Similar thing happened to me, except my package was going abroad. The police did nothing but give me a number. So I rang up the depot where my package was being held before flying out the next morning, and politely explained to the woman, the insanity that we all know that I'm being robbed and we're just shrugging our shoulders and letting it happen. 10 minutes after the conversation she rang me back and told me that there was an error with the posting label and that the package couldn't be delivered, so I needed to pick it up. She'd scribbled out the address.
It's only really annoying if watching on TH-cam. It is a radio programme after all and James has to interrupt from time to time to keep the listeners engaged and so that they know that he's there. He also has to keep such a story jovial where possible and check that the story is going in the direction he thinks it is. There's no telling what anyone might say live on the radio and so he has to be on the ball in case of the worst happening. It also helps to keep the caller at a steady pace so that the listeners can understand. There is method to his madness or interruptions.
postie should have neither delivered the phone, nor given it to the sender, but taken it back to the depot to the manager who should then contact the police with suspicion of fraud. similar things have happened at my depot where a sender has managed to contact royal mail and we've been able to intercept the parcel before its gone out for delivery
If the postie did that, the postal authorities may have prosecuted the postie, claimed thousands of £s from him for other non-delivered mail, sent him to jail and ruined his life; they did it to sub-postmasters!
Prosecuting him for what offence? Delaying delivery of mail? If that happened the prisons would be full of postal managers who admit openly that they delay deliveries deliberately.
Reminded me of the time my brother took his car to the garage for repairs. When he went to collect it they claimed to have done a ton of work that he didn't ask for and hadn't approved and his bill was massively over what was intended. They refused to let him have the car back until he paid the full bill. So he went home, got the spare key, returned to the garage and took the car. The garage reported that he had stolen the car. When the police heard the story, that he had in fact been reported for stealing his own car, they laughed heartily and told the extremely angry garage owners where to go.
I gave a letter to the postman, He put it in his sack. Bright and early next morning, I stole that letter back. For some reason I now have an Elvis song going around my head
I once got arrested at Paddington station for 'falling asleep on her majesty's mail' (no, not prince Phillip). I lay down on a trolley full of mailbags after missing the last train home when i was an irresponsible 17 year old 😅 so I know how protective the Royal mail, justifiably, are of their responsibilities
I would assume it’s some random and the scammer knocks on the door and says they got a package delivered by accident. Can’t imagine they would dox themselves.
I used to be a postie. There was no way im running after post. Im calling my manager, letting him know what happened, probably have to fill out a statement and get on with my round. Postie doing way too much. Orrrrrr maybe the story was slightly exaggerated? 😅 Either way, not risking my life for some delivery goodness me.
I was a Postman. On day a guy stopped me in the street to ask for his Giro. It was about 8am. I told him I was not allowed to give any Mail out in the street and that I would be down his street in about 30 minutes. To which he replied- “I can’t go back i will be late for work”. I would not budge so after lots of threats and abuse he set off back home. 30 minutes later I was walking up his path when he opened his door and demanded his giro - to wind him up I insisted I had to post it through the letter box. At this point he picked up a pipe and attacked me. Plus his dog heard all the commotion and started attacking me too!! Anyways when I got back to the depot I thought i best mention this to my boss but guess what - the guy was sat in my bosses office explaining that I had attacked him! He did have a black eye like 😂. Anyway my boss went and knocked on the guys neighbours doors’ and fortunately for me 2 old ladies saw everything so I could prove my innocence. I should have shopped him but I didn’t.
There’s some lunatics out there. My postie was recently attacked by a German Shepherd. It went for his leg, and he’s left with scars. Poor guy just trying to do his job.
Bwahahahah. I had the Benny Hill theme tune in my head after the caller said about being chased by posties. James's interjection straight after was on point. 😆
Postal Services Act 2000. Section 84 of this act makes it illegal to open or delay a postal packet without a reasonable excuse. (Granted, i think there was one here) It also makes it illegal to open a mail bag or a postal packet that you know or suspect has been delivered to you incorrectly. The penalty for breaking this law is a fine or up to six months in prison, or both.
The parcel belongs to the named person at the address, nobody else, regardless of the contents The postie could be charged with interfering with the mail and theft, so could the guy, and even the police...
I know someone who dropped his wallet in moss side outside his house. Some youths knocked on the door and handed it to him. The £100 still inside with bank cards.
Royal Mail is nothing to do with the Queen or the King anymore - it's a private company which is presently owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský.
