Post office gave me Special delivery labels...

Philippa36

We have rolls of these at work but only because the mail gets franked with the correct postage, including the charge for recorded mail and then I had it over at the PO, it gets weighed, scanned and then sent off.

I wouldn't use them for my own Ebay sales though.

epm-84

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

what a load of complete and utter tut, sorry but you couldn't be further from the truth. If you pay at the counter then your local post office gets a cut, if you pay in advance they do all of the work and don't get a penny for it.

Oh I'm sorry I didn't realise that the Post Office got no commission if they sold you 100 stamps in advance but if you buy as and when you post every item they do get commission. The Post Office also have their own online postage printer.

And the cashiers do all the work? I thought I was supposed to put the item in an envelope/packet/box, seal it and address it. Turns out I was wrong!

Obviously_the_best

By pay in advance people normally mean buy online, which means the Post Office don't get any money but still do the same amount of work as a normal special delivery. Sorry if I came over slightly rude.

ravenjet

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

By pay in advance people normally mean buy online, which means the Post Office don't get any money but still do the same amount of work as a normal special delivery. Sorry if I came over slightly rude.

A post office will get paid a transaction fee even if your parcel is pre paid as long as they enter it into they system and don't just throw it in the post bag.
Before I started using paypal postage I asked my post office what it would mean to them, they said they didn't mind because it saves their time and still get paid a fee.