Kantar - Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

elsien

Put cubes in bag if they have APLs.
There should be a bag tie and a red label to attach to it, which I think has a box for the number of parcels in the bag. It tells you on it, anyway. 
Take bag and manifest to post office. What happens next depends on how familiar your post office is with the system. They should take the manifest and scan it. However the first time I went, they  had no clue and neither did I so they just took the bag and didn't bother doing anything with the manifest. I decided that wasn't my problem. 

Ms_Chocaholic

Money_Grabber13579 said:

Baileys_Babe said:

I would prefer it if you are an app user Kantar acknowledged that panel members incur the cost of data by giving us a token payment. I was thinking something along the lines of £1 worth of reward points per month you are doing on the main survey, including the training period as you would be using data/app.

But they do, it just happens to be in the form of stamps rather than reward points. Yes, the “requirement” to use the app might be a relatively new thing but times change and they didn’t subsidise the cost of home internet when recording postings, when fixed data plans were common.  Likewise, they don’t contribute to the cost of new shoes which get worn out faster by walking to the post box.

For the majority of people, Kantar will view having a smartphone with sufficient internet data as something which the majority of the population will have access to and I suspect they won’t be that bothered if there are those that don’t and it means they (eventually) can’t take part in the survey. It’s the same as people who don’t have access to the internet at all (for which that still applies to some) - they aren’t bothered that they can’t take part either.

Unfortunately, that is how times have changed and for those that won’t or can’t change, the way society is going does mean that they get left behind. I’m not saying that is how it should be, only that it is how it is.

But for Kantar, it’s all about accuracy of data and they have more control over this if individuals are forced to input the data when standing beside a post box, immediately after having posted the item, whereas they have no idea if the right thing is being entered if they are relying on people to do it some time later (and they have figured this out given that some items are arriving before they have even been recorded as posted…).

You also need to bear in mind that some panellists (like me) have to drive to a Post Office to take a parcel, there's not one within walking distance, other Panellists will be able to travel on foot and save those petrol costs.

quoia

kimp22 said:

Hi all I have been doing the posting abit now. But this morning received 3 bags which contain 1 bags 2 cubes and 2 other letters. I have never had to use a bag before do I just put the cubes in  and take the receipt to the post office.

Bit confused. 

Thanks 

Kim

Included in the documentation there is an A4 sheet with full instructions of what you need to do
Manifest, bag, red or green tag ....

tboo

kimp22 said:

Hi all I have been doing the posting abit now. But this morning received 3 bags which contain 1 bags 2 cubes and 2 other letters. I have never had to use a bag before do I just put the cubes in  and take the receipt to the post office.

Bit confused. 

Thanks 

Kim

There should be an A4 explanation sheet in the white envelope.

If not, then they do have guides to read under  - survey guides.

Post Office Parcel Posting Instructions
Guide for posting parcels at Post Office

littlemoney

silvercar said:

I’m quite surprised by some of these comments. My elderly mother has a mobile and the best tariff for her was something like £4 a month, that gives her 250MB data. Plenty for her needs as she doesn’t do social media. It gives her the flexibility to be able to message when she is out and about and not on WiFi. 13p a day really isn’t excessive, so I am siding with Kantar on this one.

It would cost me 10p per posting. A £10 top up on my phone lasts 2 to 3 years so £48 a year is expensive. Stamps rarely use now. I would be paying to take part in the survey with money I don't have.

NBLondon

littlemoney said:

silvercar said:

I’m quite surprised by some of these comments. My elderly mother has a mobile and the best tariff for her was something like £4 a month, that gives her 250MB data. Plenty for her needs as she doesn’t do social media. It gives her the flexibility to be able to message when she is out and about and not on WiFi. 13p a day really isn’t excessive, so I am siding with Kantar on this one.

It would cost me 10p per posting. A £10 top up on my phone lasts 2 to 3 years so £48 a year is expensive. Stamps rarely use now. I would be paying to take part in the survey with money I don't have.

Sadly - that sounds like the survey isn't for you...I dropped off for 18 months since the time/effort of getting to a suitable PO with cubes was over-riding the compensation - and I used the stamps and liked getting the odd presentation pack.

As long as there are new people wanting to get on the panel then Kantar aren't going to change.  Unless they find a shortage of panellists in certain postcodes (rural with fewer boxes/POs?) and have to offer more to get enough panellists.

littlemoney

NBLondon said:

littlemoney said:

silvercar said:

I’m quite surprised by some of these comments. My elderly mother has a mobile and the best tariff for her was something like £4 a month, that gives her 250MB data. Plenty for her needs as she doesn’t do social media. It gives her the flexibility to be able to message when she is out and about and not on WiFi. 13p a day really isn’t excessive, so I am siding with Kantar on this one.

