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The person receiving the post will have to pay the postage plus a £1 surcharge.
You should also be aware that if you did attempt to do it, then its no different to attempted theft.I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.0 -
john_kent wrote:Save a fortune on postage if I cna use them for other things.
It's fraud.
Against Royal Mail ... if they're delivered to a fresh destination you write on them. Or against the licence owner .... if they get delivered to the address originally on the envelope (because you don't mask out coded items on the envelope that are read by Royal Mail OCR / barcode machines)
Either way .....it's fraud.If you want to test the depth of the water .........don't use both feet !0 -
So if you just send back the sealed prepaid envelope to the company they will get charged ? I'm thinking about junk mail letters." The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
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lilac_lady wrote:So if you just send back the sealed prepaid envelope to the company they will get charged ? I'm thinking about junk mail letters.
Exactly. And don't to forget to put all their junk back in the envelope since the heavier it is the more they pay.0 -
lilac_lady wrote:So if you just send back the sealed prepaid envelope to the company they will get charged ? I'm thinking about junk mail letters.
Generally speaking, they are charged for having printed them irrespective of if people actually use them or not. Actually junk mailing them back doesnt cost them anything at all just increases the burden on Royal Mail.All posts made are simply my own opinions and are neither professional advice nor the opinions of my employers
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No - they are only charged by Royal Mail for the envelopes returned to them.Here I go again on my own....0
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My ones I use are charged on someone using them. If they dont use them, i dont pay the postage. You can buy pre-printed stamped envelopes but companies won't be using those. They are targeted at the consumer.I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.0
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Actually junk mailing them back doesnt cost them anything at all
I don't think you are right.
If you package up a brick and put the envelope on the front they will have to pay by weight.
I don't do this myself but I believe some people who are fed up of junk mail do it.0 -
krishna wrote:Exactly. And don't to forget to put all their junk back in the envelope since the heavier it is the more they pay.
And also don't forget to cut it up into little pieces (maybe shread it) before you do so as it them makes tons of mess when they open it!
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