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Title: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: durhamgirl73 on Sunday 08 December 19 20:50 GMT (UK)
Hi I'm still waiting for 1 will which was due 11 August - before I send them an email I was just wondering if anyone else hasn't received a will from around this date - thanks

 :) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\ :-* :'(
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: nanny jan on Sunday 08 December 19 21:26 GMT (UK)
I'm still waiting for one ordered on 27th July. ::)
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: durhamgirl73 on Sunday 08 December 19 21:33 GMT (UK)
Mine was ordered on the 27th July aswell - ok I'll wait a bit longer then
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: Craclyn on Sunday 08 December 19 22:56 GMT (UK)
I received all of them from my first batch. My second batch was ordered on 14th November and is now running 8 days behind the projected delivery date.
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: Liza115 on Monday 09 December 19 03:40 GMT (UK)
The last of the bunch I ordered on 29 July arrived on 14 November. Those I've ordered since then are not due for a couple of days.
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: rosie99 on Monday 09 December 19 08:17 GMT (UK)
Ongoing post on wills still not received
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=819837.0
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: nanny jan on Tuesday 10 December 19 14:06 GMT (UK)
I'm still waiting for one ordered on 27th July. ::)

It has just arrived......well part of it has!  Yet another one with a vital piece missing.  >:(
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: rosie99 on Tuesday 10 December 19 14:35 GMT (UK)
Did it arrive as just one download or are there two.  I thought that the first one that I opened was incomplete then I noticed there were two items to 'click'
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: davidft on Tuesday 10 December 19 14:43 GMT (UK)
I have received all my wills (ten of them). Nine of them were just run of the mill wills but one was a real goldmine which I was very happy with  :)

I did not order them when the £1.50 offer first came out. I waited until September and the delivery of them was far quicker than for those where people jumped in and ordered when the offer was first announced.

Must admit I got mine quicker than I expected and I expect there are a fair few people who did likewise.

Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: nanny jan on Tuesday 10 December 19 14:58 GMT (UK)
Did it arrive as just one download or are there two.  I thought that the first one that I opened was incomplete then I noticed there were two items to 'click'

One download, just a missing page.......again.
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 10 December 19 15:02 GMT (UK)
I have now ordered the same will twice, and received the same message that some of the information is incorrect or missing.  On the second occasion I contacted them - 3 December 2019 - and received acknowledgement the same day with a hint of a response within the next 2 days, but not received.  I have contacted them again, detailing the order number, date of death, date of probate, probate office and added the page number from the index.  Should they require it I did a "snip" of my order and the image from the page. 

I may not hold my breath in anticipation of a response.  :)
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 10 December 19 15:29 GMT (UK)
Hey  :D :D  I've just received a second slightly more detailed acknowledgement to today's question as to why they are unable to find the will.

Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: durhamgirl73 on Tuesday 10 December 19 17:29 GMT (UK)
I've just received my last will which was ordered in July yay  :D
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 10 December 19 17:36 GMT (UK)
I may have found a back-stop, although it will cost me £10.  :)

I think that Wakefield Archives may have a copy of the will  :-\  If the will in question was not for a direct ancestor then I wouldn't bother, but this is my 2x great grandfather and I'd like to have it.

Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: Nick_Ips on Tuesday 10 December 19 20:21 GMT (UK)
I ordered one (for a post-2000 death) on Sunday evening and got an estimated delivery of today. It just arrived. I can't complain.

It confirms some guesses and gives some new leads to follow up.

I assume the more recent ones are already digitised and can be processed more rapidly. Two days is still pretty impressive though.
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: emeraldcity on Tuesday 10 December 19 23:34 GMT (UK)
Coming up to 2 months waiting for my order now.
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 11 December 19 08:33 GMT (UK)
I assume the more recent ones are already digitised and can be processed more rapidly. Two days is still pretty impressive though.

I ordered 3 recent wills on the 3rd and they arrived on the 5th as promised, I think you right and that they are just easier to process
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: emeraldcity on Wednesday 11 December 19 13:22 GMT (UK)
I ordered one (for a post-2000 death) on Sunday evening and got an estimated delivery of today. It just arrived. I can't complain.

It confirms some guesses and gives some new leads to follow up.

I assume the more recent ones are already digitised and can be processed more rapidly. Two days is still pretty impressive though.

