First Direct no longer giving freepost envelopes

andyburn

Osarkon

Funny, they still provide them for new customers when your applying via post for an account.

RichyRich

They've written to me twice inviting me to apply for a credit card. No interest in the card, but I've kept the post-paid envelopes :money:

darren72

If you put in a complaint about this they will issue you with a batch of pre-paid envelopes and give you the option of obtaining these again in the future - based on personal experience.

jonesMUFCforever

Assuming you want these to post cheques into your account - would it not be easier to pay them in via HSBC bank?

catwoman73

I'd rather banks/credit card companies etc not provide envelopes at all. I post things to the bank about once per year at less and I get an envelope with every credit card statement even though they're all on direct debit, and from other places as well.

I end up throwing them away as buying stickers to cover up the address cost more than just buying envelopes and it looks a bit of a mess. Such a waste!

andyburn

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

Assuming you want these to post cheques into your account - would it not be easier to pay them in via HSBC bank?

There are 45,000 postboxes in the UK and 1,500 HSBC branches. It's much easier, more convenient, better for the planet, yada yada, to drop a cheque in the postbox, which you could do for free until (it appears) just recently.

catwoman73 wrote:

I'd rather banks/credit card companies etc not provide envelopes at all. I post things to the bank about once per year at less and I get an envelope with every credit card statement even though they're all on direct debit, and from other places as well.

I end up throwing them away as buying stickers to cover up the address cost more than just buying envelopes and it looks a bit of a mess. Such a waste!

The envelopes for paying in cheques with first direct have to be specifically requested by the customer. They don't send them out willy nilly, so no wastage.

mrmajika

carvell wrote: »

There are 45,000 postboxes in the UK and 1,500 HSBC branches.

There are also 12,000 post office branches which, since May this year, now allow you to deposit both cash and cheques into your First Direct (and HSBC) accounts.

The cash credits immediately. The cheques appear to get sent away by the PO and get processed in the same way they do when you post them yourself.

Of course, I'd much rather the pre-paid envelopes, but It's a good second best alternative.

darren72

If your local post office is anything like mine there is always queues - much easier to just pop it in the postbox.

As I say - If you complaint about it they will send you the prepaid ones, and make a note against your account to allow you to continue to receive these.

Thanks
Daniel

p00hsticks

catwoman73 wrote: »

I end up throwing them away as buying stickers to cover up the address cost more than just buying envelopes and it looks a bit of a mess. Such a waste!

THe insides are blank , so I open them out, cut off the flap, split them into two and use them for shopping lists and when I need to leave notes - that's money saving !

Gromitt

p00hsticks wrote: »

THe insides are blank , so I open them out, cut off the flap, split them into two and use them for shopping lists and when I need to leave notes - that's money saving !

Certainly is! I normally just turn them over and scribble notes on them. Same as what I do with most of the marketing blurb from banks. I actively encourage them to send it via the post so I get more scribbling paper