Payment of Quizzes

[oddboddy]

I notice a quiz is no longer taking small amount cheques and asks for coins, with bank charges rising it probably wont be long before others do this too but can anyone come up with a better way of posting coins. Ive had 2 entries this week where the envelope has been slit open and coins removed yet its obvious they were well cellotaped and in cardboard as that had been left. Its definately not the postman so they are obviously being taking somewhere in the sorting process.

[smouse]

I know it depends on the quiz but some will take postage stamps or even Tesco gift cards
I agree too many people are now saying that cash isnt getting there

[Aquagility]

Whatever happened to Postal Orders?

[Rollo]

Nothing happened to postal orders. You can still buy them at a post office.

The only problem is that a �1 postal order costs you �1.50 because there's a 50p fee.

[poodledoo]

In an age iof electronic wizardry, it seems logical to me to be able to download a quiz and to pay for it in the process, as you would if you were ordering goods over the internet, and to be assured of security.However, as I have no idea if this is feasible, particularly with the relatively low cost of a quiz, it remains an ideal solution which perhaps somebody with the technology could investigate.

[jared25]

I've started to sellotape 2 x 50p in between cardboard, instead of a �1 coin as they are not so thick and its not so obvious that there is money in the envelope.

[Jayhow]

Hi. I would just like to point you in the direction of my listing as I presume it's mine you are talking about.
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Question698756. html

I too would like a better idea but I'm thinking that unfortunately the time is coming for no postal quizzes at all just a pick up from shops. Sad, but sign of the times I'm afraid.

[littlelamb]

I always put a �1 coin in a small brown money envelope then fold my SAE and put the brown envelope between the folded SAE, as far as i know my money has always arrived safely.
For the quiz setters who do quizzes regularly, is a possibility that say 5 quizzes can be payed for at once, just an idea but it would reduce any bank charges

[oddboddy]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and thoughts. I think
paypal could be another alternative but not everyone has
this option of course so it is a problem.
Someone else suggested bubble wrap but im not sure if that would work.

[poodledoo]

presumably you are all so keen to back your postal service.Having received mail at 4.30pm recently, anything that avoids sending anything through the post the better, but then I suppose if you,ve been a recent winner, there,s nothing better than the news dropping through your letterbox at a sensible time!

[smouse]

I should just say that a �1 coin is actually too thick to go through the slot for a first class stamp - it really needs a large letter stamp

I like the idea of paying for several at a time
More and more have a follow on but suppose thats extra work for the setters

Paypal would cos the person receiving it extra money but if they added it on it wouldnt cost much more than the stamp you would use to send for it

Children of fiji let you pay on line if you pay extra

[Tallulah!]

I'd rather send postage stamps.
The size of a �1 coin makes it a bit obvious that it's dosh and as smouse says is thicker than small second/first class allows.
Bubble film is OK.

[Mctavish]

How about using one of the padded envelopes. With the SAE it then wouldn't be so obvious it was a coin inside.
Just a suggestion.

[oddboddy]

Just a thought but those cards that you can send( or used to be able to) money in as a gift had a hole in for the coin would it not help if a hole was cut in the cardboard so the coin was at least flat ??