Really good point - one I never considered. Too many meetings at work today or perhaps I'd have thought of it.
Take care what you post in the mail
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Really good point - one I never considered. Too many meetings at work today or perhaps I'd have thought of it.
Elen Sentier
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
As far as I know the UK does not use prisoners as labour in post offices! Nor do I think the regs are about stopping us supporting regimes that do. We are very careful about weapons here but the idea of calling an axe a weapon just shows (to me anyway) how far away most folk are from "living naturally".
I heartily agree about the baseball bat and bicycle chain ... perhaps we should suggest these go on the list ???
IAnd how is amazon going to cope? It sells Gransfors etc
They actually are likely about not supporting regimes that use prison labor as slave labor and thus unfairly compete with UK made goods (perhaps backbacks made with zero labor costs being cheaper than a UK made backback made by unionized labor?) Probably not backpacks as such but they make a good example.
That would violate both fair labor practices AND fair trade practices as well as being inhumane.
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It wasn't so long ago when the US postal service would allow you to mail a child.
http://www.retronaut.com/2012/06/sending-a-child-through-the-post-1900/
Every time I hear about RM and their legislation I cant help but feel they are nailing their own coffin shut.
Recently I was told they would no longer accept my bows for postage as they were too long. Had been sending them with the PO for years mind.
Tried a few months back to send a carving knife, was told no knives at all. I asked about kitchen knives and they were "different"
They have draconian delivery regulations regarding leaving packages. Not the posties fault they have to stick to the rules or get sacked.
With the way we can now see our bills online rather than by post, our packages delivered on-time with a delivery window as standard from other companies I can see the end of RM which is sad. They have failed to keep up with the times and are bleeding out because of it. Its a shame it really is..
Recently I was told they would no longer accept my bows for postage as they were too long. Had been sending them with the PO for years mind.
Tried a few months back to send a carving knife, was told no knives at all. I asked about kitchen knives and they were "different"
They have draconian delivery regulations regarding leaving packages. Not the posties fault they have to stick to the rules or get sacked.
With the way we can now see our bills online rather than by post, our packages delivered on-time with a delivery window as standard from other companies I can see the end of RM which is sad. They have failed to keep up with the times and are bleeding out because of it. Its a shame it really is..
I have been using Interparcel for a good few years now to send expensive fishing rods all over the UK.
The prices are very good and the service is excellent.
Just book them and package your gear and await collection.
The Post Office also appears to make things up as it goes along, for instance, late last year i bought myself a new tarp, only a small one to go in the bag when we go out on bimbles, but when it arrived it was a piece of junk and not as advertised at all, so i got in touch with the retailer and arranged to send it back for a refund, now it came to me in one of the heavy plastic pouches that people like DHL, Fedex etc use and had a postage label on from the Post Office that clearly stated 2PK, i.e. 2nd class post, packet.
Fortunately, when i opened the packet originally, it opened in such a away that i could reuse it, so i packaged it all up and took it down the Post Office only to be told i couldn't send it second class as it was too heavy and therefore i had to send it first class, at a considerable extra cost, my question to the chap behind the counter of "it came second class, so why cant i send it back second class?, was rebuked and i was basically told, either pay for 1st class or leave as you are holding the queue up, i begrudgingly paid up and left.
The Post Office is it's own worst enemy at times
Fortunately, when i opened the packet originally, it opened in such a away that i could reuse it, so i packaged it all up and took it down the Post Office only to be told i couldn't send it second class as it was too heavy and therefore i had to send it first class, at a considerable extra cost, my question to the chap behind the counter of "it came second class, so why cant i send it back second class?, was rebuked and i was basically told, either pay for 1st class or leave as you are holding the queue up, i begrudgingly paid up and left.
The Post Office is it's own worst enemy at times
yup, im sure our local one makes things up because they cant be bothered to check properly
Iirc you can't use 2nd class for items over 2kg now. I've had the same trouble sending blankets
That would explain it
Swmbo had been ' fleeced ' a few times at the PO near her work. Allegedly they are under investigation?
It wasn't so long ago when the US postal service would allow you to mail a child.
http://www.retronaut.com/2012/06/sending-a-child-through-the-post-1900/
I've tried to open that link 3 times and it's crashed my computor every time!
"The Post Office" and "Royal Mail" are of course NOT the same company ...... One is selling, amongst other related and unrelated products, the services actually provided by the other (and others).
Sorry about that, the linked site tries to run several trackers...
...Perhaps that is the problem? Here is the photo and blurb.
“After parcel post service was introduced, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidding the sending of children in the mail after hearing of those examples.”
- Smithsonian
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Is not a fair bit of USA military kit made (or was it made ) in prisons? I seem to recal that helmets and buckle stampings were made in US prisons...
That could make it hard to post army surplus gear!
According to the link below , a hell of a lot of goods - including a lot of military items - are made in US prisons!
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/07/what-do-prisoners-make-victorias-secret
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/07/what-do-prisoners-make-victorias-secret
