New Royal Mail parcel Lockers

WLM21

I noticed today that a shop near me has a newly installed Royal Mail parcel locker system set up outside.

If I sell an item and then get a prepaid RM label via eBay, can I then drop this into the locker ?

If so, how please ?

I asked at the store but the owner didn't know .. as well as being new, he commented that RM just rents the space outside his shop, he doesn't have any involvement with the parcels.

soolin

I very occasionally use a locker near me. I pre print my label, scan it at the locker, choose a locker size, the door opens and I load my parcel in. I add my email to the screen (which is fiddly) and get an email receipt. LL ones go into one locker that drops down into what I suppose is a bag or cage for the post person to collect.

The issue can be that if it gets popular, the large lockers can fill up quickly and you end up having to take the packages home or somewhere else.

Purple_Jumper

You don't have to pre-print the postage label yourself beforehand, you can scan the QR code generated and emailed to you by ebay and the address label is printed for you at the locker

soolin

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82017169#Comment_82017169

Not all the lockers have printers, I’ve two near me that don’t.

WLM21

OP here .. thanks

Lorian

I use two all the time. One usually has paper in the printer and one quite frequently doesn't, very handy though, I rarely go in the PO now.

One anomaly to be aware of, the tracking updates when you drop off, but then my first moving track is a regional sorting centre usually that night.

You just scan the QR code in the email from eBay and it prints the label.

They can get full on bank holidays.

WLM21

I was in my local PO and commented on the lockers.

The reply was something like "I don't care about the lockers .. they are there to take my business away,"