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Odd letter recieved today

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lolanxd
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Odd letter recieved today

Post by lolanxd »

Ok so I recieved an envelope today with no stamp on and nothing inside! - the envelope hadnt even been sealed....but it looks as tho it had gone thro the sorting office as it had a mark on it (like an orange line) which looked like it had made it thro royal mail...but how would that get posted?! very odd.
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by 5plusbonusball »

Presumably got an address and postcode on to get to your frame , so the item inside has fallen out and the stamp has fallen off , but should have been surcharged earlier. Could be a plant so hand it to the phg to surcharge it. The contents may be found in the office. Anyone else solve this mystery? :hmmmm
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lolanxd
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by lolanxd »

It didnt even look like the letter had been tampered with, it didnt even look sealed and i cant see any sign of a stamp being taken off...this is really freaking me out!!
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by fishtank »

If it was open,empty and had no stamp on it chances are it was never meant to be posted.
It may have been stuck to the back of something that was meant to be posted.
If it was a printed address it is just a screw up by whoever sent it out.
If it's hand written somebody decided not to send Uncle Frank a birthday card after all.
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hubbahubba
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by hubbahubba »

Have you recieved an identical envelope from a company,but with your address and postage mark on?I have seen mail come through the mech before with another envelope stuck to it,but blank,processing error at mailing house i expect.It could have been stuck to the letter for you,and the IMP/iLSM could of printed the barcode on the blank envelope(would explain the orange barcode on the blank one!).
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Lounge Lizard
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by Lounge Lizard »

Orange bar code dots confirm through the Royal Mail system.
Probably automatically sorted through to the delivery postman who, intentionally or not, didn't bother to get it surcharged.
I see this happen about once a month.
hubbahubba
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by hubbahubba »

Lounge Lizard wrote:Orange bar code dots confirm through the Royal Mail system.
Probably automatically sorted through to the delivery postman who, intentionally or not, didn't bother to get it surcharged.
I see this happen about once a month.
Agree,if it was sequenced then the only info the css would look for would be the codemarks,so quite possible.
same as it ever was...
merrers1985
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by merrers1985 »

I before E except after C
its received not recieved :wink:
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by hubbahubba »

sorry,how do you spell "troll"?


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Re: Odd letter recieved today

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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by fishtank »

merrers1985 wrote:I before E except after C
beige, cleidoic, codeine, conscience, deify, deity, deign,
dreidel, eider, eight, either, feign, feint, feisty,
foreign, forfeit, freight, gleization, gneiss, greige,
greisen, heifer, heigh-ho, height, heinous, heir, heist,
leitmotiv, neigh, neighbor, neither, peignoir, prescient,
rein, science, seiche, seidel, seine, seismic, seize, sheik,
society, sovereign, surfeit, teiid, veil, vein, weight,
weir, weird
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by Straight4ward »

fishtank wrote:
merrers1985 wrote:I before E except after C
beige, cleidoic, codeine, conscience, deify, deity, deign,
dreidel, eider, eight, either, feign, feint, feisty,
foreign, forfeit, freight, gleization, gneiss, greige,
greisen, heifer, heigh-ho, height, heinous, heir, heist,
leitmotiv, neigh, neighbor, neither, peignoir, prescient,
rein, science, seiche, seidel, seine, seismic, seize, sheik,
society, sovereign, surfeit, teiid, veil, vein, weight,
weir, weird
Incoming Americanism!

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Re: Odd letter recieved today

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Straight4ward wrote:
Quick, man the lifeboats! :chuckle

Fish before frog except after CCR. :whistle
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by clashcityrocker »

fishtank wrote: Fish before frog except after CCR. :whistle
I always come first. :oops:
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Re: Odd letter recieved today

Post by blue1873 »

clashcityrocker wrote:
fishtank wrote: Fish before frog except after CCR. :whistle
I always come first. :oops:
And there was me thinking it was a battle of oldie bands
between Marillion and Creedence Clearwater Revival :d'oh! :d'oh!
(hope i got my E's round the right way)