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I do not know what is wrong with our opost sent a birthday card on Wednesday first class post and they had still not got it yesterday to late now
Margaret

That's a real shame.
One would have thought it had been given enough days to arrive on time.

Gwyn

My son sent a Birthday card from Canterbury on Tuesday to here Northants.First class and it arrived yesterday.Not good enough when you think what you pay for a first class stamp.

Someone told me once that if it looks like a card it gets second class treatment, regardless of how you stamp it.

The other thing to beware of is that quite a lot of cards need a large stamp these days as the envelope is larger than A5. If you understamp they get delayed and the recipient could be surcharged around £1.

That happened to me last month as the b card my mil sent was slightly oversized, and had been surcharged but as it happened the postie didn't bother to knock to collect the money.

IGP
A friend recently had to pay for what turned out to be a birthday card. It wasn't particularly large, but was a square shape.
We got caught out with a tall thin card too.

Now I always look for the picture of an envelope on the back of a greetings card, which indicates that the normal postage rate applies.

Gwyn

The card i sent was not to large but it seems to me that every time I post somethimg from my local post box it always takes a long time to get where it is goimg
This card went from south London to north London
Margaret

Does the post eventually arrive?
Does the envelope look damaged?

It does seem a long delay for such a short journey.

Gwyn