Kantar - Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

Primrose

Damio said:

LADY_A said:

Nothing more annoying though if just got back from the postbox posting a survey item then get a message to send back certain instock RFIDs 
Hence another trip .

Just post them next time you go to or are passing the postbox, I never make a special trip to return RFIDs.

Neither do I,

libra10

I've just started again on the panel, and was slightly concerned expecting cubes/post bags to sort out.  However, pleased to see just one envelope to send next week.  I received incentives of FA presentation stamps, plus 12 first-class stamps, and 4 large letter stamps.  The total value just over £33.
A very good start, which I hope continues.
Next week I am starting recording unaddressed mail and correctly delivered.
It's been quiet lately, but looks like I'm going to be busy.

Baileys_Babe

I receive an RFID return envelope with every other posting pack and have done for years, when my supplies become excessive or my stint has ended I fold a stack up and post them in a returns envelope. 

Money_Grabber13579

Damio said:

LADY_A said:

Nothing more annoying though if just got back from the postbox posting a survey item then get a message to send back certain instock RFIDs 
Hence another trip .

Just post them next time you go to or are passing the postbox, I never make a special trip to return RFIDs.

I’m never in any rush to return RFIDs. I finished up 3 weeks ago and still have 6 RFIDs sitting here. I like to make sure that I’ve definitely received everything before finally tidying everything up, although, doesn’t always work as I received a parcel 3 months after finishing up last time.

HonestJohn

silvercar said:

elsien said:

HonestJohn said:

Never had one to post in my first time on the panel. I don't think my local post office would be happy anyway. The even have a notice up saying they don't take anything over 2kg. My local parcel postbox in not in my postcode area so that is not an option.

Isn’t that the point though? To challenge postal services who “aren’t happy” about offering services they are obliged to do under their contract. 

I don't know how you would post on the survey that the post office rejected the parcel.

There is a link to report this event in the help section on the website

Money_Grabber13579

The Spectos Mailagents sign up page has now gone live.  You can either sign up as a private panellist or a business panellist. The link to do so is below.

https://mailagents.uk/

It’s hard to tell whether the new survey will be more or less rewarding than it is at present. It looks like we will receive points worth 35p for each item we receive and log and points worth 35p for each batch of items we send (rather than per item). It looks like the presentation packs of stamps might be gone but they do say we should receive 1st class stamps from Royal Mail for every month we are on the panel. Doesn’t say how many, but if it’s Royal Mail sending them, it might be reasonable to assume that the number will remain the same. It’s also not clear whether it will continue to run as a 6 month on/6 month off system or if everyone who applies will be accepted. It does however seem like it’s very much going to be app based, so that might be a disappointment to anyone who doesn’t have smartphones.

I’m thinking this might be a good opportunity to create a new thread for the new panel, so that the links to the Spectos panel are at the very top of the page.

Money_Grabber13579

After 600 pages of discussion on the Royal Mail Monitoring and Postal Panel thread, it seems like the time has come for a new thread to be created.  Not because any of the discussion there is redundant (far from it) but because the contract for running the survey will shortly be passing from Kantar to Spectos (in conjunction with YouGov).

As such, it seems to make sense to have a new thread, which has links to sign up for the new Spectos panel, rather than the old (seemingly shortly to be decommissioned) Kantar panel.

If you would like to sign up for the new Spectos panel, just click on the link below and follow the instructions. There’s some additional information on the website about the requirements and rewards, albeit some questions still remain unanswered - hopefully time will provide answers to these and will be provided in the discussion which follows.

https://mailagents.uk/

HonestJohn

Just signed up. Got a welcome email and apparently there's a letter on it's way to me.

Money_Grabber13579

Further to the above, it’s not clear whether we should register as an existing panellist or a new panellist. I tried a new panellist and was told, after answering all the questions, that I wasn’t eligible. So I tried an existing panellist and I’ve since received an email saying I will receive a welcome letter in a few days. I’ll keep everyone updated if I ever receive anything.

HonestJohn

Went in as existing panellist. I wonder how they will transition us over from Kantar. I doubt we can be on both at the same time.