Kantar - Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

libra10

I didn't have to do training this time.

Damio

Flat_Eric said:

Hello everyone.  I've just begun my 6 month break.  I didn't mind sending the letters but the parcels were a bit of a faff.  Do you not think the post office staff think it a bit suspicious when you take in a grey sack with one parcel in it?

 Even more suspicious when they send you the plain white (unbranded) sacks as when businesses that use the OBA accounts (which is what the labelled parcels are) order supplies they do not get unbranded sacks, they are always the ones with the royal mail logo on....

Also if anybody has a Parcel Postbox nearby chuck your cubes in there (loose, no sack or paperwork) well before last collection and they travel on the same vehicle out of your Delivery Office and into the network as the final Post Office collections.... Don't have to mess about at the Post Office and you still get the points (which you don't if you ask TNS to use Parcel Postboxes instead of the Post Office) Just don't log it on the app so there is no GPS location. 

Money_Grabber13579

Damio said:

Flat_Eric said:

Hello everyone.  I've just begun my 6 month break.  I didn't mind sending the letters but the parcels were a bit of a faff.  Do you not think the post office staff think it a bit suspicious when you take in a grey sack with one parcel in it?

Also if anybody has a Parcel Postbox nearby chuck your cubes in there (loose, no sack or paperwork) well before last collection and they travel on the same vehicle out of your Delivery Office and into the network as the final Post Office collections.... Don't have to mess about at the Post Office and you still get the points (which you don't if you ask TNS to use Parcel Postboxes instead of the Post Office) Just don't log it on the app so there is no GPS location. 

Maybe it’s just me but I don’t think anyone should be following this ‘advice’ as it defeats the whole purpose of the survey. If there is a problem with the parcel box which you’ve posted it into, the post office you said you posted it at will get the blame and vice versa. In addition, you do still get the points if TNS say you can post in a parcel post box and the way things are going, it seems that TNS will be willing to kick you off the panel if you don’t use GPS.

Saetana

Damio said:

Flat_Eric said:

Hello everyone.  I've just begun my 6 month break.  I didn't mind sending the letters but the parcels were a bit of a faff.  Do you not think the post office staff think it a bit suspicious when you take in a grey sack with one parcel in it?

 Even more suspicious when they send you the plain white (unbranded) sacks as when businesses that use the OBA accounts (which is what the labelled parcels are) order supplies they do not get unbranded sacks, they are always the ones with the royal mail logo on....

Also if anybody has a Parcel Postbox nearby chuck your cubes in there (loose, no sack or paperwork) well before last collection and they travel on the same vehicle out of your Delivery Office and into the network as the final Post Office collections.... Don't have to mess about at the Post Office and you still get the points (which you don't if you ask TNS to use Parcel Postboxes instead of the Post Office) Just don't log it on the app so there is no GPS location. 

Be careful with that - I personally believe that Kantar will soon expect all of us to log our items live on the app, I've already heard of one person being removed from the panel who could not use the app at all (PAYG).  They are monitoring different methods of posting so if you get caught out then you will be removed from the panel.

NBLondon

NBLondon said:

I'm back on the panel. 

First incoming items today.  The stamped one wasn't franked - but on data entry there was no question about the postmark or the date.

Has that changed?

millie

NBLondon said:

NBLondon said:

I'm back on the panel. 

First incoming items today.  The stamped one wasn't franked - but on data entry there was no question about the postmark or the date.

Has that changed?

Yes. They dont ask that anymore, seems a bit silly to me as every large letter I  ever receive has never been franked. Occasionally the postman scribbles over the stamp

Damio

millie said:

Yes. They dont ask that anymore, seems a bit silly to me as every large letter I  ever receive has never been franked. Occasionally the postman scribbles over the stamp

Presumably it has something to do with Royal Mail starting to roll out uniquely barcoded stamps to stop them been re-used which will remove the need for franking them.

https://shop.royalmail.com/postage-and-packaging/first-and-second-class-stamps/50-x-2nd-class-self-adhesive-barcoded-stamp-sheet 

kerri_gt

CD invite just popped up 

Baileys_Babe

kerri_gt said:

CD invite just popped up 

I received an email about 40 minutes ago I've just logged in and the invitation was still there 😀 

pallyman

I won a 1000 points today,well chuffed.