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Offline cockney rebel

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Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« on: Monday 08 December 25 19:08 GMT (UK) »
Hi
It may be all for the best when I look at my to-do pre Christmas list that I haven't had any probate records delivered to my In Box, but how is everybody else faring?
It's been 3 and a half weeks since I ordered and I've heard nowt.
I ordered about 30 records all tolled, not in one batch but a few at a time, the system kept crashing on me!
So, how's it going for the rest of you?
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Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« Reply #1 on: Monday 08 December 25 23:42 GMT (UK) »
I ordered 6 pretty much as soon as the price increase was announced.  Two were delivered within 1-2 days but I've heard nothing further about the rest.  I would imagine they've been inundated!
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Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 08:19 GMT (UK) »
I'm in a similar position to Jomot.

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Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 18:28 GMT (UK) »
I ordered 63 in several batches. ;D
Half a dozen were instant deliveries.
Since then I've received 4. (2 post 1996 and 2 older ones).
There seems to be a glitch at the moment whereby they aren't showing the date they were first downloaded. (I had this with some wills a few years ago and they have stayed permanently available ever since)

edit: just got another one which has registered the download correctly.


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Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 18:43 GMT (UK) »
Well, at least it sounds as if things are still moving.....albeit at a snail's pace.
I just keep worrying that I have missed my notification mail!
I would certainly for not one of my orders have paid 16 pounds!
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Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 16 December 25 20:39 GMT (UK) »
Oh dear, now what are they doing? This morning I had two 'order fulfilled' emails for wills that I downloaded ages ago and have since expired! I have only had a few of my outstanding orders so far, so that was quite a disappointment. ???

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Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 17 December 25 17:00 GMT (UK) »
Hi
No, I don't know what they are doing either!
Since my original posting I have had 2 wills delivered.
However, I did not receive an email notification for either.
I was losing faith in the whole system and  started checking my user account at probate.gov
And there were the said two wills ready and waiting for download

A few days later I did get a notification though
They are obviously in overload modus !
Especially over this Christmas period where my mail inbox is swamped with Xmas nonsense , and I worry about simply missing a mail, I shall continue to check manually at the probate site proper.
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