The best bit is this guy actually thinks you get a 'free upgrade', which is the biggest load of BS people still believe with phone contracts. You don't get the phone for free, you still pay cost for it, near a £1000 for the phone split over 2 years... PLUS your sim card and allowances. So he's just bought a new phone for a grand and sold it for £500 immediately 😂 what a muppet! Word of advice, you want to just keep your old phone and reduce your bill, go sim only. You're welcome.
I had something similar happen with me and a camera I was trying to sell a few years back - thankfully I twigged and went back to the post office and managed to 'unpost' it as it hadn't been collected yet - so no drives to London or chases with posties!
Police should have let the postman complete his delivery in their presence - and tell the recipient they will be arrested for handling stolen goods, or fraud, or whatever they can get them on.
Similar thing happened to me, except my package was going abroad. The police did nothing but give me a number.
So I rang up the depot where my package was being held before flying out the next morning, and politely explained to the woman, the insanity that we all know that I'm being robbed and we're just shrugging our shoulders and letting it happen.
10 minutes after the conversation she rang me back and told me that there was an error with the posting label and that the package couldn't be delivered, so I needed to pick it up.
She'd scribbled out the address.
what a gem!
Bless her
Clever girl
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Real world justice
What a cracking call, this has it all. Even common sense from a police officer!
My faith in humanity is restored.
Well, I wouldn't go that far but almost, just possibly, maybe, just a little bit, my faith in The Filth. But, don't quote me on that!
I've been a postman. I can sympathise with all involved other than the scammer. Loving the man's initiative tho.
This is such a British story… ‘unless you have the Queen with you I’m not giving up the package’
So funny.
The king 🤴 it should be, no? The queen is dead 💀
@@ForeverMore89That very much depends on when this event took place. I suspect it was while Her Maj was still alive.
@@ForeverMore89 I thought they were just being intentionally obtuse 🤣
@@ForeverMore89 '5 years ago'
James! Let the man speak and stop interupting him.
Nah! 😂
It's only really annoying if watching on TH-cam. It is a radio programme after all and James has to interrupt from time to time to keep the listeners engaged and so that they know that he's there. He also has to keep such a story jovial where possible and check that the story is going in the direction he thinks it is. There's no telling what anyone might say live on the radio and so he has to be on the ball in case of the worst happening. It also helps to keep the caller at a steady pace so that the listeners can understand. There is method to his madness or interruptions.
@@andrewjones-productions Nope, he was interfering the the listeners' ability to both understand what's going on and to enjoy the story.
Yeah, that was pretty annoying
I thought the same thing. Could have been a 2 minute story otherwise.
postie should have neither delivered the phone, nor given it to the sender, but taken it back to the depot to the manager who should then contact the police with suspicion of fraud. similar things have happened at my depot where a sender has managed to contact royal mail and we've been able to intercept the parcel before its gone out for delivery
😂😂😂
If the postie did that, the postal authorities may have prosecuted the postie, claimed thousands of £s from him for other non-delivered mail, sent him to jail and ruined his life; they did it to sub-postmasters!
Sounds like the postie was in on it!
Prosecuting him for what offence? Delaying delivery of mail? If that happened the prisons would be full of postal managers who admit openly that they delay deliveries deliberately.
@@atakd You obviously don't recognize sarcasm.
I am glad the scammer didn't get his phone. Hope he was watching the events unfold from his window. Brilliant word from the police as well!
There's me thinking I am terrible with interruptions. I pass tge baton to James
James.... stop interrupting 🤦♂️
The C in LBC…
Shut up James! Let the bloke tell the story!
James stop interrupting your callers!et them tell their tales first before!
James interjecting made the call even funnier. What a classic. Glad he got his phone back.
I just wish O'Brien wouldn't keep spoiling the story by interrupting all the way through.
James, you ruined that guys story by your unbelievable numerous interruptions.
James may win the award for who loves the sound of their own voice the most, give it a rest chief
Let him tell the story
James, quit talking over him!
It's what he does. I think he's paid by the sentence!
James it’s a talk show and I know it’s your show but please let the guy talk!!
Reminded me of the time my brother took his car to the garage for repairs. When he went to collect it they claimed to have done a ton of work that he didn't ask for and hadn't approved and his bill was massively over what was intended. They refused to let him have the car back until he paid the full bill. So he went home, got the spare key, returned to the garage and took the car. The garage reported that he had stolen the car. When the police heard the story, that he had in fact been reported for stealing his own car, they laughed heartily and told the extremely angry garage owners where to go.
