Kantar - Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

XDA

gt94sss2 said:

Looks like panelists who send parcels will be slightly worse off in future as there won't be any 'points margin/reward' for buying a APL on the APLs, just the 200 points for going to a post office.
Oh, and we are likely to have to prep 2 parcels each time according to the instructions

Don’t think I’ll continue posting parcels for just 200 points.

My nearest post office is a 4 mile round trip in an area I rarely travel into and the usual 10-15 minute wait to be served just isn’t worth 200 points.

General_Grant

bristolleedsfan said:

Got excited when just logged in at random and popup appeared

Would you like to take part in Questionaire --Yip -  What type of property do you live in ---That was it

Does anyone live in a terraced bungalow?

bristolleedsfan

General_Grant said:

bristolleedsfan said:

Got excited when just logged in at random and popup appeared

Would you like to take part in Questionaire --Yip -  What type of property do you live in ---That was it

Does anyone live in a terraced bungalow?

https://www.onthemarket.com/for-sale/terraced-bungalow/uk/

CRISPIANNE3

bristolleedsfan said:

General_Grant said:

bristolleedsfan said:

Got excited when just logged in at random and popup appeared

Would you like to take part in Questionaire --Yip -  What type of property do you live in ---That was it

Does anyone live in a terraced bungalow?

https://www.onthemarket.com/for-sale/terraced-bungalow/uk/

I could not believe how cheap they are. 

mr662

If enough people email them to complain re. The new 200 points per visit to drop the new style parcels then maybe they might change their mind? (Wouldn't hold my breathe but worth a try ifpeople email them, only take 2min to msg via app)

silvercar

At the moment it is easy to say that during lockdown you don’t want to make post office visits. When lockdown is over and life returns to normal, would it be possible to say the same, or will they kick you off the panel if you won’t make post office visits?

XDA

mr662 said:

If enough people email them to complain re. The new 200 points per visit to drop the new style parcels then maybe they might change their mind? (Wouldn't hold my breathe but worth a try ifpeople email them, only take 2min to msg via app)

Of if enough panelists opt out of sending them, maybe they’ll take note?

gt94sss2

mr662 said:

If enough people email them to complain re. The new 200 points per visit to drop the new style parcels then maybe they might change their mind? (Wouldn't hold my breathe but worth a try ifpeople email them, only take 2min to msg via app)

I remember last year, a number complained about the number of points received for 2nd class APLs and it led to them increasing the rate:
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A number of you have contacted us since the cost of posting an APL 2nd Class cube rose to £3.10 on March 23rd. We’ve taken note. So we are increasing the reimbursement you receive for posting one of these items from 310 points to 350 points, which works out at £3.50, 40p above postage cost.
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I presume the new bags system is probably too reflect what some eBay/SME sellers do (?), though I would have thought APLs were much more popular overall.
IMHO if they wanted to change something out should have remove the prestamped parcels and made them all APLs instead - I find it much more awkward going to a PO to hand over something that has already been stamped - the sub post office staff certainly don't like it!

bristolleedsfan

gt94sss2 said:

mr662 said:

If enough people email them to complain re. The new 200 points per visit to drop the new style parcels then maybe they might change their mind? (Wouldn't hold my breathe but worth a try ifpeople email them, only take 2min to msg via app)

IMHO if they wanted to change something out should have remove the prestamped parcels and made them all APLs instead - I find it much more awkward going to a PO to hand over something that has already been stamped - the sub post office staff certainly don't like it!

Now they are ditching APL makes no difference me saying this, instead of buying APL during the course of three posting stints i  used stamps I had been sent for being on panel, nothing was ever said and I received full incentives, whilst post offices dont like pre-stamped items reality is stamps are sold elsewhere for purpose of people sending items.

General_Grant

bristolleedsfan said:

gt94sss2 said:

mr662 said:

If enough people email them to complain re. The new 200 points per visit to drop the new style parcels then maybe they might change their mind? (Wouldn't hold my breathe but worth a try ifpeople email them, only take 2min to msg via app)

IMHO if they wanted to change something out should have remove the prestamped parcels and made them all APLs instead - I find it much more awkward going to a PO to hand over something that has already been stamped - the sub post office staff certainly don't like it!

Now they are ditching APL makes no difference me saying this, instead of buying APL during the course of three posting stints i  used stamps I had been sent for being on panel, nothing was ever said and I received full incentives, whilst post offices dont like pre-stamped items reality is stamps are sold elsewhere for purpose of people sending items.

Presumably the recipient never said it wasn't an APL (and this was before we had to write the number) - or, more likely, the TNS system never flagged up to a human being that it wasn't an APL.

I've today received one of the sacks and a cube to send in it.  The cube is already addressed and yet they have sent a printed address label rather than just the instruction about affixing the label to the insert.  After tieing the bag it's ready to take to the PO.  It says, "Make sure you take the Manifest along with your mail mag when you're going to the Post Office and post it before the last collection time."  Nothing to say whether you are supposed to get the manifest back after signature by the Accepting Officer.   Anybody know?