Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

Saetana

Now my issue is that I have been on the panel for 9 months now, my items to post and received have finally slowed down but I have not had a resting email.  Wish they would make their minds up, wouldn't mind a break for a bit.

PurplePeony

I only signed up in March, and got an email about my rest period mid July.  I had taken part in CD x2 and the UA x1, have received transponders.  I got my first bundle to send just prior to my rest notice so had assumed I was starting on the live panel when the rest email landed.  I’ve received my presentation pack, and the subsequently received another two bundles to send out, I have one lot left to post out later in August.  I’ve just started another CD and UA stint and have received quite a few transponders over the past week, including my first ever book package.  If I’m honest I was a little shocked to receive my rest notice as I hadn’t felt like I had participated much, but I did get enough points to claim my first voucher, and  I’ll just go with the flow and see what happens.

piker57

PurplePeony said:

I only signed up in March, and got an email about my rest period mid July.  I had taken part in CD x2 and the UA x1, have received transponders.  I got my first bundle to send just prior to my rest notice so had assumed I was starting on the live panel when the rest email landed.  I’ve received my presentation pack, and the subsequently received another two bundles to send out, I have one lot left to post out later in August.  I’ve just started another CD and UA stint and have received quite a few transponders over the past week, including my first ever book package.  If I’m honest I was a little shocked to receive my rest notice as I hadn’t felt like I had participated much, but I did get enough points to claim my first voucher, and  I’ll just go with the flow and see what happens.

Your experience matches my own, although I joined at the end of February. I queried the notification that I was going on the rest period & received a generic reply saying everyone has to rest after being live for 6 months, so I too decided it was easier just to take things as they come. 

I was a bit miffed as I was 50 points short of 2,500 & thus able to claim my first voucher, but at the beginning of last week I received a transponder which I returned, & thought I was going to be even more frustrated as the points for returning it would leave me 5 short. But yesterday they credited the 10 points for returning it, plus 10 for a transponder I sent back at the beginning of April. Happy days 🙂

MikeyPGT

I'm on 2220 points having joined up at the end of March.  Yes Spectos are a bit of a pain to deal with - English is most certainly a second if not third language and staffing does seem to be an issue, but to be honest £66.70 in stamps and soon to be £25 in vouchers is pretty fair pay for at most 5 minutes not very taxing work a day.

Happy_girl

beanielou said:

@Happy_girl.
It's £25 for a voucher not £5.

Oh I had not realised that...I assumed it was £5. I have to say it's a generous scheme. The stamps are very useful to me.

LADY_A

Agree , finding it really easy at the moment compared to Kantar .
August stamps arrived with my posting pack this morning 👍

mr662

I too received the rest email last week and today got the presentation pack with stamps even tho barely done much since May ish. Signed up on feb but didnt have much to do for few months. But Anyways, got items to send out this week, next week and week after. Should I be expecting August stamps also?

XDA

Saetana said:

Now my issue is that I have been on the panel for 9 months now, my items to post and received have finally slowed down but I have not had a resting email.  Wish they would make their minds up, wouldn't mind a break for a bit.

I am in exactly the same position!

I can only assume we must live in areas where they struggle for panelist’s?

Money_Grabber13579

I’ve been resting since the start of July but I’m still receiving items! No idea when, or if, they’ll stop. Seems to defeat the idea of a rest period. 

beanielou

Money_Grabber13579 said:

I’ve been resting since the start of July but I’m still receiving items! No idea when, or if, they’ll stop. Seems to defeat the idea of a rest period. 

Same here.