HAVING just seen mail being delivered to addresses on Askham Lane at 7.10pm I am prompted to ask if this represents the first, second, third or fourth delivery of the day??

Since Royal Mail revised its delivery policy the whole system has become a load of rubbish.

At one time we could rely on getting a delivery at a reasonable (usually early) time each day but under the present "system" there is no guarantee when the post will arrive.

I shudder to think how businesses in the city are coping but in the private sector we seem to be paying an exorbitant price for a ragged and unpredictable product.

A Dobinson,

Askham Lane, York.

Updated: 11:17 Thursday, May 27, 2004