OT - No stamp

[Arthur]

Hi all. I just fugged up and posted a letter without a stamp. Didn't put my return to sender address either. What happens here?

Thanks.

Arthur

[Dark Angel]

I believe the person you sent the letter to will have to pay the cost of postage, plus a 5p surcharge.

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

DIY goes on here ;-)

I should imagine the reciever will pay the postage as sometimes stamps fall off postings during the sorting process.

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[Chris Bacon]

Ah! Nice, warm, cosy, the smell of pipe tobbacco blueing the air, toast done on the fire... mugs of stuff... lovely.

The recipient will be asked to cough up for the cost of the postage + 50p. He'll have to go and collect the item. If he refuses to pay, the P.O. won't give hime the item, and will "dispose of it at their discretion".

[Bob Eager]

They'll get a card asking them to go to the delivery office. They'll be asked to pay the difference in postage (all of it in your case). They'll assume second class unless (a) you wrote First Class on it or (b) it's over 750g.

They will also have to pay a 1 pound admin charge. If they don't pay it, the letter will be destroyed (would be returned if there was a return address, but not in your case!).

[Bob Eager]

Wrong. See my other reply!

[Bob Eager]

Wrong. Postage (second or first class, depending) plus 1 pound. See my other reply.

[Andy Dingley]

This is the new "Priority Mail" service.

Because they stand to collect an extra quid on it, the post office will actually work really hard to deliver this one correctly and speedily. Then your addressee gets a yellow sticker and has to pay up missing postage + a quid (AFAIR) handling charge.

In this end of Bristol it's the only way to get post through without the thieving bastards stealing it.

[Dave Fawthrop]

| I believe the person you sent the letter to will have to pay the cost of | postage, plus a 5p surcharge.

It has gone up to IIRC about 50p :-(

[Bob Eager]

A pound...!

[Chris Bacon]

Interesting, I looked it up, & found the figure of 50p, as I'm about to send a package, and didn't want to sent it without enough stamps on it. Another search finds:

says £1. Hm. So I suppose it *is* £1!

[zikkimalambo]

Thinking about it, that's how mail used to be delivered back before we Blitish invented the stamp!

There's progress for you.

[manatbandq]

It is.

Our local NHS trust seems to be saving money by sending out unstamped appointment letters which cost =A31.20 something to pick up from the post office (OK, it was probably a one off mistake, but...).

MBQ

[<me9]

A cunning ruse to reduce the waiting list...well they had offered an appointment.

[Colum Mylod]

Postie can collect his pound of flesh at the door. Or forget to and deliver it anyway. However the odds of that happening are slight unless the sender stuck on an old Green Shield stamp or the kids doodled a stamp-like illustration in the top right corner (RM often delivers, or did a few years ago, letters bearing any old rubbish as stamp). The last part makes this reply relevant to a DIY group!

[Geoffrey]

Actually he can't. Postpeople are not allowed to collect money at the door.

[Bob Eager]

I think they've stopped postmen collecting cash now...

[Bob Eager]

I just see people complaining about the ?1 when I go and empty my PO box...

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

>>> Which says o1. Hm. So I suppose it *is* o1!

I have a keyboard here that has the £ sign working if you want it?

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[John Cartmell]

Irrelevant. I've no doubt that Bob pressed the pound sign on his keyboard and saw it on his screen. As that sign is not defined in the seven-bit range of characters that we use on usenet - and the 'top-bit' range that includes the pound sign vary according to machine and font - you simply cannot use that sign and expect it to be seen as sent. The correct terminology is GBP.