eBay UK Extends Seller Protections Again As Royal Mail Strike Continues to Delay Parcel Deliveries

Royal Mail had previously said it was trying to prioritize deliveries during the strike actions, with Special Delivery and Tracked 24 parcels being the most important.

But it’s hard to imagine with images like these, that any mail is arriving within any reasonable time, even with Royal Mail’s appeal to managers to get help from friends and family to reduce the backlog.

Additionally, with the Communication Workers Union (CWU), confirming that its members will go on strike on Thursday and Friday this week, Royal Mail issued a new advisory for customers that have received “Something for you” cards.

“Our Customer Service Points will be closed on strike days (Friday 23 and Saturday 24 December) for collecting or dropping off items.

“If you have received a ‘Something for you’ card and need your item before Christmas, please visit your Customer Service Point before Friday 23 December to collect the item.

“Please only visit the Customer Service Point if you have received a ‘Something for you’ card, advising we’re holding an item there for you.

For the latest opening times of your local office visit Services Near You.

“Royal Mail has well-developed contingency plans, but we cannot fully replace the daily efforts of our frontline workforce. We’ll be doing what we can to keep services running, but we are sorry this planned strike action is likely to cause you some disruption.”

As this Royal Mail strike continues to become more bitter, eBay sellers should expect additional strike days to be announced by the CWU soon. There just doesn’t seem to be much of an end to this situation.