On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:25:04 -0000, Jim Brittin
[wake up to reply] wrote:

In article , john0001
says...
For about the last three weeks, when entering or leaving a NR or LT
station, I usually (but not always) get a message to the effect that my
Freedom Pass will soon expire. As it is dated 31 March it seems a bit
early to give such a warning. Is it possible that I have a problem with
my card and it will stop working before the due date?



I just took it to be a reminder to apply for the new one [which I have
done].

I still meet people who don't know about having to renew with photos.
if you look on the freedom pass web site , u will find the renewal
process has changed, because of a new type of pass for the national
busses concession scheme , U have to take your pass and a new photo to
the post office, they then send it off to be scanned , it will take
about 10 days to receive the new pass.

On 01/02/2010 16:41, martyn dawe wrote:
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:25:04 -0000, Jim Brittin
[wake up to reply] wrote:

In articlerdWdnfCL4eUXe_jWnZ2dnUVZ8nKdnZ2d@giganews. com, john0001
@REMOVETHISBITjray.org.uk.invalid says...
For about the last three weeks, when entering or leaving a NR or LT
station, I usually (but not always) get a message to the effect that my
Freedom Pass will soon expire. As it is dated 31 March it seems a bit
early to give such a warning. Is it possible that I have a problem with
my card and it will stop working before the due date?



I just took it to be a reminder to apply for the new one [which I have
done].

I still meet people who don't know about having to renew with photos.
if you look on the freedom pass web site , u will find the renewal
process has changed, because of a new type of pass for the national
busses concession scheme , U have to take your pass and a new photo to
the post office, they then send it off to be scanned , it will take
about 10 days to receive the new pass.

I did know about the photo requirement, having had a letter from the
Council about a month ago which detailed the procedure. I had however
forgotten that the renewal dates were imminent, which is why, no doubt,
I was getting the warning messages. Anyway, I downloaded the form and
took it with ID etc and a photo to the Post Office this afternoon.
Thanks to all for the advice.

--
John Ray

"John Ray" wrote in message
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On 01/02/2010 16:41, martyn dawe wrote:
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:25:04 -0000, Jim Brittin
[wake up to reply] wrote:

In articlerdWdnfCL4eUXe_jWnZ2dnUVZ8nKdnZ2d@giganews. com, john0001
@REMOVETHISBITjray.org.uk.invalid says...
For about the last three weeks, when entering or leaving a NR or LT
station, I usually (but not always) get a message to the effect that my
Freedom Pass will soon expire. As it is dated 31 March it seems a bit
early to give such a warning. Is it possible that I have a problem with
my card and it will stop working before the due date?



I just took it to be a reminder to apply for the new one [which I have
done].

I still meet people who don't know about having to renew with photos.
if you look on the freedom pass web site , u will find the renewal
process has changed, because of a new type of pass for the national
busses concession scheme , U have to take your pass and a new photo to
the post office, they then send it off to be scanned , it will take
about 10 days to receive the new pass.

I did know about the photo requirement, having had a letter from the
Council about a month ago which detailed the procedure. I had however
forgotten that the renewal dates were imminent, which is why, no doubt, I
was getting the warning messages. Anyway, I downloaded the form and took
it with ID etc and a photo to the Post Office this afternoon. Thanks to
all for the advice.

--
John Ray

I did the same, but the queue was so long (even longer than pre-Christmas)
that I gave it up as a bad job. Try again tomorrow maybe.

MaxB

On 01/02/2010 22:45, Batman55 wrote:

I did know about the photo requirement, having had a letter from the
Council about a month ago which detailed the procedure. I had however
forgotten that the renewal dates were imminent, which is why, no doubt, I
was getting the warning messages. Anyway, I downloaded the form and took
it with ID etc and a photo to the Post Office this afternoon. Thanks to
all for the advice.

--
John Ray

I did the same, but the queue was so long (even longer than pre-Christmas)
that I gave it up as a bad job. Try again tomorrow maybe.

MaxB


I had to queue for nearly 25 minutes.

