Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

HonestJohn · 10 August 2023 at 3:07PM

Sunrise27 said:

Does anyone know what I'm supposed to do with the books I receive in test items.
I've emailed mailagents a few times to ask but no answer.
I'm finding they take ages to get back to me when I contact them.

Spectos said
If you like the book, you can keep it
If you feel like this book would make somebody happy, you can give it to this person.
If you want to support a local charity, you can donate it
Or, you can simply return it to us by putting it in a bag and writing on it “Freepost SPECTOS” and posting it to us.

Saetana · 10 August 2023 at 3:44PM

Yes postbox slot sizes vary quite a bit - my regular box fortunately has quite a big slot, big enough for the jiffy bags but not big enough for the parcels containing two books. The nearest box to me has a really small slot, no idea why they vary so much - fortunately I rarely use that one as it has a 9am last collection time.

silvercar · 10 August 2023 at 4:55PM

HonestJohn said:

Sunrise27 said:

Does anyone know what I'm supposed to do with the books I receive in test items.
I've emailed mailagents a few times to ask but no answer.
I'm finding they take ages to get back to me when I contact them.

Spectos said
If you like the book, you can keep it
If you feel like this book would make somebody happy, you can give it to this person.
If you want to support a local charity, you can donate it
Or, you can simply return it to us by putting it in a bag and writing on it “Freepost SPECTOS” and posting it to us.

After first scanning it through the Ziffit app to see if it is worth anything.

NBLondon · 10 August 2023 at 5:58PM

Saetana said:

The nearest box to me has a really small slot, no idea why they vary so much - fortunately I rarely use that one as it has a 9am last collection time.

Different manufacturers and designs over the years. My nearest box is an Elizabeth II Type A but a couple of streets away there's a George V Type B which is smaller. I know of a couple of Victoria boxes which would still be in my postcode area.

beanielou · 10 August 2023 at 7:08PM

Sunrise27 said:

Does anyone know what I'm supposed to do with the books I receive in test items.
I've emailed mailagents a few times to ask but no answer.
I'm finding they take ages to get back to me when I contact them.

They take a long time to get back to you.
You can keep the books, gift them, recycle them or return them to Freepost Spectos.

gt94sss2 · 11 August 2023 at 4:33AM

A new version of the app (v1.6) has appeared for me in the Play Store.

Seems to include several improvements too to make our lives easier though I was worried for a while as it seemed to have forgotten all the data I had entered this month. Thankfully, it all came back after about 15 minutes!