Royal mail robbing us

Mike27

With Christmas coming up i have had 2 of these P4605 cards through which the Royal Mail are adding extra charges to a parcel they have accepted from the sender and then decided they want the extra from the recipient.

Would it do any good to send them a letter saying that by sending me any more in the future they are agreeing to cover my fuel cost for collection and a small fee for my time?

Money_maker

My local PO has been checking Christmas cards as apparently some of those have been too big for ordinary post and should be sent large letter. Sending them would incur a charge to the receiver so maybe thats what you've got?

Mike27

Mine have been parcels where the sender has took the parcel to the post office and paid what was asked to send the parcel to my address.

Somewhere someone has decided that the parcel needs more postage charges and then decided to hold it ransom until i pay the extra postage plus a handling fee.

I was wondering if there is anyway to play them at there own game and charge them for my time and fuel costs from recovering the parcel.

Mr_Costcutter

I received a xmas card where the sender had forgotten to put the stamp on the envelope, and was charged £2 as a result. Daylight robbery in my opinion.

7roland8

If accepted by the PO them really its their fault if they undercharge - but trying to get them to refund you anything might be difficult.

Money_maker

If it was stamps then I expect there's no comeback unless a receipt or proof of posting was obtained. If it was a printed label then speak to the post office about how it could possibly have occured.

custardy

Mr_Costcutter wrote: »

I received a xmas card where the sender had forgotten to put the stamp on the envelope, and was charged £2 as a result. Daylight robbery in my opinion.

what would you suggest RM do?

custardy

Mike27 wrote: »

Mine have been parcels where the sender has took the parcel to the post office and paid what was asked to send the parcel to my address.

Somewhere someone has decided that the parcel needs more postage charges and then decided to hold it ransom until i pay the extra postage plus a handling fee.

I was wondering if there is anyway to play them at there own game and charge them for my time and fuel costs from recovering the parcel.

Different post offices?

LalaGomay

We got a card through the post with no stamp on it and they didn't charge us anything. So I guess they're not all bad.