Royal Mail Surveys rewarded with Stamps.

elsien

Just say it's a sample you're sending off, that's what I normally do.

BrianS2014

rosy wrote: »

I know they need to ask what is in a parcel for safety reasons,

I sent my first cube yesterday, as the final item from my training period. It seemed to confuse the lady behind the counter at the sub post office because it already had a £3.00 stamp on, although to be fair to her she has just recently taken over the running of the sub post office. I was not asked about the contents though.

LEJC

rosy wrote: »

If there was a range of contents ( probably too costly for them to do )or something more generic it would be less identifiable as a test item. I do feel it should be possible to highlight issues like this and post arriving with identifying marks etc without having to wonder if you would be dismissed.

quite a few years ago on the previous parcel posting the contents used to be pasta ....but then even if you had a range of cheap but heavy things to post it would still raise the question of why you would pay £3 to send a 50p bag of pasta to someone!


I think part of the reason that they are now introducing the APL and asking you to pay and be reimbursed with vouchers is so that actually there isnt a band of people that enter post offices with pre stamped parcels etc...


Ive never had a problem with saying its a sample of foam...there are many furniture coverers who do operate businesses in this fashion

Also as the sender of the item you are probably unlikely to be "reported" by postal workers as part of the panel...as the person doesnt have any details of your name/address ....if anyone is likely to be outed its the receiver...which is why its always a good idea to make talking and blogging about the postal panel as vague as possible

MsBlonde

3010 wrote: »

Has kingfisher gone bust? I thought they owned B+Q and a range of other DIY shops.

The vouchers did, back in the day of woolworths, I lost £50 of vouchers

NAR

BrianS2014 wrote: »

I sent my first cube yesterday, as the final item from my training period. It seemed to confuse the lady behind the counter at the sub post office because it already had a £3.00 stamp on, although to be fair to her she has just recently taken over the running of the sub post office. I was not asked about the contents though.

If asked about this I tell them I am returning something in stamped returns box. Seems to satisfy them.

anamenottaken

MsBlonde wrote: »

The vouchers did, back in the day of woolworths, I lost £50 of vouchers

The Woolworths vouchers, not the L2S vouchers supplied by TNS. (Very, very annoying, though, when the Woolworths vouchers became valuless (except as bookmarks).)

Quentin

NAR wrote: »

If asked about this I tell them I am returning something in stamped returns box. Seems to satisfy them.

Why turn yourself into a liar unneccessarily?

Makes you wonder how reliable these surveys are if the "volunteers" are happy to lie to the post office??

anamenottaken

LEJC wrote: »

I wondered this ...but thinking about it I think it will be sent out directly to the winner...if they send it to someone else to send on then that will make that person think they have won..

I didn't think it would be for a panellist to send out but that it might be in the senders pack. I would see this as some encouragement to go and collect a pack which was too big to go through a letterbox and had to be collected from the delivery office or re-delivery arrangements made.

heatherks

rosy wrote: »

Have said before on here that I have concerns about the validity of the survey generally - I had to post a cube the other day ( stamped already ) and it was VERY obvious that the assistant knew it was a survey item. I won't go into details but I know he realised due to the contents ( every time I post something at the PO they ask what's in the parcel ) and other features on the box. I feel I should email and let TNS know this has happened - I wonder if they might stop me participating if this is seen as anonymity being compromised.

i just tell them its a mug /returning ebay item

unless they have already opened one in the past how can they tell you are on the panel

heatherks

Quentin wrote: »

Why turn yourself into a liar unneccessarily?

Makes you wonder how reliable these surveys are if the "volunteers" are happy to lie to the post office??

would you tell the you are testing them to see if parcel is delivered to its destination correctly