Royal Mail Surveys rewarded with Stamps.

sheep-ali

2013yearofthehouse wrote: »

Out of interest, does anyone here just do the unaddressed mail survey (that pays in £5 vouchers instead of stamps)?

I got invited to do it by TNS (surveys first, then got invited to Shopandscan, then the unaddressed mail survey) and after a few times I was invited to the main RM survey, but I declined as I was too busy and am I right in thinking it's pretty time consuming? They've asked me twice now, so if they ask again I might be tempted! However, I've been doing the unaddressed survey almost continuously for 2 years now (3 weeks on, 3 weeks off - but I get the option each time, so can pick and choose which I do) and it pays £5 for less than 10 minutes "work" spread over 3 weeks, so about £100 total (and I don't even have to leave the house! ) which seems like less work for more reward (than the main survey)? So just wondering how much more time consuming is the main survey?

The short answer is : a lot. It really all depends how far from a post office you live because there are some items which have to be sent from there.
In my opinion, the unaddressed and correctly delivered are by far and away the easiest and least time-consuming plus of course they pay in vouchers - I have enough stamps now to last my lifetime

libra10

I regularly do the unaddressed mail and correctly delivered surveys.

For the time involved, both surveys are well paid, and involve very little effort.

MaShadow

considering each month you get 12 first class stamps which is £7.44 to buy and 4 large stamps £3.72. its not bad if you use alot of stamps. plus you get diarys at christmas and such

i dont live near a post office and im a stay at home person. but i make it work

2013yearofthehouse

Thanks the replies

The 3 nearest post offices (within 2 miles of me, in various directions) have all closed in the last few years and now the nearest is over 5 miles away (and not somewhere I go regularly), so it may be tricky, but I'll consider it more carefully if they ever ask again!

sheramber

2013yearofthehouse wrote: »

Thanks the replies

The 3 nearest post offices (within 2 miles of me, in various directions) have all closed in the last few years and now the nearest is over 5 miles away (and not somewhere I go regularly), so it may be tricky, but I'll consider it more carefully if they ever ask again!

Do you have a postbox closer?

Some items are posted in postboxes and some at the post office. These must all be in the area of the letter/s at the beginning of your postcode.

The place of posting in interchangeable as if, on occasions, you can't manage the rquested one you can use the other

The items must be posted before last collection.

Some weeks I have had things to post every day , others only two days.

You do get items that must be posted over the counter of the post office. Also some items you recieve will not go through the letter box so , if you are not in when the postie calls, you need to collect or arrange for delivery when you will be at home.

A lot to consider before signing up.

molerat

prernakapoor wrote: »

Hi all. I'm in a bit of a quandry this morning. My first part of my postcode is E14. Does that mean I can post in postboxes and at post offices in the E1 code area or the E14 area? The FAQs on the site say the following. Thanks!

you can choose another PostBox in your postcode area, which is indicated by the letter(s) in the first portion of your postcode.

prernakapoor wrote: »

Yes, I saw that, but it seems odd that the entire 'E' area is covered by my postcode as that is all of East London. It does not mention anything about 'numbers'.

trix-a-belle wrote: »

I'm in the NR postcode, that stretches about 30+miles in most directions from my house & I can post in any boxes in that area, the results are corellated by by overall postcode area ie NR not sub division ie NR31 as I'd guess that is too much fine tuning for them to try & manage & of no benefit for the vast amount more effort it would take. They struggle enough as is to coordinate overall postcode areas!

pffft, lightweights, my furthest post box is about 140 miles !! A bit far for my morning walk though

MaShadow

mine is under a minute from my door haha

ironed_out

Received a survey letter this morning, which was opened, but also contained 2 smarts. Anyone know what to do about this, before I email to ask ��

LEJC

ironed_out wrote: »

Received a survey letter this morning, which was opened, but also contained 2 smarts. Anyone know what to do about this, before I email to ask ��

Have you tried inputting the letter details on to the system as normal...I believe that it should reject the details of the incorrect smart assuming the sender did enclose the correct smart and an additional one.


that should leave you with one correct smart to add to your collection ....the second one I would pop in a smart return envelope and just send it back.


If that doesnt work you may need to email them...although if you mention that the envelope was open when you received it that could compromise your position on the panel

ironed_out

Thanks LEJC. Will try and input it as usual, and if no joy, will email them.