Royal Mail: new online postage service launched (merged thread)

grunnie

I would still have to go to the Post Office as my parcels are tooo big for the post box

soolin

baffcat wrote:

Having had a quick look, it seems you'll still need to go to the PO if you want POP. .

Bang goes that idea then such a shame as it would have suited me to print postage for my regular items as they are all a standard weight and size, but I won't risk it if I haven't got any POP.

I'm going to my small PO now as I have a huge parcel and can't park in the main PO in town. I will take my smaller items with me and see if she'll let them go large letter, if not I'll have to walk into town later.

Soo

Daisydoll

Just wanted to say I use smartstamp for my busniess and If I want POP I have to queue up like the everybody else. They did give me pads of the POP cards so I could fill it in before I get there then they just check them and stamp them. So I imagine it would be the same this way.

Oh and Soolin one advantage of doing the stamps yourself YOU decide if it fits in the large letter slot, I've not had any probs so far with ones on the border as I will get charged extra via my account if my postage is wrong!

Mumstheword

Has anyone tried this?

Is there the facility to print a receipt for the postage purchased?


TIA

dora37

Mumstheword wrote:

Has anyone tried this?

Is there the facility to print a receipt for the postage purchased?


TIA

I've just had a quick go on a couple of items - whilst you don't get a receipt as such, you do get a confirmation email with all the details on, for each label you print.

katchambers

This hasn't just been launched!! I have been using it for almost 3 months now and I have been talking about how good it is on the amazon board since July. I am very happy with the system, it is much quicker and easier, you don't need any special labels, just paper, and a printer, I highly recommend it. The only downfall for some is that you don't get proof of postage - royal mail hasn't lost a book for me yet in 7 months so in my opinion it is worth the time saved.

Alfie_E

soolin wrote:

This isn't Smart stamp, this is a purely buy on a one off basis…

From just looking at it, it looks like it uses the same 2D “barcode” as SmartStamp – just an online version of SmartStamp. However, it’s currently a bit pants in the address department. If I try entering the address for a PO Box, the website is adamant that it still needs a property number/name. It also mangles foreign addresses; it’ll only take West European Characters. There’s a separate box for postal code, which it insists in putting on its own line, which almost no other country but the UK does. It would seem a much better idea, if it just did the postage and left the address to the purchaser. Plus, it won’t let you print postage for Printed Papers or Surface Mail.

Who just said I was being critical? :rolleyes:

Amazombie

katchambers wrote:

This hasn't just been launched!! I have been using it for almost 3 months now and I have been talking about how good it is on the amazon board since July. I am very happy with the system, it is much quicker and easier, you don't need any special labels, just paper, and a printer, I highly recommend it. The only downfall for some is that you don't get proof of postage - royal mail hasn't lost a book for me yet in 7 months so in my opinion it is worth the time saved.

This announcement today baffles me because as you say its been available for months! Its headline news as well. I might just use it in an emergency if I need to get something off quick over a weekend.

kitkat101

well i just used it. I live in London and it will save me queuing in my lunch for a book only selling for 3 pounds i can just pop it in the box

Neato

Hmm has anyone tried this yet?