Britons use reliable Indian post to send X-mas cards

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 20 Oct 2008, 14:35

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00 ... 191815.htm

London (PTI): Christmas is a few weeks away but some Britons travelling to India have started carrying hundreds of cards that they will post in India to friends and family back home here.

The reason? It is cheaper and more reliable to send cards from India rather than from within Britain, thanks to problems faced by Royal Mail that deals with the annual avalanche of Christmas cards and the high price of postage.

So don't be surprised if you see British citizens queuing up in post offices in India to post Christmas cards to friends and family in Britain.

They have discovered that the doughty Indian postal system - set up during the colonial era - is a more reliable and cheaper alternative.

Kathy Miller, who runs The Neem Tree Trust, a charity organisation focused on disadvantaged children in Tamil Nadu, had a pleasant experience with the Indian postal system when she visited India last year.

She took along her charity Christmas cards designed by the children her organisation supports. Her original idea was to write the Christmas cards there, bring them back to Britain and post them in December.

But while in India, she discovered that if the envelopes were left unsealed, the cost of sending a card from India to Britain was Rs 8. If the same cards were posted in Britain, one can save 21 pounds for 150 cards.

Post by **dvbuk55** » 20 Oct 2008, 15:49

Yes - I knew that - rice is cheaper there too, not to mention the workforce, the cost of getting to India though is prohibitive as opposed to a 30p pensioners bus ride into town.

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 20 Oct 2008, 20:11

Well where do i start it's cheeper to fly to india and post a letter

think of the enviroment for gods sake and it will be quicker weeks before

!. Where do these fools get their information from? and if anyone has any dealings with these fools tell them to tell the indian's to wrap up warm it get's cold over here at christmas!.

Spedley · Post by **Spedley** » 20 Oct 2008, 20:33

That's good then, if their system is more reliable I presume that means we don't have to deliver them ?

Post by **Lounge Lizard** » 20 Oct 2008, 20:59

It would be even cheaper if a Christmas greeting was phoned from an Indian call centre rather than having a card posted from the sub-continent .

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 20 Oct 2008, 21:01

Spedley wrote:That's good then, if their system is more reliable I presume that means we don't have to deliver them ?

God and here's me worrying about the DUTCH when it was the INDIAN'S all along next it will be the CHINESE!. We have enough problems already at royalmail a YORKSHIRE :lfo CANADIAN and a SOTTISH :cfo ENGLISHMAN!.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 20 Oct 2008, 21:12

This story is from last year

Stormproof · Post by **Stormproof** » 20 Oct 2008, 22:30

Do Indians celebrate xmas?

Post by **baldrick** » 20 Oct 2008, 22:35

k66yla wrote:Do Indians celebrate xmas?

The Christian ones (about 6 million) certainly do.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 20 Oct 2008, 22:37

baldrick wrote:
k66yla wrote:Do Indians celebrate xmas?
The Christian ones (about 6 million) certainly do.

The way things are going over there, the Christians will only number about 6

Post by **baldrick** » 20 Oct 2008, 22:42

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
baldrick wrote:
k66yla wrote:Do Indians celebrate xmas?
The Christian ones (about 6 million) certainly do.
The way things are going over there, the Christians will only number about 6

I think you're referring to recent reports about events in Orissa.
But in other states, notably Goa, there are large Christian communities and Christmas is celebrated by them.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 20 Oct 2008, 22:50

baldrick wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
baldrick wrote:
k66yla wrote:Do Indians celebrate xmas?
The Christian ones (about 6 million) certainly do.
The way things are going over there, the Christians will only number about 6
I think you're referring to recent reports about events in Orissa.
But in other states, notably Goa, there are large Christian communities and Christmas is celebrated by them.

I got it from the Daily Mail so it has to be true and accurate

(I hope it's true about all those illegal immigrants, coming overhere blowing people up

).

Post by **baldrick** » 20 Oct 2008, 22:58

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
baldrick wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
baldrick wrote:
k66yla wrote:Do Indians celebrate xmas?
The Christian ones (about 6 million) certainly do.
The way things are going over there, the Christians will only number about 6
I think you're referring to recent reports about events in Orissa.
But in other states, notably Goa, there are large Christian communities and Christmas is celebrated by them.
I got it from the Daily Mail so it has to be true and accurate (I hope it's true about all those illegal immigrants, coming overhere blowing people up ).

From what I read in the Daily Mail all the Christians in Northern Ireland were blowing each other up, so I guess there
must only be 6 of you left there then

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 20 Oct 2008, 23:29

baldrick wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
baldrick wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
baldrick wrote:
k66yla wrote:Do Indians celebrate xmas?
The Christian ones (about 6 million) certainly do.
The way things are going over there, the Christians will only number about 6
I think you're referring to recent reports about events in Orissa.
But in other states, notably Goa, there are large Christian communities and Christmas is celebrated by them.
I got it from the Daily Mail so it has to be true and accurate (I hope it's true about all those illegal immigrants, coming overhere blowing people up ).
From what I read in the Daily Mail all the Christians in Northern Ireland were blowing each other up, so I guess there
must only be 6 of you left there then

Thank God I'm an atheist

not me · Post by **not me** » 21 Oct 2008, 02:34

just use the scout post who if its like last year will just bung em all in a post box with no postage