Anyone regularly go to NI to use Royal Mail services/postbox like me?

postmaster.ie

Hello all,

Is there anyone else regularly go to NI to use Royal Mail services/postbox like me?

I visit regularly, just curious anyone else do the same.

I post parcels and letters.

Cheers.

NIMAN

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058368980/anyone-regularly-go-to-ni-to-use-royal-mail-services-postbox-like-me

I do it regularly, but I'm back and forth across the border about 5 days a week.

Driving from Dublin to do it would be another matter.

Jim_Hodge

Living along the border I've used Royal Mail occasionally but usually couldn't be bothered saving a few cents on second class mail. You'd want to have a high volume of post to travel from Dublin just for that. If you visit regularly anyway then it's hardly going to NI to use Royal Mail.

suvigirl

My home place is on the border, we would regularly use the post in the North, but only to send to the UK. Much quicker.

volchitsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122615631#Comment_122615631

This is what I was going to say. I go across the border to Donegal to post anything for the continent now, as it's easily a week slower when posted from NI compared to the south.

I presume it's the same in reverse, ie posting to the UK is probably faster from NI.

Don't know that I'd drive to Dublin to do it though, unless I was running a small mail-order business perhaps.

ednwireland

Used oohpod a few times but I live near the border.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122615653#Comment_122615653

I don't think you can post many letters or parcels from Oohpod.

ednwireland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122615838#Comment_122615838

Sorry yeh get stuff sent from UK. Christmas cards for UK go from north

postmaster.ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122615570#Comment_122615570

Do you go back and forth from Dublin?

NIMAN

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122627510#Comment_122627510

No. I work in the North, live in Donegal.

JVince

There's something fishy about this thread.

Considering royal mail is expensive and unreliable, the only advantage is posting letters to the UK.

Esel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122627755#Comment_122627755

How about for collecting stuff that won't ship to Ireland?

JVince

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122628161#Comment_122628161

Op is suggesting to post items in NI.

Op is probably about to advertise a service.

It's the thread that's fishy. 😁

Jim_Hodge

To travel to NI from Dublin just to post letters or parcels is sheer lunacy. I have family in NI who get me to post parcels for ROI here, as it's cheaper. I'd love the OP to elaborate or why they asked?

Victor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058368980/anyone-regularly-go-to-ni-to-use-royal-mail-services-postbox-like-me

It may be an offence under the postal acts to take post out of the jurisdiction for the purposes of sending it into the jurisdiction.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122721578#Comment_122721578

Anything more specific than that?.?

BeerNut

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122721578#Comment_122721578

"The Postal Acts" is an American term. I don't think it has an equivalent in Irish law.