It would cost me 10p per posting. A £10 top up on my phone lasts 2 to 3 years so £48 a year is expensive. Stamps rarely use now. I would be paying to take part in the survey with money I don't have.

Sadly - that sounds like the survey isn't for you...I dropped off for 18 months since the time/effort of getting to a suitable PO with cubes was over-riding the compensation - and I used the stamps and liked getting the odd presentation pack.

As long as there are new people wanting to get on the panel then Kantar aren't going to change.  Unless they find a shortage of panellists in certain postcodes (rural with fewer boxes/POs?) and have to offer more to get enough panellists.

Given that the reward for the work is stamps, I wonder for many people the stamps are an incentive to participate. Generally I find younger people don't have a need for stamps so it will only be of interest to people who send items through the post which generally will be the older generation who may not have a smart phone. I wait to see what happens when I rejoin the panel.

paul2louise

littlemoney said:

NBLondon said:

littlemoney said:

silvercar said:

I’m quite surprised by some of these comments. My elderly mother has a mobile and the best tariff for her was something like £4 a month, that gives her 250MB data. Plenty for her needs as she doesn’t do social media. It gives her the flexibility to be able to message when she is out and about and not on WiFi. 13p a day really isn’t excessive, so I am siding with Kantar on this one.

It would cost me 10p per posting. A £10 top up on my phone lasts 2 to 3 years so £48 a year is expensive. Stamps rarely use now. I would be paying to take part in the survey with money I don't have.

Sadly - that sounds like the survey isn't for you...I dropped off for 18 months since the time/effort of getting to a suitable PO with cubes was over-riding the compensation - and I used the stamps and liked getting the odd presentation pack.

As long as there are new people wanting to get on the panel then Kantar aren't going to change.  Unless they find a shortage of panellists in certain postcodes (rural with fewer boxes/POs?) and have to offer more to get enough panellists.

Given that the reward for the work is stamps, I wonder for many people the stamps are an incentive to participate. Generally I find younger people don't have a need for stamps so it will only be of interest to people who send items through the post which generally will be the older generation who may not have a smart phone. I wait to see what happens when I rejoin the panel.

Fair point. My mum has done it for ages and never needed a smart phone. I finally convinced her to get one and set it up for her. She is PAYG. I made sure she had roaming switched off so she doesn't incur extra data charges. She only has it for limited use and uses WiFi from home. So I doubt she will be messing about stood at a postbox switching her roaming on and off. 
I can manage the messing about and I can use the stamps for selling bits on eBay. 

NBLondon

littlemoney said:

so it will only be of interest to people who send items through the post which generally will be the older generation who may not have a smart phone.

That's a bit of an ageist assumption...

I'm slightly bemused by the number of people here who say they don't use the stamps.  Or don't know what to do with a Presentation Pack.   Are you all on the panel for fun?  Or is it for the hope of getting onto the Undelivered and Correctly Addressed surveys which are less effort and more reward.

Like I said before...  I was on the panel for about 4 years and thought the rewards were worth it; then I moved jobs and couldn't easily get deal with packages (not near a suitable PO in the daytime and not home to receive them) so I dropped out when the effort and time outweighed the benefits.  Now I'm Working from Home - I can get to a PO after work and I'm here for incoming parcels.  So I'm back on and I'm looking forward to next presentation pack arriving.

littlemoney

NBLondon said:

littlemoney said:

so it will only be of interest to people who send items through the post which generally will be the older generation who may not have a smart phone.

That's a bit of an ageist assumption...

I'm slightly bemused by the number of people here who say they don't use the stamps.  Or don't know what to do with a Presentation Pack.   Are you all on the panel for fun?  Or is it for the hope of getting onto the Undelivered and Correctly Addressed surveys which are less effort and more reward.

Like I said before...  I was on the panel for about 4 years and thought the rewards were worth it; then I moved jobs and couldn't easily get deal with packages (not near a suitable PO in the daytime and not home to receive them) so I dropped out when the effort and time outweighed the benefits.  Now I'm Working from Home - I can get to a PO after work and I'm here for incoming parcels.  So I'm back on and I'm looking forward to next presentation pack arriving.

Out of interest, what do you do with the stamps and presentation packs. People who I could sell them onto have died as have most of the people I posted cards to.