Going Postal III
12:45 UK time, Thursday, 18 December 2008
Going Postal III is under way. Will the Royal Mail deliver?
As millions of people fret about their Christmas cards arriving on time, the Magazine is setting out to discover if the once world-beating British postal system is as good as its word.
Royal Mail recommends that today is the last posting date for Christmas cards with a second-class stamp.
So at 1100 GMT we posted 25 cards second-class to readers who live across the UK. Thanks to the hundreds of people who volunteered to take part.
In the days ahead we'll monitor how many of the 25 cards reach the Magazine readers in time for Christmas.
Some of you may be familiar with similar experiments we have conducted in the past.
But this time it's at the Royal Mail's busiest time of year, in a troubled period of criticism, reports of foreign intervention and strike threats.
Watch this space for updates.
