Great Tips to Cut Postage Costs Hunt

Chester_Draws

And dont forget, when you get junk mail with a pre-paid return envelope, pack it THICK with newspaper before posting it back.
This will make Royal Mail more profitable as they will charge more to the junkers, and maybe stop future price rises. :j

Nile

If your postie puts someone else's mail through your letterbox, or your mail is posted to a neighbour's address in error.........despite the correct address on the envelope............write to complain. You might get a book of stamps with your letter of apology.

mmlh

Chester_Draws wrote:

maybe stop future price rises. :j

very unlikely

Happy_shopper

Send cards / prezzies early enough so that they will get there on time by second class (or does that look cheap? Maybe not Valentine's cards then.:o ). I know it's obvious but I've been caught out loads of times and had to shove things in first class at the last minute.

stiffnuts69

ukmonkey wrote:

Guys, please don't make posts that are conspiring to commit fraud.

Ways to get around paying for postage at all are not what Martin intended to be posted on this thread, not only this, but you'd be breaking the law by carrying out these "tricks" too!

What the hell do you meany by this. What posts are conspiring to commit fraud.

How would you be breaking the law by carrying out these tricks.

mrsw

stiffnuts69 wrote:

What the hell do you meany by this. What posts are conspiring to commit fraud.

How would you be breaking the law by carrying out these tricks.

Your talking out of your £$%^

I think there was a post by cheepsk8 that was removed.

meerustar

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember someone saying yonks ago that you cannot deface a stamp as it has the queens head on it (or something) and that Royal Mail can refuse to deliver if taped over or glued on with anything other than the original glue/sticker.

Not sure if its true but I've never sellotaped over a stamp. I know we're all moneysavers but it's only 32p or whatever ... and quite reasonable too I think to send my family a card on the other side of the country.

ukmonkey

meerustar wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember someone saying yonks ago that you cannot deface a stamp as it has the queens head on it (or something) and that Royal Mail can refuse to deliver if taped over or glued on with anything other than the original glue/sticker.

Not sure if its true but I've never sellotaped over a stamp. I know we're all moneysavers but it's only 32p or whatever ... and quite reasonable too I think to send my family a card on the other side of the country.

The items would almost certainly be treated as having no postage paid, and surcharged for the missing postage plus a handling fee of c£1.00

Not sure about all the stuff about it having a Queens head or anything, but it could be seen as an attempted to defraud, or obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.

Portlandbill

stiffnuts69 wrote:

Your talking out of your £$%^

Charming response !!!

ukmonkey

Portlandbill wrote:

Charming response !!!

I know, s/he couldn't even spell "you're" correctly! Sheesh!