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Can't you just print onto a peice of paper and tape the paper to the package?0
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If you've got a reliable pair of scales at home, are you able to print off "stamps" to post parcels etc, that are heavier than standard letters, but would still fit into a postbox? I often cell books/DVD's etc and this would save the queuing up at the post office each time just to get them weighed.
I guess the only downside to this is that you couldn't get a certificate of postage unless you still actually go into the post office?0 -
Kaminari wrote:Can't you just print onto a peice of paper and tape the paper to the package?
Yes, I've been doing this for weeks now as I do a lot of pen-palling and send stacks of overseas mail. Has saved me from the hours of post office queues!!!
I only use the free service and don't bother with the smart stamp subscription.0 -
The downside of this is handy little service is the loss of trade to the smaller Post Offices which do more than just sell stamps.
My village PO is under threat of closure so I'll be buying mine from there.0 -
I consider this to be a complete rip off, To have to pay £5.00 a month for the privilege of supplying my own lables, printer and it's huge appetite for ink is not on. I was a subscriber for several months, but, thinking about it, I thought what the h*ll, they (The Post Office) closed my local post office leaving me with the nearest place whch I could buy stamps a walk of over a mile down a steep hill. OK if your'e a fit twenty year old, but at three score years and ten, It is very difficult. It is however possible to print postage for free from the Royal Mail site, but it is nowhere near as simple and a bit of a pain in the neck.
My complaints to Royal Mail fell on deaf ears, they never reply to e-mails.
There - I've had my grumpy old man whinge and got it off my chest, not that I think it will do the slightest good, but I feel better for it. Sorry all if you got this far I'll shut up now.
Very best regards
Peter Hill0 -
Erm ..... sorry, but how is this better than the existing free service?0
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No-one has made it entirely plain so here goes:
The Post Office has a web site where you can print your own stamps FREE of charge, no subscription, ever. You can pay on the spot or store credit in advance and pay from that. It works well. It can be found at:
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump3?catId=400043&mediaId=26800663
Nick0 -
I used this service until the stupid new postal rates, but now I can't be sure my thick envelopes (the main advantage for me was NOT having to go to the post office) will pass through their daft slots, and I can't risk recipients having to pay excess. So I stopped using it. It might be OK for totally standard letters, but you might as well buy a book of stamps.0
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beachhutman wrote:I used this service until the stupid new postal rates, but now I can't be sure my thick envelopes (the main advantage for me was NOT having to go to the post office) will pass through their daft slots, and I can't risk recipients having to pay excess. So I stopped using it. It might be OK for totally standard letters, but you might as well buy a book of stamps.
These are handy for measuiring letters at home:-
http://search.stores.ebay.co.uk/Consilium-Designs-Ltd_mail_W0QQfciZQ2d1QQfclZ3QQfsnZConsiliumQ20DesignsQ20LtdQQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftsZ2QQsaselZ216060010QQsofpZ0
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=Pricing+in+Proportion+Ruler
Just got one of the wooden ruler type, at £2.99. Better than faffing around with the paper guide Royal Mail sent.0 -
ramkirhs wrote:If you've got a reliable pair of scales at home, are you able to print off "stamps" to post parcels etc, that are heavier than standard letters, but would still fit into a postbox? I often cell books/DVD's etc and this would save the queuing up at the post office each time just to get them weighed.ramkirhs wrote:I guess the only downside to this is that you couldn't get a certificate of postage unless you still actually go into the post office?
You can also pre-buy registered post, but it lets you get to the end of the purchase and only then tells you that you've got to take it to the PO and queue up with it, so really I don't know why you'd do this more than once. What are they achieving with this? The Post Office branch gets no revenue but still has to provide someone to accept the item, insane!
BTW, I bought a plastic ruler in Staples for (I think) £3.99 which had the plastic slots in. Don't know if they still have them: hope so because I want another.
You can order a cardboard guide from the Royal Mail site - you might need to say you're a business to do this. Silly really, I don't know why they don't have them freely available in Post Offices. And I'm sorry, if I have to navigate the Royal Mail site tonight I'll lose the will to live! Although if I was posting a lot I wouldn't rely on the cardboard ones anyway because they are going to 'wear away' and 'accept' fatter items than the PO will, IYSWIM.Signature removed for peace of mind0
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