Sending items Recorded Delivery

I buy a lot of books on ebay and get them sent recorded.
I go to work early and miss the postman routinely, he/she just puts them
through the letter box.
No signature or anything. Haven't lost any yet though.



"Mark" <keep_it@thegroup.com> wrote in message
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> I know that Recorded Delivery is basically normal 1st or 2nd class post
> but with a signature at the other end, but in my experience I don't
> appear to be even getting the signature! I recently sent 3 items by 1st
> class recorded delivery (items were not too valuable so didn't warrant
> Special Delivery). All items must have been received by the buyers as
> they have all left me positive feedback and praised me for the fast
> delivery. But checking the tracking numbers on the Royal Mail website
> they all still said "awaiting confirmation of delivery". I kept
> checking every day until eventually it goes off the system and says to
> contact Royal Mail. I suspect the mail was simply posted without
> obtaining a signature and was wondering if this was a common problem
> with recorded items. I know the items have been delivered so should I
> let it drop or should I still lodge a complaint with Royal Mail as I
> paid extra for a service that I didn't receive?
>