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    Royal Mail starts parcel collection service

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    I wonder what services they'll do.

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    could be interesting

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    How does it work? Do you weigh it on your bathroom scales and then pay online for a computer generated stamp of sorts?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edtwozeronine View Post
    How does it work? Do you weigh it on your bathroom scales and then pay online for a computer generated stamp of sorts?




    You are asked the weight and size like other couriers do .

    https://send.royalmail.com/send/your...=&weightUnit=G and print the label.

    You can pay via payplal .
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    Never have a clue what time or postman arrives, unless they were to give a time for pick up it's useless unless you want to wait in most of the day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edtwozeronine View Post
    How does it work? Do you weigh it on your bathroom scales and then pay online for a computer generated stamp of sorts?
    The same way you can already pay on line for items you take to the PO

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    Never have a clue what time or postman arrives, unless they were to give a time for pick up it's useless unless you want to wait in most of the day.

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    They're only about 25 years behind every other courier company then lol !

    Hardly groundbreaking

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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamrob View Post
    What can you do if you don't have a printer?.
    Go to the post office

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    Sounds useful, but I rely on my local sub post office for all sorts of things. If you use the collection service they will get no credit (obviously) and I am told that if you use any of the pre-paid services, whether PO, PF, the Bay or whatever, they get no credit either, as they are just acting a drop-off point. If a sub post office drops below a certain level of business, it is closed.

    Everybody's circumstances are different, but if you've got a local sub-post office and value it, just remember - use it or lose it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archer50 View Post
    Everybody's circumstances are different, but if you've got a local sub-post office and value it, just remember - use it or lose it.
    yup, agreed...
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    Also agreed. I will not use the 'pay on line' and drop off at PO system. We live in a rural village and the PO is a crucial part of the community. If it closed then the nearest PO would be almost 4 miles away... not good for those without transport etc besides which, having a local PO is just so convenient.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Russell View Post
    Also agreed. I will not use the 'pay on line' and drop off at PO system. We live in a rural village and the PO is a crucial part of the community. If it closed then the nearest PO would be almost 4 miles away... not good for those without transport etc besides which, having a local PO is just so convenient.
    Cheers, Phil
    Yes that's the same reason l use ours.

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