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  • jaybee
    jaybee Posts: 1,569 Forumite
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    Stamps arrived today along with a posting for next week.
    Just received an invite for Unaddressed Mail too.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,398 Ambassador
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    edited 13 June 2023 at 8:27PM
    arico said:

    I did not receive any stamps at all. I signed up at the end of March and started posting items for Spectos on 2nd May. However, I have not received any stamps. Could you please tell me how many stamps are typically provided when posting items for Spectos?


    12 1st & 4 large 1st. Per month.
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  • arico
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    beanielou said:
    arico said:

    I did not receive any stamps at all. I signed up at the end of March and started posting items for Spectos on 2nd May. However, I have not received any stamps. Could you please tell me how many stamps are typically provided when posting items for Spectos?


    12 1st & 4 large 1st. Per month.
    with kantar I was getting double as was posting everyday, and it was only letters
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,398 Ambassador
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    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:

    I did not receive any stamps at all. I signed up at the end of March and started posting items for Spectos on 2nd May. However, I have not received any stamps. Could you please tell me how many stamps are typically provided when posting items for Spectos?


    12 1st & 4 large 1st. Per month.
    with kantar I was getting double as was posting everyday, and it was only letters
    Spectos are very different!
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • arico
    arico Posts: 14 Forumite
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    beanielou said:
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:

    I did not receive any stamps at all. I signed up at the end of March and started posting items for Spectos on 2nd May. However, I have not received any stamps. Could you please tell me how many stamps are typically provided when posting items for Spectos?


    12 1st & 4 large 1st. Per month.
    with kantar I was getting double as was posting everyday, and it was only letters
    Spectos are very different!
    I see and cant believe, was 4 years with Kantar but with spectos will finish in couple month, they dont know nothing about inflation, Im not charity, they post me 2 packages separate letters, separate parcels and count it as 1 package
    for 25 points
  • arico
    arico Posts: 14 Forumite
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    wow got stamps for April and May, what about June, are you getting them upfront or in arrears
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,398 Ambassador
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    arico said:
    wow got stamps for April and May, what about June, are you getting them upfront or in arrears
    In arrears.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Saetana
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    arico said:

    I did not receive any stamps at all. I signed up at the end of March and started posting items for Spectos on 2nd May. However, I have not received any stamps. Could you please tell me how many stamps are typically provided when posting items for Spectos?



    Same as Kantar - we get 12 first class and 4 large letter stamps each month - I suggest you contact them via email to let them know you haven't had any stamps yet.  We also get a presentation pack on starting and finishing our stints, again the same as Kantar.
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  • Saetana
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    edited 14 June 2023 at 5:13PM
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:

    I did not receive any stamps at all. I signed up at the end of March and started posting items for Spectos on 2nd May. However, I have not received any stamps. Could you please tell me how many stamps are typically provided when posting items for Spectos?


    12 1st & 4 large 1st. Per month.
    with kantar I was getting double as was posting everyday, and it was only letters
    Spectos are very different!
    I see and cant believe, was 4 years with Kantar but with spectos will finish in couple month, they dont know nothing about inflation, Im not charity, they post me 2 packages separate letters, separate parcels and count it as 1 package
    for 25 points

    Given we never got paid at all by Kantar for receiving posting packs, or for posting or receiving items to/from other panellists, I would suggest that Spectos pays better overall.  The only minor bugbear is not getting any extra for posting parcels, its just the same as posting a letter bundle.  Fortunately my post office is 50 yards down the road from the postbox I use most often.  Plus we still get the usual monthly stamps.  I have cashed out £50 worth of vouchers since I started with Spectos and am close to another £25 voucher.  Its far better paid, parcels excepted, but nobody should be getting more than two a month of those.
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  • elsien
    elsien Posts: 35,966 Forumite
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    And one pack of 3 letters is still only one trip to the postbox - in terms of effort it's no different to posting one letter. 
    Ditto the parcels - you take one bag to the post office or you take two parcels out of the bag and shove them in the parcel box. Again, it's one trip and one lot of effort.
    So far I'm up to £50 of vouchers with just the posting and receiving, without all the faff of having to prepare the letters yourself, which wasn't exactly quick. Which is certainly better than Kantar. 
    All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
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