Problems posting a Large Letter using regular 1st class stamps?

techspec

Big_W wrote: »

Though I don't take my dedication as far as risking bending my car getting to the PO in the snow....

Same here - today was first time ive risked it since last week.

Hope it doesn't affect my feedback - but car insurance is too high to risk a fender bender in the snow.

techspec

macfly wrote: »

Harmless enough I suppose. But writng on the packaging won't make any difference. It will be treated as first class anyway.

Errm - it does.

Post used to get mixed up until they started putting the large stamps on with 1st and 2nd on. Paying for 1st was a waste of money - as they all went out together. This is because they were sorted by hand - so a quick visible look was all they had to go by.

If you put a load of mixed stamps on - they don't have time to add them up and weigh the parcel. So a little help by writing on the parcel can only help.

soolin

techspec wrote: »

Errm - it does.

Post used to get mixed up until they started putting the large stamps on with 1st and 2nd on. Paying for 1st was a waste of money - as they all went out together. This is because they were sorted by hand - so a quick visible look was all they had to go by.

If you put a load of mixed stamps on - they don't have time to add them up and weigh the parcel. So a little help by writing on the parcel can only help.

I thought they were all scanned, I don't believe a poor postie stands there in a sorting office and adds the stamps up.

metoyoubear

I've done it too for those small packs of lego,I wrote 2nd class Large letter etc on them.

macfly

techspec wrote: »

Errm - it does.

Post used to get mixed up until they started putting the large stamps on with 1st and 2nd on. Paying for 1st was a waste of money - as they all went out together. This is because they were sorted by hand - so a quick visible look was all they had to go by.

If you put a load of mixed stamps on - they don't have time to add them up and weigh the parcel. So a little help by writing on the parcel can only help.

Where do you get this idea? Post didn't used to get mixed up, no more than would be expected with 60 million a day.
Millions of packets and letters are sent daily with multiple stamps on. Do you think they just believe you if you write first class on?