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For all mail except the first, the same thing that happens if you send a letter with no postage: the sender will receive a request to pay after delivery. If the
by molf 2y ago
For all mail except the first, the same thing that happens if you send a letter with no postage: the sender will receive a request to pay after delivery. If the sender is unknown the recipient will receive a request to pay (which can be appealed).
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- miunau 2y agoI mail a fair amount of physical media using the postzegelcode. If you put a return address, PostNL just returns the letter with a sticker on it saying the postage was not enough. They won't deliver it.
- lancebeet 2y agoIf they deliver the letter to the return address, what prevents you from writing the target address as the return address and getting it delivered for free?
- hananova 2y agoThey know approximately the area the return address should be at, and they also know who used the app to buy the code.
- cedilla 2y agoIt's also some kind of fraud in most jurisdictions, or subject to an extra fee if discovered. Germany's new stamps aren't stamped any more - a QR code gets scanned and logged instead - so people thought they were lucky when they received unstamped letters and decided to re-use the stamp. They got hit with a fine.
- thih9 2y agoWhat if the postal system has a bug - and one of these people used a newly bought stamp? Rare but not unheard of[1]. [1]: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/13/business/uk-post-office-fujitsu-horizon-scandal https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/13/business/uk-post-office-f...