Underpaid special

[the mad woman]

Anybody know how much you get charged for an underpaid special

[solar_plexus]

£8 plus the shortfall, billed to the sender, presumably a business sender as it's impossible to send an underpaid Special via the post office. The recipient will never get charged for an underpaid Special.

[the mad woman]

I don’t know how but my granddaughter has sent some trainers back and they have not been delivered due to not enough postage I dont know what to do

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I don’t know how but my granddaughter has sent some trainers back and they have not been delivered due to not enough postage I dont know what to do

if the business do not pay then they'll be returned to the sender - if they have the senders address.

Other than that contact the business, explain the error and offer to pay the amount billed to them.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Anybody know how much you get charged for an underpaid special

Between £1.50 and £3.50 plus the missing postage.

[97gaz]

£8 plus the shortfall, billed to the sender, presumably a business sender as it's impossible to send an underpaid Special via the post office. The recipient will never get charged for an underpaid Special.

The recipient always got charged for an underpaid special at our office. Delivery Offices can't charge the sender and we wouldn't hold it up by by sending it to Revenue Protection so we sent them out with a card to be paid on receipt.

[terry1974]

Do underpaid specials occur often. I cant recall one except for in the 1990s or 2000s a letter due at that time about 4pound odd for special at that time had just got a franking meter 19p on it for 2nd class. i have seen the odd special with freepost plus coding alongside and they have been delivered to banks, courts, dwp that sort of thing

[Celgar]

£8 plus the shortfall, billed to the sender, presumably a business sender as it's impossible to send an underpaid Special via the post office. The recipient will never get charged for an underpaid Special.

The recipient always got charged for an underpaid special at our office. Delivery Offices can't charge the sender and we wouldn't hold it up by by sending it to Revenue Protection so we sent them out with a card to be paid on receipt.

We don't collect revenue on the door anymore as a rule. I have had odd occasions with the grey cards when the 'recipient' would give me the change so I could deliver the item the next day. I think the majority either pay online or pop in to the callers office to see if the item is rubbish or worth paying for.

[Deadly]

Do underpaid specials occur often. I cant recall one except for in the 1990s or 2000s a letter due at that time about 4pound odd for special at that time had just got a franking meter 19p on it for 2nd class. i have seen the odd special with freepost plus coding alongside and they have been delivered to banks, courts, dwp that sort of thing

I've seen the meter thing quite recently, they'd paid for first class and then just stuck the special delivery barcode on the letter. I've also seen letters with the special delivery sticker on and no payment at all.

[Seymour Buts]

Do underpaid specials occur often. I cant recall one except for in the 1990s or 2000s a letter due at that time about 4pound odd for special at that time had just got a franking meter 19p on it for 2nd class. i have seen the odd special with freepost plus coding alongside and they have been delivered to banks, courts, dwp that sort of thing

I've seen the meter thing quite recently, they'd paid for first class and then just stuck the special delivery barcode on the letter. I've also seen letters with the special delivery sticker on and no payment at all.

Ditto, had a metered that they'd just paid standard and stuck a special sticker on. Questioned it to management and was told to deliver as we'd now processed it and it'd come back as a failure against the office if we didn't attempt it. Must happen a lot.