After a letter/package has been posted and delivered to the sorting office how do the Royal Mail know that the correct postage is on an item. For instance if there are six stamps on a large letter to make up the postage cost does a machine or a person check this?
2007-06-11 01:51:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
As a former sorter for Royal Mail, If we thought that the item in question was over weight for the value of the stamps we would re-weigh it. Then the customer would be billed for the outstanding balance. Also postmen can check their mail whilst sorting or delivering items with the same result. Usually though people take items which they aren't sure about to the local office where it is weighed fore them.
2007-06-11 02:05:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most letters are sorted by machine - the machine can detect the various different stamps by their colour under visible and UV light.
Letters with enough postage to be First Class go into one bin - those with enough for 2nd class take a different route and those that are underpaid go for human intervention.
Packages are generally sorted manually ... workers get very experienced at guessing the weight just by holding the package ... any that are judged underpaid go for checking
2007-06-11 10:13:31 · answer #2 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you get charged only at the other end like if someone sent u a letter over weight from england to india you got to pay for it before you accept it.
i've been there many a time's doing it.
just tell them to return it to sender if it's too much to pay for.
2007-06-11 09:01:05 · answer #3 · answered by mariolla oneill 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