The least worst option (Royal Mail)

Member Name: warandpeace

Product:	Royal Mail
Date:	09/07/09 (23 review reads)
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Advantages: Quick delivery generally cheap as well

Disadvantages: Marred by industrial action

If you live in the UK, chances are that at some point or another you have had some experience with the royal mail both as a sender and a receiver. Moreover despite the criticism they have come under they remain one of the best and most affordable ways of getting something from one end of the country to another, what other service for example lets you send a DVD to any part of the UK to another for less than a pound, and more likely than not get it their next day. Why do I use the example of the DVD, rather than a letter, this is largely down to the change in how royal mail is used. The letter may be dying, but for DVD's, books, and most other small packages, the royal mail remains the most reliable and the best.

Yet Royal Mail is far from perfect it does have its flaws. The first aspect is down to the frequency of industrial action, while I can't really condemn the strikes, as truthfully I rather thought they had a point, they are a significant disincentive to use the royal mail during these periods, as a few days of industrial action seems sufficient to set the whole system back by several days. So when it works it works well, in most cases when something has being sent first class it arrives next day, and when its sent second class it arrives within a week at most. It isn't perfect but frankly it remains the best option for small packages and letters.

Summary: When it works its great but when it dousn't it really dousn't