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    "Postwatch estimates 14.4m letters are lost every year - and of these 60% are just put through the wrong letter box" - and I thought German Mail (Deutsche Post) would be bad :-D http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3681547.stm[^]

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      "Postwatch estimates 14.4m letters are lost every year - and of these 60% are just put through the wrong letter box" - and I thought German Mail (Deutsche Post) would be bad :-D http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3681547.stm[^]

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      Ian Darling
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      SJ_Phoenix wrote: 60% are just put through the wrong letter box I think the flats I live in accounts for half of that :rolleyes: The amount of mail we get obviously addressed to other buildings in the vicinity is unbelievable.


      Ian Darling "If we've learned anything from history, it's that those who feed trolls are condemned to repetitive conversations. Or something like that." - Eric Lippert

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        "Postwatch estimates 14.4m letters are lost every year - and of these 60% are just put through the wrong letter box" - and I thought German Mail (Deutsche Post) would be bad :-D http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3681547.stm[^]

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        Colin Angus Mackay
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        SJ_Phoenix wrote: Postwatch estimates 14.4m letters are lost every year However, the post office seem to be remarkably efficient at getting the Junk mail through to the recipient.


        "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar Coming soon: The Second EuroCPian Event

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          SJ_Phoenix wrote: 60% are just put through the wrong letter box I think the flats I live in accounts for half of that :rolleyes: The amount of mail we get obviously addressed to other buildings in the vicinity is unbelievable.


          Ian Darling "If we've learned anything from history, it's that those who feed trolls are condemned to repetitive conversations. Or something like that." - Eric Lippert

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          Lost User
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          The last 4 DVD's i have ordered from an online shop have all gone missing in the post!!! The company i have ordered from has proof they were sent but i never got them, having now seen the program on channel 4 last week i think i know why.

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            "Postwatch estimates 14.4m letters are lost every year - and of these 60% are just put through the wrong letter box" - and I thought German Mail (Deutsche Post) would be bad :-D http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3681547.stm[^]

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            SerialHobbyist
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            But isn't a bit crap that the recipients don't take the trouble to put them through the right letter box?

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              "Postwatch estimates 14.4m letters are lost every year - and of these 60% are just put through the wrong letter box" - and I thought German Mail (Deutsche Post) would be bad :-D http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3681547.stm[^]

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              I wonder what the percentages are of lost mails with money in them compared to the percentage of all mail with money in them.


              Glano perictu com sahni delorin!

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