using prepaid envelopes by covering company address and writing desired address on it

boymuzz1

I want to try covering the company's printed address on the envelope by sticking over it a plain piece of paper and hand writing the address im sending it to (e.g. a friend or family member)

is this possible?

Browntoa

no , its fraud

boymuzz1

ok, but will it work?

Antispam

Might it might not. If caught there be a charge to the receiver, you could also face the sack if your employer finds out.

Not worth the risk and yes its fraud

osmanelmais wrote: »

ok, but will it work?

Stuart_W

No, it won't work.

(I presume we're talking about business reply envelopes, with the two black bars and a big 1 or 2 for first or second class)

The business address is registered with the post office to accept recipent-pays post. It will not work with any address - the letter will be counted as underpaid, the recipient will need to pay the usual surcharge.

Send the letter to yourself and see if you like.

If on the other hand you are talking about prepaid envelopes then yes, they would work to any address, but surely if you haven't paid for them it is some kind of theft.

boymuzz1

No, these are advertisements or charity spam that I receive in the mail. I'm a student so I don't work at these companies. Also I'm going to try sending one to myself and see what happens

custardy

osmanelmais wrote: »

No, these are advertisements or charity spam that I receive in the mail. I'm a student so I don't work at these companies. Also I'm going to try sending one to myself and see what happens

enjoy your charge and working towards the further demise of the postal service.

Stuart_W

It will cost you £1.36 to accept your letter.

£1.50 after 30th April.

Don't bother and if you want to waste your money, buy a lottery ticket instead. You've got 15 minutes before tonight's draw closes. At least that might achieve something.

BargainGalore

Well you are certainly carving a career for yourself aren't we. A career in crime

What you are doing is fraudulent I am no sympathy if you get caught

The pre paid envelope will be checked and it wont go through without a charge being made to the receiver

osmanelmais wrote: »

No, these are advertisements or charity spam that I receive in the mail. I'm a student so I don't work at these companies. Also I'm going to try sending one to myself and see what happens

Browntoa

thought the modern ones had bar codes....enjoy the charity etc getting your personal letters as the automatic sorting machine STILL sends it to the company address

boymuzz1

So it seems that this was a bad idea.

Thanks for the advice everyone.