Charles' Post Office problem

ALL this aggro for just eight millimetres! Former Town Mayor Cllr Charles Clark couldn't believe it when the Post Office invited him to collect an item of under-paid mail.

By The Newsroom

Published 13th Dec 2008, 08:42 BST

Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:15 BST

Like many other people this Christmas, he found himself having to pay a 1.15 handling fee for the privilege of receiving a card which was slightly over Post Office regulation size for a second class stamp.

After measuring the errant envelope, he told the Observer: "I just think it's a total outrage. I am sure lots of people like me will buy a book of stamps and put their cards in the post box without knowing that they are breaking this daft regulation.

"Then a lot of people like me will have to pay the charge just to find out what's in the envelope that's been sent to them.

"You simply don't know what you are receiving when you go up to the office. All you get is a note through your door saying to call at the office because there is a package which has been underpaid."

Post Office Observer