Royal Mail Surveys

WEEGIE

davethorp wrote: »

Just had my stamp run through. Got 18 first class stamps rather than 12 first and 4 large letter first this time

I got the same this morning, they have probably reverted back to the old way.:D

Cake

davethorp wrote: »

Just had my stamp run through. Got 18 first class stamps rather than 12 first and 4 large letter first this time

Just seen this in the News & features section


March Incentive Stamps:
For this month only, we are returning to giving our panellists the incentive of 18 x 1st Class Letter stamps. We apologise for any confusion that this causes.
We intend to revert to the standard incentive of 12 x 1st Class + 4 x 1st Class Large Letter stamps for April

Shame as the "normal" stamps would be a lot more useful here

mum2one

Totally agree prefered the old way of 18 1st class stamps, very sad and organised, put the 6 up for use andthen the 12 goes up for xmas.xx

Lucyxx

mum2one wrote: »

Totally agree prefered the old way of 18 1st class stamps, very sad and organised, put the 6 up for use andthen the 12 goes up for xmas.xx

Wow, that is organised! :T I have a little stash in the kitchen, that we just dip into when we need them. wish they would go back to the old way, then I'd pinch your idea :rotfl:

Abbafan1972

Thanks. didn't even know you could do this.

Click on the link at the beginning of the thread and they are full at the moment.

mrcol1000

They are free. Stop complaining.
I prefer the large letter stamps as they are good for cards.

lannyloo

mrcol1000 wrote: »

They are free. Stop complaining.
I prefer the large letter stamps as they are good for cards.

I agree, i use the normal stamps for letters and the larger ones to send out cards. The larger ones will definately come in handy towards Xmas:beer:

princessmoneysaver

sausagesandwich wrote: »

Got my first class stamps today:j has the design changed on them?with two paperclip shapes cut into them

This is the new design for 2 reasons :-

1 - to stop people reusing any that haven't been franked
2 - to stop people collecting them

This was for all new stamps coming into force from April, the cost of the stamps has also gone up by 3p each (I think).

lannyloo

sausagesandwich wrote: »

I'm not complaining,just asking a question,why would i complain i've been doing the survey over twelve month now.Well,have they changed the design on the ones you have received this week,or anyone else?

Did you get the new design in this weeks post??? I usually get mine on a Friday, but ill let you know if its a new design

princessmoneysaver

sausagesandwich wrote: »

Why will it stop people collecting/saving them?

how cant anyone re-use them with the new design?

When collectors take them off the envelope now it will leave part of it behind (the paperclip bit) same if you try take them off to reuse them unless you reuse the envelope too????

I've read this somewhere, link here

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/17/darwin-stamps-royal-mail

read down til it says


Royal Mail also issued a separate set of tamper-proof stamps today, which have improved security features to stop users peeling used stamps from envelopes which have not been franked and reusing them.
Part of a sticky film covering the stamp will remain on the envelope and thwart fraudsters. The new stamps will also be printed on the same tamper-proof paper used for currency. They are called the Machin stamps, named in honour of the (late) artist Arnold Machin, who created the classic image of the Queen which features on British stamps and coins.
A spokesman said the new stamps would be sent out to around 55,000 retailers from today.
He said: "The design has two panels printed on the stamp. The panels remain behind when a stamp is peeled off an envelope. The stamps are also printed on special paper which is designed to improve security."