Saturday 15 November 2014

How long will it take for my posted item to be delivered?

The post office works slightly different from a courier company. When you post an item through the post box, it will be collected from there once a while, normally in intervals of 30 minutes. Street posting boxes may be collected a little bit less frequent yet they also should be cleared at least once a day. You also must observe critical times as highlighted in the post 'How to quicken delivery of your postal item', point number 2.

Sorting is the process of separating items according to destination and it is a process that follows after collection at the posting box. If your item has been received before the critical time, it will connect to the next sorting centre on the same day or within 12 hours. The last step is sorting to destination office by the sorting centre. Finally, your item will then be delivered to a post box.

Depending on the size of the operation, the distance between origin and destination, the item delivery standards vary. It is expected for the postal administrator to publicise delivery standards according to destination categories. Rural to rural, rural to urban, urban to urban, international and regional will should be made known to customers.
 
the global standard is 6 days at 80 percent, which unfortunately most postal administrations struggle to meet, particularly because they have no influence when the items or mail bags have gone beyond the boundaries of their country.
 
This knowledge will help you make an estimate of the time it will take for your item to get delivered to your destination office.
 

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