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  • NBLondon
    NBLondon Posts: 5,698 Forumite
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    MABLE said:
    I do it from home as the post box is just outside and when posting parcels the post office is 50 yards away.
    Ditto.  I can be back in range of my home wi-fi 30 seconds after posting.   So, I'll look forward to the report to tell me if I'm still close enough to the postbox to count as verified.  That's much better than scanning and fiddling with the phone while standing by the box (do Spectos not know about wind and rain?)
    I need to think of something new here...
  • millie
    millie Posts: 1,533 Forumite
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    NBLondon said:
    MABLE said:
    I do it from home as the post box is just outside and when posting parcels the post office is 50 yards away.
    Ditto.  I can be back in range of my home wi-fi 30 seconds after posting.   So, I'll look forward to the report to tell me if I'm still close enough to the postbox to count as verified.  That's much better than scanning and fiddling with the phone while standing by the box (do Spectos not know about wind and rain?)
    Yes especially when they want an explanation everytime I post something the evening before it should be posted. Every one of the postboxes anywhere near me have been changed to 9.am collection 7.am on Saturday. You would think they would have grasped the reason by now. It seems only Post Offices have later collections now.
  • millie said:
    NBLondon said:
    MABLE said:
    I do it from home as the post box is just outside and when posting parcels the post office is 50 yards away.
    Ditto.  I can be back in range of my home wi-fi 30 seconds after posting.   So, I'll look forward to the report to tell me if I'm still close enough to the postbox to count as verified.  That's much better than scanning and fiddling with the phone while standing by the box (do Spectos not know about wind and rain?)
    Yes especially when they want an explanation everytime I post something the evening before it should be posted. Every one of the postboxes anywhere near me have been changed to 9.am collection 7.am on Saturday. You would think they would have grasped the reason by now. It seems only Post Offices have later collections now.
    That question is very annoying. Especially when posting on the designated day but after last collection doesn’t trigger any questions, even through their instructions are clear that it should be posted before last collection. As you say, it should be obvious why I’m posting at 10pm the night before when last collection is 7am…
    Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j
  • I've got two parcels to post that came in a mailbag.  I always take mine out and post in a parcel box but these look too big 😕 I've already got rid of the manifest so hoping this won't be an issue at the post office.  Although the manifest used to give me an issue......bit of a pain for me really as now need to drive to a post office in my lunch break ☹️
  • HonestJohn
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    I've got two parcels to post that came in a mailbag.  I always take mine out and post in a parcel box but these look too big 😕 I've already got rid of the manifest so hoping this won't be an issue at the post office.  Although the manifest used to give me an issue......bit of a pain for me really as now need to drive to a post office in my lunch break ☹️
    RM quote 'The maximum Parcel size allowed into our new Postboxes is 44cm x 35cm x 16cm' I've never had them this big.
    Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein
  • Chrisv
    Chrisv Posts: 5,132 Forumite
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    I've got two parcels to post that came in a mailbag.  I always take mine out and post in a parcel box but these look too big 😕 I've already got rid of the manifest so hoping this won't be an issue at the post office.  Although the manifest used to give me an issue......bit of a pain for me really as now need to drive to a post office in my lunch break ☹️
    If it feels like 2 thick books, you could open carefully, take a book out, and reseal neatly - then post in parcel box.
  • I've got two parcels to post that came in a mailbag.  I always take mine out and post in a parcel box but these look too big 😕 I've already got rid of the manifest so hoping this won't be an issue at the post office.  Although the manifest used to give me an issue......bit of a pain for me really as now need to drive to a post office in my lunch break ☹️
    RM quote 'The maximum Parcel size allowed into our new Postboxes is 44cm x 35cm x 16cm' I've never had them this big.
    Thanks 😊 I haven't measured it tbh, just looked at it and thought that's bigger than usual and then my other half said that's not going to fit! 



  • Chrisv said:
    I've got two parcels to post that came in a mailbag.  I always take mine out and post in a parcel box but these look too big 😕 I've already got rid of the manifest so hoping this won't be an issue at the post office.  Although the manifest used to give me an issue......bit of a pain for me really as now need to drive to a post office in my lunch break ☹️
    If it feels like 2 thick books, you could open carefully, take a book out, and reseal neatly - then post in parcel box.
    Thanks that's a good idea 😊
  • I've got two parcels to post that came in a mailbag.  I always take mine out and post in a parcel box but these look too big 😕 I've already got rid of the manifest so hoping this won't be an issue at the post office.  Although the manifest used to give me an issue......bit of a pain for me really as now need to drive to a post office in my lunch break ☹️
    RM quote 'The maximum Parcel size allowed into our new Postboxes is 44cm x 35cm x 16cm' I've never had them this big.
    I managed to gum up a parcel post box by sending a parcel of books back to them. Granted, there were about 15 books in the package and it did fit in the shoot but then didn’t drop down into the parcel post box. The door then got stuck and refused to budge any further.  So I very quickly abandoned the parcel box and hope no one else was looking to use it that day! 😂

    TLDR: I think virtually any package containing two books, no matter how big, will fit in a parcel postbox.
    Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j
  • I've got two parcels to post that came in a mailbag.  I always take mine out and post in a parcel box but these look too big 😕 I've already got rid of the manifest so hoping this won't be an issue at the post office.  Although the manifest used to give me an issue......bit of a pain for me really as now need to drive to a post office in my lunch break ☹️
    RM quote 'The maximum Parcel size allowed into our new Postboxes is 44cm x 35cm x 16cm' I've never had them this big.
    I managed to gum up a parcel post box by sending a parcel of books back to them. Granted, there were about 15 books in the package and it did fit in the shoot but then didn’t drop down into the parcel post box. The door then got stuck and refused to budge any further.  So I very quickly abandoned the parcel box and hope no one else was looking to use it that day! 😂

    TLDR: I think virtually any package containing two books, no matter how big, will fit in a parcel postbox.
    I think this is my worry! I got one of my own parcels stuck in one of them before so I am worried I might do it again!
    Going to measure the boxes at lunch time and if too big will tweak the parcel.  Was going to send them at lunchtime at the post office as suddenly realised I did need to go out but then dawned on me that I'm in the wrong postcode.  
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