I gave a letter to the postman,
He put it in his sack.
Bright and early next morning,
I stole that letter back.
For some reason I now have an Elvis song going around my head
It would have been lovely if JOB didn’t continue to bogart the mic and let this guy tell his story! That was exhausting.
As one does, no you won't shut it O'Brien
Great tale! I am, however, disappointed James didn't try harder to not let you finish the story...
When he managed to get a word in!
Such a shame James was being so annoyingly disruptive during such a great story.
He always is. Heck, he even sometimes says 'stop interrupting me talking over you', so he is quite aware of this annoying tendency of his.
Allow the man to share his story!😢😢
This would have been a funny story if James hadn't spoilt it by interrupting
First happy story I’ve heard on here for a while love it
I wish James would stop talking so I can actually hear the story properly!
Nay, at least it made him laugh; that's a change. I've never seen him look happy before.
I'm so impressed any of them could run for that long. Proper old school chase
What do posties do all day, but exercise?
I lost it listening to this walking my dogs this morning, funniest story I've heard for ages and had me in hysterics!!
Only James O'B could ruin this bloke's story with his constant interuptions.
James do you understand the meaning of the words "ok ill shut up" 😂😂😂
Blokes an absolute W⚓️
shuddup James FFS,I'm trying to listen to this!!
Heres a tip for free. When somebody is telling a story like this, please stop interrupting them frequently
I once got arrested at Paddington station for 'falling asleep on her majesty's mail' (no, not prince Phillip). I lay down on a trolley full of mailbags after missing the last train home when i was an irresponsible 17 year old 😅 so I know how protective the Royal mail, justifiably, are of their responsibilities
"Unless a Czech billionaire is with you I'm not giving up the package."
Brian was so disruptive here, talking over the caller... let them speak FFS!
Interesting, as the caller was the royal mail customer. He'd paid for the service, but wasn't allowed to interrupt the delivery by normal means.
I wonder what the scammer inside the house thought to all the police outside his house..
I would assume it’s some random and the scammer knocks on the door and says they got a package delivered by accident. Can’t imagine they would dox themselves.
Great story - James, you need to learn to shut up and let people tell their story without you trying to steal their thunder.
Best story all week long, bruv!
It's not called an auction site - it's called EBAY
Why do people have a problem calling something what it is
I wish James O'Brien would curb his tendency to interrupt all the time.
I used to be a postie. There was no way im running after post. Im calling my manager, letting him know what happened, probably have to fill out a statement and get on with my round. Postie doing way too much.
Orrrrrr maybe the story was slightly exaggerated? 😅 Either way, not risking my life for some delivery goodness me.
Obrien... let the man talk
The caller (amazingly) managed to tell his story only when James paused for breath.
I was a Postman. On day a guy stopped me in the street to ask for his Giro. It was about 8am. I told him I was not allowed to give any Mail out in the street and that I would be down his street in about 30 minutes. To which he replied- “I can’t go back i will be late for work”. I would not budge so after lots of threats and abuse he set off back home. 30 minutes later I was walking up his path when he opened his door and demanded his giro - to wind him up I insisted I had to post it through the letter box. At this point he picked up a pipe and attacked me. Plus his dog heard all the commotion and started attacking me too!! Anyways when I got back to the depot I thought i best mention this to my boss but guess what - the guy was sat in my bosses office explaining that I had attacked him! He did have a black eye like 😂.
Anyway my boss went and knocked on the guys neighbours doors’ and fortunately for me 2 old ladies saw everything so I could prove my innocence.
I should have shopped him but I didn’t.
you should have called the police. he will do it to someone else now
😮😮😮😮😮crazy
There’s some lunatics out there.
My postie was recently attacked by a German Shepherd. It went for his leg, and he’s left with scars. Poor guy just trying to do his job.
Wanted his giro but had to go to work?
I’m a postie. You actually are allowed to give mail and parcels out in the street if they can provide valid ID
The story would be a lot better without the constant interruption...
Obrien ruined that story with his self indulgent gin soaked guffawing and gross misreading of the room.
James, just let him tell the story!!
James should shut up and let him talk ffs
Great story ruined by James constantly interrupting, frustrating.
This is more entertaining than Ferris Bueller's Day Off
O’Brien loving the sound of his own voice once again. Completely ruined the story 😡
needs to be a tv program
Bwahahahah. I had the Benny Hill theme tune in my head after the caller said about being chased by posties. James's interjection straight after was on point. 😆
This has to be one of the best stories told and has to be in a JOB 2024 round up
postman was doing too much. even when the postie found out it was a stolen phone he still was pursuing it.
but the postie was in the right, he is not allowed to give post to anyone but the addressee
@dannygolightly865 but once the police came, he should have let it go.
