Have I waited the longest for my 1.50 wills??

[LadyJayne]

I've received the last of the three will's I ordered on the 27th July with an estimated delivery date of 11th August today. The first two arrived on Monday.  These have taken just under two month's to arrive. 

[CarolA3]

I know it is frustrating, but I believe the main problem was caused by greedy people ordering twenty or thirty wills at a time, this was bound to cause problems. The situation is further exacerbated by people then sending in queries about the delay. If everyone exercises a little more patience, and refrains from sending  in further orders  for a little while, it would give them a chance to catch up with the backlog and normal service would soon resume.
 

Absolutely - and it's possibly the fault of someone on RootsChat for publicising the price change     

Sorry, I didn't mean that it was solely the fault of a RootsChat member - but it was possibly/probably exacerbated 

Let's face it, we're all after a bargain 

This 'someone on RootsChat' you're talking about is me, as you well know.  You've made similar comments on the thread I started.  Kissy/blushing faces and the like do not cut it; if you don't mean what you've posted, edit it.  You have 24 hours to do so.

To be clear - my only role in this was to spread useful information, which I thought was the main purpose of RootsChat.

Carol

[Craclyn]

Does it really matter why there were high volume orders?
The backlog seems to be clearing now, so we can all get back to reading and enjoying the wills we receive. I just found a missing great aunt using one of the delayed wills that I received this week 

[BumbleB]

To confirm - I have now deleted all my responses to threads related to Wills.

[Mart 'n' Al]

I ordered 5 on 29th July.  Two recent ones arrived vey quickly.  A third one, 1895 arrived today.  Two are still outstanding.

Martin

[Liza115]

I put in an order for five wills on 29 July, and then for two more on 7 August. Still looking forward to receiving any of them. Maybe they'll arrive on the next business day . . . .

[BashLad]

Actually the delays with the probate registry go back to when the government changed the IHT rules. A great many people submitted applications for probate to beat the deadline which left the registries with massive backlogs. It's  been causing  issues at work and I've seen house sales  fall through because buyers  have  lost patience waiting on sellers to get probate. While it's true we're  only asking for  a  copy of some historic paperwork I  cant imagine they'd be deemed a priority compared to  people actually dealing  with  an estate.

[Knight-Sunderland]

I ordered one on 6th October and received it on 8th October...

[Liza115]

The first of my five wills ordered on 29 July has just arrived! Hoping the others will be following soon.