The Sender didn't pay full postage

custardy

its not an ebay item
its a standard letter with no stamp

scbk

custardy wrote: »

its not an ebay item
its a standard letter with no stamp

Depends what you're buying

Anyway, it's common for company's franking machines to miss a beat and a letter gets sent out with no postage

StaffsSW

custardy wrote: »

its not an ebay item
its a standard letter with no stamp

It's not that you have to deal with these every day then to know the values and combinations!! When I worked in the motor trade, I thought I was sad with spotting registrations and knowing which fleet management company they were leased through. In fact I didn't think I was sad, I knew I was sad.


But I agree with above, for the sake of £1.27, just get it picked up, then contact the seller. I've also found that the printed PO labels do not stick very well to some Jiffy bags - mainly the ones with newsprint pulp as a padding. The vast majoritry of sellers would be understanding on this, and I think the vast majority of buyers would be a bit more tolerant than is suggested.

eBay should not be a "them and us" between buyers and sellers, and needs no encouragement to get it that way.

custardy

yup it is sad what you learn and remember
my new office is on the flight path to edinburgh airport so we even know the times and numbers of the mail planes

StaffsSW

custardy wrote: »

yup it is sad what you learn and remember
my new office is on the flight path to edinburgh airport so we even know the times and numbers of the mail planes

Reminds me of a guy I worked with in Hatton Cross near Heathrow, he knew the makes of planes by their engine noise alone. Even the same engine in different planes made a slightly different tone. He's retired now, but he is still regularly seen on the South Perimeter Road with a thermos, binoculars, parka and scanner.

Nice bloke. Dull as dishwater. Single...

custardy

stevew8975 wrote: »

Nice bloke. Dull as dishwater. Single...

is it me?

vwcampervan72

'the sender didn't pay full postage'.

sorry i missed that part of the op's thread

harveybobbles

DaveAshton wrote: »

I'd message the seller and ask for £1.50. That's to cover the charge, plus any chunk Paypal take from their payment to you.

SE.

Ask em for a fiver!

As most sellers often charge more than the actual postage cost as they include things like:

Petrol
Time to get there
Time out of work
Time spent in the queue
Had to get a baby sitter for 30 minutes
Post Office carpark was full, so had to Pay an Display...

steviebabes

I would go to the sorting office and have a look at the item. I doubt it is your package as 27p underpayment doesn't sound right. As custardy said its more likely to be a standard letter.

borosteve_2

custardy wrote: »

yup it is sad what you learn and remember
my new office is on the flight path to edinburgh airport so we even know the times and numbers of the mail planes

It'll all change again soon Custardy. End of October (at least in theory) and it'll be business as usual.