But he actually wanted to take it further.
Postal Services Act 2000.
Section 84 of this act makes it illegal to open or delay a postal packet without a reasonable excuse. (Granted, i think there was one here) It also makes it illegal to open a mail bag or a postal packet that you know or suspect has been delivered to you incorrectly. The penalty for breaking this law is a fine or up to six months in prison, or both.
The parcel belongs to the named person at the address, nobody else, regardless of the contents
The postie could be charged with interfering with the mail and theft, so could the guy, and even the police...
James looks like he needs to lay off the evening whisky
James have you ever thought it could be helpful to shutup and listen??
It was a great story just wish you had to keep butting in every 3 seconds
Brave man trying to recover stolen property in Mossside!!
Mentions mosside and cheetham hill as rough areas 🤔.
I know someone who dropped his wallet in moss side outside his house. Some youths knocked on the door and handed it to him. The £100 still inside with bank cards.
Please Stop interrupting!!!!!!
Great story but the inerruptions were highly annoying. Just let the guy tell his story.
James you're ruining the flow of the story.
Royal Mail is nothing to do with the Queen or the King anymore - it's a private company which is presently owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský.
Other way round: The Queen was in possession of stolen goods at that moment!
It was privatised 10 years ago by the Tories.
It's owned by IDS, a British company.
@@amandag5072 Royal Mail Group Limited is now a subsidiary of International Distributions Services.
@@MrHabushi KEEP UP - Daniel Křetínský is the new owner of Royal Mail after the sale of its parent firm was approved by the UK government.
James just can't resist inserting himself all the time. It's your show, James, calm down and let someone else have some attention
The host's interruptions add nothing to the guy's story.
Brilliant !!!!!
This episode shows why James is both brilliant and NOT someone I would have as a dinner guest.
I was glued to my radio.
Manchester police doing their job, knowing what Mosside is like
Thank you for the laughs! This was great!
LOVED that! haven't laughed that hard for years! HAHAHA
James does like the sound of his own voice doesn't he...
STOP INTERRUPTING THE CALLER YOU PRAT...YOU'RE NOT THAT FUNNY MATE....
The best bit is this guy actually thinks you get a 'free upgrade', which is the biggest load of BS people still believe with phone contracts. You don't get the phone for free, you still pay cost for it, near a £1000 for the phone split over 2 years... PLUS your sim card and allowances.
So he's just bought a new phone for a grand and sold it for £500 immediately 😂 what a muppet!
Word of advice, you want to just keep your old phone and reduce your bill, go sim only. You're welcome.
The Postman in Keeping Up Appearences took his job seriously too, still delivering the post for Hyacinth Bucket
The interruptions ruin this I’m afraid.
Jfc shut up and let the man tell his story!
This story is great. Massive risk, but it turned out well.
After so many years you'd think anyone would be able to conduct an interview, OBrien is, unbelievably, worse.
Girlfriend's a scrapper, lol. Great call.
I had something similar happen with me and a camera I was trying to sell a few years back - thankfully I twigged and went back to the post office and managed to 'unpost' it as it hadn't been collected yet - so no drives to London or chases with posties!
Brilliant story
Carry on Postman🤣🤣🤣
he should have shouted "F*** Royal Mail!" and "Love from Mr. Bates!" lol
To my shame, I've never watched a Carry On movie, yet.
Brilliant!!😂😂
Police should have let the postman complete his delivery in their presence - and tell the recipient they will be arrested for handling stolen goods, or fraud, or whatever they can get them on.
So what's to stop a thief from claiming that he was scammed, filing a false police report, getting a crime number, then robbing a postie?
Had proof of postage receipt that linked to that parcel, not just a crime ref number
Great story
Common sense prevailed
Jesus, let him talk
What a great story!!!!
So what happened? He says the email was "from them" and then a few seconds later says it wasn't
An almost identical email address. So it never was legit, but thought it was initially
And the person committing the fraud?
Where's the proof?
There's no such thing a a 'free' upgrade. You pay for it every month in your contract. It's a scam to keep you paying them.
If that was a phone that u paid for u would have loved the postman and his effort
Yakety Sax is the magnigicent piece to go along with this story.
Don’t forget, The Post Office is a PRIVATE company. What has royalty, got to do with it?