{"id":71036,"date":"2017-11-06T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gucci-trainers-destroyed-because-of-royal-mails-shoe-polish-ban\/"},"modified":"2017-11-06T15:03:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T08:03:25","slug":"gucci-trainers-destroyed-because-of-royal-mails-shoe-polish-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gucci-trainers-destroyed-because-of-royal-mails-shoe-polish-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Gucci trainers destroyed because of Royal Mail\u2019s shoe polish ban"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe two tins were on a \u2018prohibited\u2019 list, but my entire package was destroyedOur daughter got an unconditional place at a top university. She has been hinting about a pair of Gucci trainers, so after saving up we bought her the dream pair as a reward. As she was going to university by train, I sent two boxes of her stuff to her by Royal Mail through my business account. One box\u00a0arrived but the other didn\u2019t. We were told it had been held because it contained two tins of shoe cleaner, which are prohibited items. These would be destroyed and the box sent back minus the tins. We then received a letter from Royal Mail informing us that the entire box and its contents would be destroyed. It contained all her personal effects worth almost \u00a32,000 \u2013 including the Gucci trainers. Royal Mail just says \u201cit is a breach of our terms and conditions\u201d. I even offered to drive to any depot and collect it but I keep getting told \u201cit\u2019s been disposed of\u201d. SO, Dundee, Scotland Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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The two tins were on a \u2018prohibited\u2019 list, but my entire package was destroyedOur daughter...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-itK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60792,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-weighty-issue-is-there-something-fishy-about-tins-of-tuna\/","url_meta":{"origin":71036,"position":0},"title":"A weighty issue: is there something fishy about tins of tuna?","date":"July 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Are we getting the exact amounts promised by food manufacturers? 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