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Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 12 Dec 2018 20:01

you get a card from the postie, saying there is a package to collect, and a fee to pay......





its pretty odds-on that there was a card not stamped with the correct postage.......







got one today.....









guess what











NO stamp at all!!!

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 12 Dec 2018 20:28

Hopefully an honest mistake by the sender. If not send one back without a stamp.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 13 Dec 2018 00:28

yeah,
it was my son's in laws!!!


LOL

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 13 Dec 2018 07:10

Oh dear . It would be awkward to say "thanks for the card but can you put a stamp on next time " !!!!!

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Kathryn

Kathryn Report 13 Dec 2018 19:04

Hi yah Bob, should give him a book of stamps for Christmas :-D

BrianW

BrianW Report 18 Dec 2018 08:16

In August we had to pick something up from the Royal Mail Distribution Centre we had a trainee assistance dog with us so used the lift to get to the counter on the first floor.
On the way the lift got stuck for nearly an hour and a half.

I thought we might get at least a letter of apology: but NOTHING.

Researching:
Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)

Dermot

Dermot Report 18 Dec 2018 09:00

I had the privilege of working temporarily a few years ago in the Royal Mail sorting office for a month or so leading up to Christmas.

Awesome sight. Never again will I moan about delayed deliveries. They achieve miracles.

Malcolm

Malcolm Report 18 Dec 2018 10:29

A few years back my m-I-l posted cards with 1p stamps on, when she was told what she had done...…. NO, I put FIRST CLASS stamps on she said.

Barbra

Barbra Report 18 Dec 2018 11:01

Maybe in a rush :-) bless ;-) IT'S CHRISTMAS xx

Researching:
Tipperary. Derby .Moray. ST. Helens. Bladen /.My Eldest Son /

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 19 Dec 2018 03:58


I have had several cards with unfranked stamps but the bally posties keep scribbling over them with a pen.

Lizx

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 20 Dec 2018 23:07

nudge fer Ann in glos

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 21 Dec 2018 08:43

Thanks Bob. I bet the R mail rakes it in this time of year. Well not from me. I know who usually send cards and who I have heard from so I will see if I collect it. Luckily not expecting anything else.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 21 Dec 2018 15:30

I once had THE note, when I collected the item, was a set of minutes from a club I had belonged to......didn't want them really, but had to pay, to get the package, to find the sender....

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960