Royal Mail Surveys rewarded with Stamps.

NBLondon

CAPTAINBLONDECHICK wrote: »

Thanks to both. Got it today - the R sheet has correct details on it and refers to "metered".

It's strange - as if Royal Mail have "intervened" somewhere in the process. I'll check with TNS.

At a guess...


The item was prepared in the sender's business on the 3rd so that's what's on the franking label.
It was then not handed over to RM until the 4th so they applied a second stamp to prove that it was the sender (and not RM) who delayed it by a day.

NBLondon

I'm back on the main panel.


Having been told in late October to expect my first pack on w/c 7th December - it has arrived on the 8th with a one-page reminder of how to do it, a jiffy bag with the cardboard insert opened out and the paper folded inside it (as others have seen) but... no training SMARTS to put in.


Ordinary incentive stamps but no Christmas ones or diary - maybe I have to wait for the first live pack to get that.


Given that it was sent in a grey bag rather than a buff envelope as previous posting packs, it wasn't wet or torn but scrumpled to all (insert expletive here) to get it through my letter box.


Ah well....

WItchy

NBLondon wrote: »

I'm back on the main panel.


Having been told in late October to expect my first pack on w/c 7th December - it has arrived on the 8th with a one-page reminder of how to do it, a jiffy bag with the cardboard insert opened out and the paper folded inside it (as others have seen) but... no training SMARTS to put in.
Ordinary incentive stamps but no Christmas ones or diary - maybe I have to wait for the first live pack to get that.
Given that it was sent in a grey bag rather than a buff envelope as previous posting packs, it wasn't wet or torn but scrumpled to all (insert expletive here) to get it through my letter box.
Ah well....

I've had all my stuff sent to me in the grey bags, but postie normally just hands it to me rather than try and get it though the post box, I'm missing my posting pack for the things to send out for this week it never arrived, so cant send anything out till TNS sort it

SallySunshine

I'm still on training, 2 things to post but only 1 smart arrived, posted a letter today and included the smart that I received, 1jiffy bag to post tomorrow, I hung on in case the other smart arrived but since in the past both smarts have arrived in 1 envelope it doesn't look likely now.

When I entered the preparation box, I had to say no smart included so it just said to wait until one arrived.
I'm actually quite pleased I haven't got to go out as it needs to be posted 7 miles away (nearest post office) and being where we live the roads/bridges around us were flooded and damaged.
Sitting here listening to the howling wind and rain I can see us being blocked in again!::(

NBLondon

Reading Sally's post made me think there's a bit of a Catch-22 ish thing here.


If you live in a very rural place (as some here clearly do) - then getting to a post box/office at the required date and time may take some planning and travel. If you live in a major city (like I do) then you may well have more options. So some of you are working a lot harder for your free stamps!


But in those relatively remoter areas - it's equally more effort for RM to keep up the same/expected level of service and possibly they need the monitoring more. Yet when they send out the letters asking for panellists in given postcodes - it seems to my untrained eye to be mostly suburban areas. Or is it affluent areas where there are fewer people who read MSE? (Other money saving websites are available...)

gentleorange

I booked three weeks holiday, in plenty of time, but I'm still being sent things to post during that time. Do they just 'rest' until I start again?

8pumpkinpie8

gentleorange wrote: »

I booked three weeks holiday, in plenty of time, but I'm still being sent things to post during that time. Do they just 'rest' until I start again?

Yep, you just send them on the correct day and time of day, ignoring the actual date.

custardy

NBLondon wrote: »

Reading Sally's post made me think there's a bit of a Catch-22 ish thing here.


If you live in a very rural place (as some here clearly do) - then getting to a post box/office at the required date and time may take some planning and travel. If you live in a major city (like I do) then you may well have more options. So some of you are working a lot harder for your free stamps!


But in those relatively remoter areas - it's equally more effort for RM to keep up the same/expected level of service and possibly they need the monitoring more. Yet when they send out the letters asking for panellists in given postcodes - it seems to my untrained eye to be mostly suburban areas. Or is it affluent areas where there are fewer people who read MSE? (Other money saving websites are available...)

Well the reverse being far less rural boxes,so easier to check.

sheramber

O live in a rural area. I have a post box within walking distance but it one of the old fashioned small boxes with a slot teh size of an ordinary envelope. It actually has 'letter only' embedded in teh metal of the box.

So some items I get to post in the box are too big so I have to take them to the box outside the nearest post office , which is 7 miles away.

On the other hand our postal service is fantastic. Much better than my son's who lives in Edinburgh.

I received a first class parcel at 11 am one day that was posted in Devon at 5pm the day before.

fuzzgun19

For this week I have 4 items to post on my paper schedule, and have them ready to post, but on the online schedule I only have 2 items.

What do I do, just send the two' missing' ones with smarts but be unable to record them online, or dont send them?