Sending Passport Through The Post

Pollycat

custardy wrote: »

what's your point?
Are you saying Recorded gave you peace of mind over 1st class?

I was a bit confused too.

I thought Special Delivery gave you a better service than Recorded. :huh:

The place we get our regular visas from say you must use RMSDE to send your documents (not sure what they do if you use normal post though ).

custardy

Pollycat wrote: »

I was a bit confused too.

I thought Special Delivery gave you a better service than Recorded. :huh:

The place we get our regular visas from say you must use RMSDE to send your documents (not sure what they do if you use normal post though ).

Its not about better,they simply aren't comparable in any way

Buzby

First Class for me - it went to Durham and they confirmed receipt 2 days later by cashing my cheque. Being a Registered Tightwad, if it got lost, it wouldn't cost me any more to replace .......

Jamie_Carter

custardy wrote: »

yeah thats fine.

So if it never arrives,then what?
you have cost of replacement and never know if someone has a passport in your name.
Its not about its value,its about the cost & hassle of it going missing

The funny thing is that when the passport office post your passport to you, they use normal first class mail.

zerog

FluffyFiFi wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, I didn't think our post was that dodgy, an old passport that was about to run out didn't seem that important, proof of posting would have kept me happy but I have paid the extra and have the peace of mind in knowing it will be delivered by 1pm tomorrow. Not that I was that bothered in the first place.

Proof of posting will allow you to claim £20 from RM after 15 working days

Recorded is £50 but goes with the normal post, the only difference is that the postman will ask for a signature if he notices the recorded sticker, if he does not then it will go in your postbox

Special delivery goes by a different route through RM and is scanned at each mail centre

custardy

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

The funny thing is that when the passport office post your passport to you, they use normal first class mail.

Well who loses money if it doesn't arrive? The cost to them is negligible.
However unless its changed the passport office use a courier to deliver passports

Jamie_Carter

custardy wrote: »

Well who loses money if it doesn't arrive? The cost to them is negligible.
However unless its changed the passport office use a courier to deliver passports

20 odd years ago my wife sent her passport off along with our marriage certificate, to have her name changed to her married name. Her passport arrived a few weeks later, but there was no sign of the old passport or the marriage certificate. Then one day when walking down the road, I noticed a brown envelope in the bushes that appeared to have something inside it. I picked it up, and to my horror it contained my wife's old passport and marriage certificate, all soaking wet and chewed by rats.


The post office weren't interested at all. There was no financial loss, just sentimental. But I suppose it could have been an omen, warning me that my wife wouldn't be able to keep her knickers on...lol

Mojisola

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

The funny thing is that when the passport office post your passport to you, they use normal first class mail.

And the new passport comes in an envelope with Passport Office written in big letters on it while the old passport gets sent in a plain brown envelope.

kronenbourg

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

20 odd years ago my wife sent her passport off along with our marriage certificate, to have her name changed to her married name. Her passport arrived a few weeks later, but there was no sign of the old passport or the marriage certificate. Then one day when walking down the road, I noticed a brown envelope in the bushes that appeared to have something inside it. I picked it up, and to my horror it contained my wife's old passport and marriage certificate, all soaking wet and chewed by rats.


The post office weren't interested at all. There was no financial loss, just sentimental. But I suppose it could have been an omen, warning me that my wife wouldn't be able to keep her knickers on...lol

how do you know it was chewed by rats , you some kind of expert on rodents teeth

baby_frogmella

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

The funny thing is that when the passport office post your passport to you, they use normal first class mail.

They will only return your old cancelled/expired passport by 1st/2nd class mail...so if it gets lost, not a big deal unless you have valid visas in there. New passports are always sent by courier or by RM special delivery.