Latest Royal Mail money making scam

[Spun Cuppa]

I got left a card saying an item of mail was not delivered because it was 9 PENCE underpaid. I now have to pay that, PLUS a £1 fee to obtain it

Ker-chingsville!

 

[vegster]

This has been going on for a while, once you pay the difference between 2nd and 1st class postage + " fine " to pick up a slightly larger Christmas card from an Auntie, you soon learn.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

You'll be even happier when you collect it from the sorting office and its a piece of junk mail.

 

[The Wizard]

I got left a card saying an item of mail was not delivered because it was 9 PENCE underpaid. I now have to pay that, PLUS a £1 fee to obtain it

Ker-chingsville!

I had that the other week with 2 letters, both were stamped but apparently 'underpaid' for some reason, mine were 11 pence & 24p, ridiculous really. I know the £1 fee is not exactly a lot of money but I bet it makes them a hell of a lot of money.

 

[beorhthelm]

This has been going on for a while, ...

yeah, decades. i had to do this when i was at my parents home sometime in the 90's. pretty sure its alwasys been the case, so that people dont deliberatly underpay.

 

[Badger]

I got left a card saying an item of mail was not delivered because it was 9 PENCE underpaid. I now have to pay that, PLUS a £1 fee to obtain it

Ker-chingsville!

Surely it's the person who posted it who you should be angry with.

 

[Brian Fantana]

yeah, decades. i had to do this when i was at my parents home sometime in the 90's. pretty sure its alwasys been the case, so that people dont deliberatly underpay.

This.

Fee2Pay covers underpaid items (both domestically and internationally), as well as customs charges which have been imposed by the UK Border Force (or whatever they're called these days).

 

[Spun Cuppa]

I'm going to go to my local PO now and take five minutes asking for all the postage options and prices on EVERY thing I need to post

 

[happypig]

Happened to me last year. Went to collection office and the bloke just gave me the card without aking for payment

 

[The Wizard]

Surely it's the person who posted it who you should be angry with.

Do you not think a £1 few is just a ploy to make more money for a company that already makes more than enough money? I can't stand these fees. What exactly is it for?

 

[Pinkie Brown]

This.

Fee2Pay covers underpaid items (both domestically and internationally), as well as customs charges which have been imposed by the UK Border Force (or whatever they're called these days).

The handling fee for something that has attracted the attention of HMRC is £8 plus whatever duty is due. I know of somebody who was stung a few weeks ago. The duty part of it was only £3.98!

 

[Badger]

Do you not think a £1 few is just a ploy to make more money for a company that already makes more than enough money? I can't stand these fees. What exactly is it for?

Surely it's there to deter people from underpaying on postage. There is a certain (albeit very small) cost in having to put a card through your door, take the letter back and have someone there to collect it from. When you think of the fees charged for other things £1 is nothing.

The only issue I see is that the receiver has to pay it.

 

[narly101]

The beautiful thing about this, as well, is that they don't take credit cards or cheques, and they don't have any change either. So make sure you turn up with the exact money, or you'll have wasted a trip

 

[spring hall convert]

They've got to keep those poor shareholders happy....

 

[The Large One]

Of course, they'll reimburse you if you've over-paid, won't they...?

 

[The Stout Yeoman]

I got left a card saying an item of mail was not delivered because it was 9 PENCE underpaid. I now have to pay that, PLUS a £1 fee to obtain it

Ker-chingsville!

I simply left the post office to dispose of mine ... if it were important I'd get a reminder from who-ever anyway ....

 

[leigull]

Got some clothes delivered from Australia last week. Value about £30. Had to pay £7.50 import tax, and then an £8 Royal Mail fee on top of that. Charming eh.

 

[narly101]

Got some clothes delivered from Australia last week. Value about £30. Had to pay £7.50 import tax, and then an £8 Royal Mail fee on top of that. Charming eh.

What was the £8 royal mail fee for? Sounds like you've been done.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

All they care about is profits and shareholders.

Royal Mail did this before it was privatised.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

Of course, they'll reimburse you if you've over-paid, won't they...?

In the days before the Royal Mail Group I work for became a business you had plenty of helpful staff across the thousand of Post Offices around the country who would've ensured you had the correct postage on the item you were posting.

That's progress for you...