My 2 month in transit one was also recent, circa 2004. I guess the  new orders are getting bumped to top of the pile!
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: Nick_Ips on Wednesday 11 December 19 16:10 GMT (UK)
My 2 month in transit one was also recent, circa 2004. I guess the  new orders are getting bumped to top of the pile!

It isn't entirely unheard of for customer service recovery to dump already overdue work into a 'recovery' team and for other staff to process new work as normal. That way you minimise the total number of people impacted by the delay and have fewer unhappy/angry customers to deal with. And as a manager you can demonstrate capability to do the normal work whilst showing the delays and problems were down to external factors. I don't know if this is what is going on with Find a will, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is.

Apologies if delivery of my Will so rapidly has delayed yours slightly more.  :)
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: BumbleB on Wednesday 11 December 19 16:37 GMT (UK)
I now have confirmation that Wakefield have my Will - so if push comes to shove, I can order it from them, but will have to pay £10.00.  BUT as I have obtained a number of wills at £1.50 instead of £10.00  :-\ :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: emeraldcity on Wednesday 11 December 19 16:53 GMT (UK)
My 2 month in transit one was also recent, circa 2004. I guess the  new orders are getting bumped to top of the pile!

It isn't entirely unheard of for customer service recovery to dump already overdue work into a 'recovery' team and for other staff to process new work as normal. That way you minimise the total number of people impacted by the delay and have fewer unhappy/angry customers to deal with. And as a manager you can demonstrate capability to do the normal work whilst showing the delays and problems were down to external factors. I don't know if this is what is going on with Find a will, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is.

Apologies if delivery of my Will so rapidly has delayed yours slightly more.  :)

Quite possible!

Haha oops, sorry if I sounded like I implied your order delayed mine at all! The new £1.50 is too good to miss out on!
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: Nick_Ips on Wednesday 11 December 19 17:14 GMT (UK)
Haha oops, sorry if I sounded like I implied your order delayed mine at all! The new £1.50 is too good to miss out on!

Don't worry, I was saying it with a smile. Perhaps I should have used a wink instead.

We are all winners and victims of the new pricing policy, once things settle down I'm sure it will be fine for everybody.
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: emeraldcity on Wednesday 11 December 19 17:24 GMT (UK)
Haha oops, sorry if I sounded like I implied your order delayed mine at all! The new £1.50 is too good to miss out on!

Don't worry, I was saying it with a smile. Perhaps I should have used a wink instead.

We are all winners and victims of the new pricing policy, once things settle down I'm sure it will be fine for everybody.

I did think as much, Nick  ;)
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: Scrumper on Wednesday 11 December 19 19:51 GMT (UK)
I ordered 2 wills on 9th Nov, one received yesterday (16 days late) and still waiting for the other.

Hit the jackpot with the one I received, 2 children and one grandchild (2nd cousin) fully named  :)  Now to plug this into my tree.
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 16 December 19 12:05 GMT (UK)
I have now ordered the same will twice, and received the same message that some of the information is incorrect or missing.  On the second occasion I contacted them - 3 December 2019 - and received acknowledgement the same day with a hint of a response within the next 2 days, but not received.  I have contacted them again, detailing the order number, date of death, date of probate, probate office and added the page number from the index.  Should they require it I did a "snip" of my order and the image from the page. 

I may not hold my breath in anticipation of a response.  :)

I've now heard from them - they've found it and will forward it  :D :D
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: emeraldcity on Wednesday 18 December 19 11:36 GMT (UK)
Still waiting (:
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: ansteynomad on Wednesday 18 December 19 12:11 GMT (UK)
How do you know when they are due to be received? 

I ordered two on 11 December, but there is no clue in the acknowledgement as to possible delivery date.  it just says: Your order has been received. We will email you when your order is available to be viewed.
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 18 December 19 12:25 GMT (UK)
If you log in to the website and look at 'My Wills' it should show it there
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: ansteynomad on Wednesday 18 December 19 13:53 GMT (UK)
Great, thanks.  I can relax until Boxing Day then.
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 18 December 19 17:10 GMT (UK)
Great, thanks.  I can relax until Boxing Day then.

Unless they have a long Christmas holiday as many 'government type' offices do then it could be New Year
Title: Re: Have you received all your wills?
Post by: ansteynomad on Friday 27 December 19 14:10 GMT (UK)
Could be. I’ve checked this afternoon and they’re not here yet.