--
John Ray

"John Ray" wrote in message
...
On 01/02/2010 22:45, Batman55 wrote:

I did know about the photo requirement, having had a letter from the
Council about a month ago which detailed the procedure. I had however
forgotten that the renewal dates were imminent, which is why, no doubt,
I
was getting the warning messages. Anyway, I downloaded the form and took
it with ID etc and a photo to the Post Office this afternoon. Thanks to
all for the advice.

--
John Ray

I did the same, but the queue was so long (even longer than
pre-Christmas)
that I gave it up as a bad job. Try again tomorrow maybe.

MaxB


I had to queue for nearly 25 minutes.

--
John Ray

Went back today (only a 15 minute queue) to find a badly written sign saying
"Sorry UNABLE to process freedom cards"! and don't know when they will be.

Good thing I just love queuing in the Post Office.

MaxB

On Feb 2, 3:55*pm, "Batman55" wrote:
"John Ray" wrote in message

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On 01/02/2010 22:45, Batman55 wrote:

I did know about the photo requirement, having had a letter from the
Council about a month ago which detailed the procedure. I had however
forgotten that the renewal dates were imminent, which is why, no doubt,
I
was getting the warning messages. Anyway, I downloaded the form and took
it with ID etc and a photo to the Post Office this afternoon. Thanks to
all for the advice.

--
John Ray

I did the same, but the queue was so long (even longer than
pre-Christmas)
that I gave it up as a bad job. Try again tomorrow maybe.

MaxB

I had to queue for nearly 25 minutes.

--
John Ray

Went back today (only a 15 minute queue) to find a badly written sign saying
"Sorry UNABLE to process freedom cards"! and don't know when they will be..

Good thing I just love queuing in the Post Office.

MaxB- Hide quoted text -

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The issuing of the new Freedom Passes is turning into a fiasco. A
number of London Councils are reporting delays. I applied for mine as
early as possible - actually about 6 weeks ago. IT HAS STILL NOT
ARRIVED. Yet there is no-one that will take ownership of this. The
Council said I had to report it to the Post Office. The PO said to
phone a premium rate 0845 no. - but this was always engaged. Emails to
the Council Complaints address results in no useful advice. I know
that no delivery has been attempted because no 'red card' has been
left. Bearing in mind the high value of these Passes I am suspecting
that the postal sorting staff have lost or stolen it.

CJB.

On Mar 9, 12:32*pm, CJB wrote:
[snip]
The issuing of the new Freedom Passes is turning into a fiasco. A
number of London Councils are reporting delays. I applied for mine as
early as possible - actually about 6 weeks ago. IT HAS STILL NOT
ARRIVED. Yet there is no-one that will take ownership of this. The
Council said I had to report it to the Post Office. The PO said to
phone a premium rate 0845 no. - but this was always engaged. Emails to
the Council Complaints address results in no useful advice. I know
that no delivery has been attempted because no 'red card' has been
left. Bearing in mind the high value of these Passes I am suspecting
that the postal sorting staff have lost or stolen it.

OH MY GOD IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD.

Sounds like things are not going completely smoothly. Given this I'm
quite sure that the old passes will continue to be accepted for travel
after 31 March, if not by the validators then by visual inspection.

Being brutal, it sounds as though this is one of those kinds of things
that people who haven't got anything better to do decide to get worked
up about. I know a couple of people who's new pass hasn't arrived yet
and they're not stressing out about it.

Dunno why I'm bothering to write this though...

In message
, CJB
writes

The issuing of the new Freedom Passes is turning into a fiasco. A
number of London Councils are reporting delays. I applied for mine as
early as possible - actually about 6 weeks ago. IT HAS STILL NOT
ARRIVED. Yet there is no-one that will take ownership of this. The
Council said I had to report it to the Post Office. The PO said to
phone a premium rate 0845 no. - but this was always engaged. Emails to
the Council Complaints address results in no useful advice.

Have you used the tracker at http://tracker.freedompass.org/ ?
Enter your tracking number (which is on the receipt from the Post
Office) and you should get an idea of the current stage of the
application. Of course, if it has been dispatched but has not arrived,
that is going to be down to Royal Mail.

(I am assuming that you applied at the Post Office, and are not in one
of the three London boroughs that don't use the Post Office for Freedom
Pass applications)

FWIW, mine took about four weeks to arrive.
--
Paul Terry