Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

Chocmonster7

adamp87 said:

Anyone still missing final stamps after rest period began?

contacted support twice (and done the delivery surveys in the meantime) and they’ve just said we’ve passed this on to the team to get sorted

Still no stamps

It took them 4 months to send mine!

joeyjimbles

I had two lots of AC/DC presentation stamps - one for finishing and one for starting as there was a mix up
They don't seem very popular

Dizzycap

HonestJohn said:

I am off soon and was hoping for the Steam Loco set but I think it is too early. Peanuts would be good too.
Here is a list of this years sets.

14 Jan - The Vicar of Dibley
30 Jan - Royal Armouries
18 Feb -  AC/DC
11 March -  Garden Wildlife
27 March -  Myths and Legends
1 May -  Valour and Victory: Stories of the Second World War
22 May -  The Chronicles of Narnia
12 June -  Royal Observatory Greenwich
3 July -  Mushrooms
24 July -  Peanuts
14 Aug -  Monty Python
11 Sep -  Ducks
25 Sep -  Steam Locomotives
16 Oct - Monopoly
4 Nov - Christmas 2025
27 Nov- The Stamps of Queen Victoria

My stint started in March & I received the Garden Wildlife presentation pack & that's it      I think I need to put a ticket in to see why I haven't received the packs, unless anyone can tell me a good reason as to why not? TIA

HonestJohn

Dizzycap said:

HonestJohn said:

I am off soon and was hoping for the Steam Loco set but I think it is too early. Peanuts would be good too.
Here is a list of this years sets.

14 Jan - The Vicar of Dibley
30 Jan - Royal Armouries
18 Feb -  AC/DC
11 March -  Garden Wildlife
27 March -  Myths and Legends
1 May -  Valour and Victory: Stories of the Second World War
22 May -  The Chronicles of Narnia
12 June -  Royal Observatory Greenwich
3 July -  Mushrooms
24 July -  Peanuts
14 Aug -  Monty Python
11 Sep -  Ducks
25 Sep -  Steam Locomotives
16 Oct - Monopoly
4 Nov - Christmas 2025
27 Nov- The Stamps of Queen Victoria

My stint started in March & I received the Garden Wildlife presentation pack & that's it      I think I need to put a ticket in to see why I haven't received the packs, unless anyone can tell me a good reason as to why not? TIA

You get 1 pack when you start and 1 when you finish.

Dizzycap

HonestJohn said:

Dizzycap said:

HonestJohn said:

I am off soon and was hoping for the Steam Loco set but I think it is too early. Peanuts would be good too.
Here is a list of this years sets.

14 Jan - The Vicar of Dibley
30 Jan - Royal Armouries
18 Feb -  AC/DC
11 March -  Garden Wildlife
27 March -  Myths and Legends
1 May -  Valour and Victory: Stories of the Second World War
22 May -  The Chronicles of Narnia
12 June -  Royal Observatory Greenwich
3 July -  Mushrooms
24 July -  Peanuts
14 Aug -  Monty Python
11 Sep -  Ducks
25 Sep -  Steam Locomotives
16 Oct - Monopoly
4 Nov - Christmas 2025
27 Nov- The Stamps of Queen Victoria

My stint started in March & I received the Garden Wildlife presentation pack & that's it      I think I need to put a ticket in to see why I haven't received the packs, unless anyone can tell me a good reason as to why not? TIA

You get 1 pack when you start and 1 when you finish.

Thanks for clarifying! I thought I was going crazy when you listed all the presentation packs & I'd only received 1   

hwg3141

Hey everyone - quick question. So I was recently invited back onto the panel (after having rested for 6 months) as a space had opened up in my area. I accepted, and a countdown appeared in the app to say "[x] days left". The countdown should have ended today (having got to 0 days left), but it is now back to saying "You are currently on your rest period" (no countdown). I got an email a few days ago which said "As you are aware you are currently on your rest period and can not be invited back just yet until the six months is passed."

Any ideas what's going on? Should I be on the panel again now?

silvercar

hwg3141 said:

Hey everyone - quick question. So I was recently invited back onto the panel (after having rested for 6 months) as a space had opened up in my area. I accepted, and a countdown appeared in the app to say "[x] days left". The countdown should have ended today (having got to 0 days left), but it is now back to saying "You are currently on your rest period" (no countdown). I got an email a few days ago which said "As you are aware you are currently on your rest period and can not be invited back just yet until the six months is passed."

Any ideas what's going on? Should I be on the panel again now?

Ignore the last email, it’s an automatic send to anyone still in their countdown, even if by only one day.

Your countdown has disappeared because it has got to zero. Your invitation may well have been an inquiry to see if you are available to go back on the panel once a space is available, rather than telling you space was available.

NBLondon

Anybody seen one of these yet?  Solar-powered postboxes are being rolled out across UK - BBC News

Postbox spotters are up in arms saying these are ugly and will be an excuse to shut down subpostoffices in some areas.  I can see their point but for sending out the test parcels, this would be a lot easier for me if there was one nearby.  No queuing with a mailbag at the PO, can send at 7am if I want to.

HonestJohn

NBLondon said:

Anybody seen one of these yet?  Solar-powered postboxes are being rolled out across UK - BBC News

Postbox spotters are up in arms saying these are ugly and will be an excuse to shut down subpostoffices in some areas.  I can see their point but for sending out the test parcels, this would be a lot easier for me if there was one nearby.  No queuing with a mailbag at the PO, can send at 7am if I want to.

I think these will fill up fast

Dizzycap

NBLondon said:

Anybody seen one of these yet?  Solar-powered postboxes are being rolled out across UK - BBC News

Postbox spotters are up in arms saying these are ugly and will be an excuse to shut down subpostoffices in some areas.  I can see their point but for sending out the test parcels, this would be a lot easier for me if there was one nearby.  No queuing with a mailbag at the PO, can send at 7am if I want to.

I thought that's what the RM inpost lockers were for?  I can't see these pillar boxes holding more than 6-8 shoe box sized parcels at a time! I can see them being a benefit in more rural areas where people might want to post parcels and have a 10-15 mile trip to do so. Now that would make for a sensible move, but hardly unlikely!
I'm due to go on rest in the next couple of weeks after a 6+ month stint and to be honest, it will be nice to have a break over the Christmas period as I usually have enough to post  The rest period email states that I can still partake in regular app quizzes which should be interesting.