big big envelopes

thefuturehead

right, apparently A4 letters should have 90 cent worth of stampage - so if i've sent a letter with a measly 48c stamp - what happens to it?

yes, i am the most boring man alive.

robinph

Probably nothing other than it's usual chances of being delivered, but the postie may ask the recipient to pay the difference if they can be bothered.

Ruu_Old

It'll be returned to you with a stamp "stingey fúcker" on it.

Karoma

Did you include a return address?:)

Archeron

It will be shredded and used as bedding in the An Post Oompa Loompa cage.

arseagon

It might get through and it might not. It all depends on what hands it passes through. Some postal workers won't mind but then again others will.

An Post do not have to deliver it..

smashey

Once an item is put in the "system", i.e. posted in a post office or in a letter box, An Post have a duty to deliver it. As your item has insufficient postage, it may get delayed for "further processing" or it may be returned to you. (Probably the former). It is most likely that it will be delivered as addressed.

Bluetonic

smashey wrote:

it may get delayed for "further processing" or it may be returned to you. (Probably the former).

Won't be treated any different to any normal post so.

Pigman II

It gets thrown on the letter mountain in Brussells. Ironically it would be cheaper to just pay the 42c for you but these Bureaucrats.....

Black Swan

If sent to the US, it might be that one tiny weeny thing that pushes someone over the edge and causes them to "go postal.":eek:

Caryatnid

It gets mentioned on www.boards.ie > Rec > After Hours by the a poster who thinks he is the most boring man alive. But is he.........???

Ozzy

It gets opened and read in the jacks while i'm dropping the kids off to Crapistan, resealed and sent back on it's merry way.

Ruu_Old

Ozzy wrote:

It gets opened and read in the jacks while i'm dropping the kids off to Crapistan, resealed and sent back on it's merry way.

Don't forget the couple of quid you but in your pocket if you find some.

TomCo

I once marked the receipient of a padded envelope as "Dr. Diamond David Lee Roth" and it was returned to me.

Bastards.

bluto63

It's on top of a big pile in the toilet at An Post waiting to be used as toilet paper. Hope it wasn't anything important

Miss Fluff

If in bad mood will ask recipient to pay the difference. Bit embarassing if it's your CV for a job application or whatever....

Thomas_S_Hunterson

In the past i have received letters without any stamps at all. I think An Post don't care too much!

Lurk

This reminds me of the time I won a competition run by Chiver's jelly, where I had to send them ten jelly labels and a tie-breaker quote, neither of which i did. I still won, and they sent me a box of party stuff and a load of jelly, neither of which I used.

Faith

It's generally delayed for WEEKS. I sent a letter from Cork to Edinburgh with a 48c stamp in mid-July, and it still hasn't arrived. Turns out it costs 75c. W*nkers.

Ozzy

Ruu wrote:

Don't forget the couple of quid you but in your pocket if you find some.

That's not a roll of euros in my pocket Ruu, i'm just so damn happy to see you!

Faith wrote:

It's generally delayed for WEEKS. I sent a letter from Cork to Edinburgh with a 48c stamp in mid-July, and it still hasn't arrived. Turns out it costs 75c. W*nkers.

Pay the full fee you lovely tight arse! Or make your envelope more interesting and loveable with pictures of flowers and deers and stuff.
That'll break their blacker-than-the-ink-they-stamp-with hearts

Ruu_Old

Always lovely to see you Ozzy. Right OP, moral of the story is.. pay the full price like everyone else does.