Help! Royal Mail haven’t delivered my trade in phone 🙁

[Cookloz]

I upgraded and part of the deal was to trade in my old phone. Used all the packaging and labels that were sent to me and handed it over at the post office on 19/01/24 to  get my proof of postage. 6 days later and it still hasn’t been delivered 🙄. Not surprised, but I now face £275 being added to my bill as failure to trade in my device. I have checked tracking info and it says “in transit. This hasn’t changed since 21/01/24. I spoke to EE customer service today and was advised to contact Royal Mail. In order to try and claim for an undelivered item I need proof of the items worth - what am I supposed to show them? I have no documentation from EE, the trade in pack that contained the packaging and postage label simply says the quotation date, quote ID number and amount of £0!
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated 🙏

[Chris_B]

@Cookloz  Providing you have proof of postage you can not be charged anything,  it’s not your fault it’s not been delivered.    You shouldn’t be trying to locate this package as once you post it it’s not your concern. You can provide all the information to EE so they can except it’s been posted.     Just call customer services explain the situation and request to them that you send them the proof of postage information. 

[Northerner]

Hi @Cookloz 

Did you pay for the extra delivery service? If the OP hasn't paid the additional postage for the additional claims limits then they will only be able to claim from for the limit on the postage used. As for proof you must have something from EE about the value of your trade in which you could use. 

@Chris_B that is not correct as the OP could have posted anything. It would be up to EE if they waiver the fee. 

Thanks 

[Cookloz]

Thank you for your replies, I’ve just received a text message from EE saying that they have now received the phone I sent! 

[Katie_B]

That's great to hear @Cookloz. 

Thanks for keeping us updated. 

Katie

[Superman1988]

I’m in the same situation, I posted my trade in on the 12/11 via red letter box and still not received it. Never had a problem doing so before and now they want to charge me over 700 on top of my bill. I’m stuck on what to do as I’ve no proof now that it has been posted and I carnt afford to pay the bill I’ve been slapped with if they don’t receive it in time.