before Christmas. We are waiting for LFT so assume they are caught up in this. DDs birthday tomorrow and we are also light on cards, so just hope we get a bundle tomorrow.

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SwanShaped · 29/12/2021 18:52

That’s probably it then. Hopefully they’ll turn up.

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Namenic · 29/12/2021 19:08

This happened to us twice. It says that it was delivered but nothing has arrived.

LyndaLaHughes · 29/12/2021 20:10

I got the same message but mine turned up today. It will be a delay due to the bank holidays.

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SwanShaped · 29/12/2021 20:27

Well fingers crossed then. We’ve got a couple of them left so can make do for now. Hopefully all the craziness will settle down after new year

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SweetBabyCheeses99 · 29/12/2021 20:32

They’re using Recorded Delivery for all these millions of LFTs?! Makes me feel sick to think how much this is costing the tax payer when the money could be so much better spent elsewhere.

NeverEndingFireworks · 29/12/2021 20:33

I got the "you should have heard from the carrier" message too - but no, I hadn't. So last night I booked a couple for picking up at a pharmacy today (one for us and one for an elderly relative) - then the two boxes I'd ordered online before xmas turned up with no warning this morning before I got a chance to go out. (again, one for the relative and one for us).

If I hadn't had the message I wouldn't have booked the pick up ones as I would have just assumed they would arrive once the post restarted. the message made me think the order hadn't;t gone through but it clearly had....

HundredMilesAnHour · 29/12/2021 22:36

@Namenic

This happened to us twice. It says that it was delivered but nothing has arrived.
Same for me. Mine says it was delivered on Christmas Eve but there has been no sign of it. Angry
PurpleDaisies · 29/12/2021 22:37

Mine arrived today. I’d forgotten I’d ordered them.

TinyLittlePandaSneeze · 30/12/2021 07:52

@SweetBabyCheeses99

They’re using Recorded Delivery for all these millions of LFTs?! Makes me feel sick to think how much this is costing the tax payer when the money could be so much better spent elsewhere.
Not sure why the LFTs are sent recorded tbh. I imagine the Royal Mail have some sort of deal and aren't charging full price though? I hope they aren't anyway!
PheasantsNest · 30/12/2021 10:22

They are not recorded they are just tracked. Every parcel is scanned to confirm delivery.

Pinkflipflop85 · 30/12/2021 11:07

@SweetBabyCheeses99

They’re using Recorded Delivery for all these millions of LFTs?! Makes me feel sick to think how much this is costing the tax payer when the money could be so much better spent elsewhere.
If they weren't sent this way, then the system wouldn't recognise them as a priority and you could potentially end up with even longer waits for delivery.
Namenic · 30/12/2021 11:38

Inexplicably 2 packs of lfts have now appeared in our letter box (despite it saying ‘delivered’ previously)! So it may be that the actual delivery lags?

MrsHippopotamus · 30/12/2021 12:48

Me too. Email from gov saying I should’ve received them but not heard a thing from Royal Mail. This was well before Xmas.

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SwanShaped · 30/12/2021 13:00

Mine turned up! So god knows what’s going on.

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