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CRISPIANNE3

NBLondon said:

quoia said:

They've updated both the under £200 and over £200 forms in the last day or 2.

The over £200 does ask for COMPANY NAME and marked as MANDATORY

Thanks q...

Are they just making this up as they go along?  Or reacting to questions from people who have thought about it more than they did...

I suppose the easy solution is to make up a company name...  they're not glikely to check.  Or split it as CRISPIANNE3 is thinking.

I the end I sent all the large stamps off in one envelope and the others off in another so the amounts did not go over £200.  I t cost me £14.00 via special delivery but it was still better than taking a hit by trying to offload them on eBay.  

Primrose

STAMP SWAP   Excuse a silly question but I can't understand something on the Over £200 Stamp Swapout Form.
There doesn't appear to be a section for the LARGE FIRST CLASS STAMPS AT THE NEW PRICE FROM APRIL 4TH OF 95P

What does one tick when one returns books of stamps of this class?   The table goes from 90p to 97p

General_Grant

NBLondon said:

CRISPIANNE3 said:

I have about £250.00 worth to swop. Can I enclose two forms as over £200. I will send by special delivery but am I correct they will not refund this amount. I looked at the bulk form but I think I need to be a business to use that one. Any help greatly appreciated.

Use the Bulk Form for over £200 - you don't need to be a business.. The bit about "Key Account Number" is optional if you are a dealer with an account.

Send it by Special Delivery and you will get that cost refunded in 2nd class stamps

https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2022-04/Stamp-Swap-Out-Terms-and-Conditions-5-April-2022.pdf

Where are you finding RM saying the reimbursement will be by 2nd class stamps, please?

gt94sss2

Primrose said:

STAMP SWAP   Excuse a silly question but I can't understand something on the Over £200 Stamp Swapout Form.
There doesn't appear to be a section for the LARGE FIRST CLASS STAMPS AT THE NEW PRICE FROM APRIL 4TH OF 95P

What does one tick when one returns books of stamps of this class?   The table goes from 90p to 97p

You would enter it against 1st Class stamps in the top left hand side of the table.

I presume the stamps say 1st class and not a pence value.

95p is now the price for standard 1st class stamps not large ones. Large ones are now worth £1.45

Primrose

Thanks. Typical example of not including simple words to explain something.  how  are people who don,t speak English as a first language supposed to understand all these abbreviations?    

quoia

General_Grant said:

NBLondon said:

CRISPIANNE3 said:

I have about £250.00 worth to swop. Can I enclose two forms as over £200. I will send by special delivery but am I correct they will not refund this amount. I looked at the bulk form but I think I need to be a business to use that one. Any help greatly appreciated.

Use the Bulk Form for over £200 - you don't need to be a business.. The bit about "Key Account Number" is optional if you are a dealer with an account.

Send it by Special Delivery and you will get that cost refunded in 2nd class stamps

https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2022-04/Stamp-Swap-Out-Terms-and-Conditions-5-April-2022.pdf

Where are you finding RM saying the reimbursement will be by 2nd class stamps, please?

Just reimbursed with Barcoded stamps  - no mention of 2nd class

"Postage costs will be refunded, if sent by Special Delivery GuaranteedTM, by sending you the equivalent value in barcoded stamps added to your swap."

https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2022-04/Stamp-Swap-Out-Form-over-200-pounds-v1_2.pdf

in the General Advice section

quoia

Primrose said:

Thanks. Typical example of not including simple words to explain something.  how  are people who don,t speak English as a first language supposed to understand all these abbreviations?    

What abbreviations?

Top left on page 2 of the over £200 form that I've got says
1st Class
2nd Class
1st Large Letter
2nd Large Letter

There are some abbreviations bottom right but it's unlikely that many people have these - at least in huge quantities I'd have thought

E - Europe *
W - Worldwide *

(* Both still available as NVI - Non Value Indicator - and different weights)

SDG - Special Delivery Guaranteed **
RSF - Recorded Signed For **
and a RSF LL - Large Letter **

(** No longer produced)

quoia

Primrose said:

STAMP SWAP   Excuse a silly question but I can't understand something on the Over £200 Stamp Swapout Form.
There doesn't appear to be a section for the LARGE FIRST CLASS STAMPS AT THE NEW PRICE FROM APRIL 4TH OF 95P

What does one tick when one returns books of stamps of this class?   The table goes from 90p to 97p

It's not a TICK that's required

You need to enter the NUMBER of stamps (of each type) that you are sending to Swap Out

NBLondon

General_Grant said:

Where are you finding RM saying the reimbursement will be by 2nd class stamps, please?

I was about to say on the T&C - but that page has now disappeared so there must be a new version on the way.  There is no barcoded Special Delivery stamp any more so they can't do like for like.  Seems reasonable to assume they would do the same as with the obsolete values and just dish out even more 2nd class.

quoia said:

Primrose said:

Thanks. Typical example of not including simple words to explain something.  how  are people who don,t speak English as a first language supposed to understand all these abbreviations?    

What abbreviations?

Top left on page 2 of the over £200 form that I've got says
1st Class
2nd Class
1st Large Letter
2nd Large Letter

The first version of that form had them as 1c, 2c, 1LL, 2LL  which I thought fairly obvious - but as Primrose says - maybe not for everyone.

quoia said:

There are some abbreviations bottom right but it's unlikely that many people have these - at least in huge quantities I'd have thought

E - Europe *
W - Worldwide *

(* Both still available as NVI - Non Value Indicator - and different weights)<

Pretty sure the dark blue E Machin NVI was discontinued at least 10 years ago...  The airmail Europe and Worldwide are still around and are swappable.   But you're right - to have lots of those you are either a collector/dealer or possibly a small business that sends mailshots abroad.  (And if the latter - most likely a stamp dealer!)

allison445

Just started back on the panel after a 6 month break and received this message

So we can reach our data targets for your area, we do need you to mobile verify as many of your items as possible.  If you are unable to provide any mobile verified data, we'll have to take you off the survey- and we don't want to lose you!

If you have any questions, please send us a message

Should I just contact them and advise them I can not provide mobile verification would have been a good idea if they had stipulated this when they invited me back on to the panel as I had no idea this was now compulsory.