Paper Round - Christmas Cards

willbennett123

I have started a paper round this year and have heard about sending Christmas cards to customers. However, I don’t know how to write/address them and is it worth it?

Many thanks,
Will:)

shortcrust

I did a paper round in the 80s and got lots of tips around Christmas - well over a £100 from a 40 house round - so there’s probably a few quid in it. Assuming you don’t know names, I’d just put “To Number 3” on the envelope and “Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2020, from Will (Your paper delivery person)” inside. Or something like that.

In the week before Christmas do the round when people will be up and around if you can and perhaps be a bit noisier and slower than usual. I got the biggest tips from old ladies in humble homes (sometimes a fiver) and 50p from the bloke with the huge gated house with all the fancy cars. He taught me that you don’t get a big house by handing out fivers.:D

LilElvis

Coincidently we received our first Christmas card this morning which was from "Matt the paper boy" who is, in fact, a forty plus year old man. As he delivers before seven in the morning we will tape his card to the door before we go to bed. We always give him £10 and the same for our postman.

Neil_Jones

If in any doubt, just write "from Paperboy Peter" or whatever, don't put any names on. You can then just shove them through the door with the papers.

You can usually get a job lot of small Christmas cards from Lidl or Card Factory, currently knocking out 50 of them for £1.99. Or buy a 500 realm pack of multicoloured card, knock a design up on a computer, print and fold.

Smodlet

What a cynical lot you are, advocating the sending of Christmas cards purely to solicit tips... Well done! :money:

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Oh I remember this so well, £ was so good from the cards. Make sure you send one to everyone.

HurdyGurdy

shortcrust wrote: »

and 50p from the bloke with the huge gated house with all the fancy cars. He taught me that you don’t get a big house by handing out fivers.:D

My daughter did a paper round years ago, and delivered all the papers to the local McDonalds. Her Christmas tip, for hauling all those papers around (especially the Sundays ones) all year round, in all weathers??? Big fat zero!!

Always the "house" customers that tipped nicely

So yes, OP, it will be worth it. Our paperboy who delivered our freebie local paper used to knock at the door with a big smile, and handed us a card and wished us a Merry Christmas. He did well in tips

Pennywise

shortcrust wrote: »

In the week before Christmas do the round when people will be up and around if you can and perhaps be a bit noisier and slower than usual.

Please don't follow that advice. You'll just annoy people. You'll annoy the ones who want to read the paper (or take it with them) before work/school run etc if you're late. You'll annoy the ones who don't get up till later (shift workers etc) if you're noisy. No need for playing silly games like that, just leave a card. If they want to tip they can just leave an envelope in the newsagents shop for you.

Savvy_Sue

Smodlet wrote: »

What a cynical lot you are, advocating the sending of Christmas cards purely to solicit tips... Well done! :money:

It works. Don't knock it.

Pennywise wrote: »

Please don't follow that advice. You'll just annoy people. You'll annoy the ones who want to read the paper (or take it with them) before work/school run etc if you're late. You'll annoy the ones who don't get up till later (shift workers etc) if you're noisy. No need for playing silly games like that, just leave a card. If they want to tip they can just leave an envelope in the newsagents shop for you.

Or they'll leave a card out for you.

DS1 was prepared to write cards. Excellent tip response rate. DS2 didn't write cards. Fewer tips. And DS3 thought a paper round looked too much like hard work. No tips.

willbennett123

Thank you everyone for your replies, I will be writing some Christmas cards soon

suki1964

Definitely send out cards, two weeks before Christmas , Just sign it from your paper boy <name> . Sending the card nudges them in to remembering you

Christmas tip money makes up for all those mornings of getting up early in all weathers to deliver whilst the customer can lie in their beds that bit longer and still get too read the papers over breakfast