Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

NBLondon

millie said:

I have received a bag to post with a small piece of polystyrene in. I do not know how I am going to face handing that over in the post office. At least Kantar put the polystyrene in a box. That made it a better but it is obvious what this is. What normal person would be paying all that money to post that it would go through a letter box.

You don't take it out of the mailbag - so the PO staff won't know or care.  They have never asked with mailbags - just scan the manifest and put the bag where they say.

It might look odd for a private individual to do that and pay but when the manifest is from a company - they won't care.  

This is only a worry if you live in a small community and the PO staff know you as an individual and a regular customer.  If they do question you - you can point to the company name on the manifest (P______ Ltd) and say you're doing a little extra work on the side.

MikeyPGT said:

I suppose the polystyrene could be protecting something small and fragile?  Keep telling yourself that and maybe you will be able to look the counterclerk in the eye ...

Electronics.   A circuit board inside a polystyrene protective box (which is also quite true - the RFID is electronic).

NBLondon

silvercar said:

I had a christmas 2022 presentation pack, delivered in January. I wasn't impressed.

I got 2 of those - so I've assumed one was the starter and the other the Christmas bonus.

HonestJohn

NBLondon said:

silvercar said:

I had a christmas 2022 presentation pack, delivered in January. I wasn't impressed.

I got 2 of those - so I've assumed one was the starter and the other the Christmas bonus.

I got the same and assumed they were the Christmas bonus like with Kantar.
I suggest you delete the name of the company in your post as this could be sensitive information.

Money_Grabber13579

Graceglow said:

Has anyone else noticed the glitch with the UM survey has been fixed today? I’ve got dates up to 10 April now showing. Also, new photos of different items that are due.

Now got the same issue all over again, as the dates don’t go past 10 April and the unaddressed mail items I did receive last week never showed in the pictures (even though they were of a recurring kind that would have shown in the pictures with Kantar). Suspect the quality of info from this round of UM surveys is going to be pretty poor…

fluffig

Money_Grabber13579 said:

Graceglow said:

Has anyone else noticed the glitch with the UM survey has been fixed today? I’ve got dates up to 10 April now showing. Also, new photos of different items that are due.

Now got the same issue all over again, as the dates don’t go past 10 April and the unaddressed mail items I did receive last week never showed in the pictures (even though they were of a recurring kind that would have shown in the pictures with Kantar). Suspect the quality of info from this round of UM surveys is going to be pretty poor…

Similar here, dates only appeared up to and including Monday 10 April.

Graceglow

Money_Grabber13579 said:

Graceglow said:

Has anyone else noticed the glitch with the UM survey has been fixed today? I’ve got dates up to 10 April now showing. Also, new photos of different items that are due.

Now got the same issue all over again, as the dates don’t go past 10 April and the unaddressed mail items I did receive last week never showed in the pictures (even though they were of a recurring kind that would have shown in the pictures with Kantar). Suspect the quality of info from this round of UM surveys is going to be pretty poor…

I also received recurring items not showing in the photos, I recorded them on the day they arrived. 

Hopefully, the dates will be extended beyond 10 April.

Graceglow

I’ve had 1 of my due items moved over to the overdue section, this morning.

Gail333

NBLondon said:

Gail333 said:

fluffig said:

silvercar said:

Just earned my second £25.

I have wondered if how much they ask you to do may depend on area population? I have been with them right from the beginning of their test phase and have only just got my first £25. I live rurally.

I've often wondered this too. I've been on the panel since last October, am in London and have so far received two vouchers and am about halfway to my third. This does seem to back up their "every nine weeks" claim.

Ditto - just claimed my second voucher - got 300 points for completing my first CS survey.

The app has bundles to late April so if they are about to rest me that's fine as that will be 7 months.  As long as I get a decent Presentation Pack.

I also have bundles to post up to late April so that seems to be on par as far as location is concerned too.

I don't mind resting but it would be a bit frustrating for that to happen if you're just a few points short of another voucher.

It would be nice to get a good presentation pack. I haven't needed to post a letter for a few years now and can't really see that changing so goodness knows what I'm going to do with all these stamps 🤣

Graceglow

fluffig said:

Money_Grabber13579 said:

Graceglow said:

Has anyone else noticed the glitch with the UM survey has been fixed today? I’ve got dates up to 10 April now showing. Also, new photos of different items that are due.

Now got the same issue all over again, as the dates don’t go past 10 April and the unaddressed mail items I did receive last week never showed in the pictures (even though they were of a recurring kind that would have shown in the pictures with Kantar). Suspect the quality of info from this round of UM surveys is going to be pretty poor…

Similar here, dates only appeared up to and including Monday 10 April.

Yay, the UM survey has been updated & is now showing dates up to & including 17 April.

NBLondon

NBLondon said:

But there's an oddity...  The Posting Plan lists two bundles for 11th and 13th April - but the first of these is struck out with a marker pen and only one mailbag in the box.  The app lists both of them.

So I've reported it as arriving and for the first time got to say that I didn't receive two items and filled in details of what I did get.  Let's see if it disappears from the app before Tuesday....    The app also thinks I have another bundle to go on Wed 12th - but no sign of that.

The missing bundle disappeared his morning and the one for tomorrow arrived Saturday (a Jiffy) which reinforces my theory that they are made up by a different team from the letter bundles.

I also got an incoming Coronation St book.  Which Mum will possibly enjoy.