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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: ambers on Thursday 12 October 06 13:09 BST (UK)
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Has anyone else received a Certificate folded in three put into a 9 x 4 envelope from ONS?
I like to keep them flat and uncreased :( :-[
Ambers
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I wonder if that because of the new Royal Mail charges? Now an A4 size envelope under 100gms is classed as a large letter and a lot more money than an ordinary size envelope??
I like mine flat and uncreased as well!!! :-\
Kerry
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Sorry meant to post on the Lighter side........ ::)
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I was afraid that was going to happen - I too like them nice and flat. Sometimes they can be difficult to read (flowery writing) anyway.
Guess we could try ironing them on the wrong side!!!
It might help
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My first certs that I ordered (only about 4 months ago) came folded - I presumed it was the norm. However subsequent ones have come in A4 envelopes.
Annoyingly, even though they were ordered on the same order, they all arrive in separate envelopes invariably on the same day!
Sallysmum
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Although I am thrilled with the information ;D, that's another child with the right mother.
I had to pay £1.50 extra for this one because the ink had faded, and I couldn't read the page number to order it on-line ...then they go a crease it aswell ::)
Ambers
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I've only ever received folded certificates in response to faxed requests for 3 year searches etc.
Up to & including yesterday, my online orders continue to come flat in a large envelope via TNT.
My understanding was that this was the driver to change to TNT's postal service - customers didn't want folded certificates & the Post Office wanted to charge too much for A4 envelopes.
I have NO IDEA why they fold the fax / letter requests because as you say, it is REALLY IRRITATING >:(
SandraC
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I have never recieved a folded one ever, mind you as Kerry said I have not ordered one since the new postal regulations. ;)
Patrish
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I've only ever received folded certificates in response to faxed requests for 3 year searches etc.
Up to & including yesterday, my online orders continue to come flat in a large envelope via TNT.
Sandra,
Maybe that is why this one is folded....I had to order by phone.
But all credit to them, this is the first one ever to arrive before the given dispatch date.. :P. normally they appear to have been in the post for four days after the dispatch date..
Ambers
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Mine have all come in large envelopes....so far. Some were a bit creased in the early days of TNT but that problem seems to have been resolved.
Nanny Jan
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I am glad they are now coming folded,at least that way it only has one neat crease in it.The A4 ones were always too large to fit in my letter box and the postman invariably used to screw it up to get it in. ::)
Carol
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I must say, I've never once received a certificate that hadn't been folded...
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I always send a stamped addressed foolscap envelope when I request a certificate, so it comes folded.
Su
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All of mine except one have come flat in an A4 envelope. Is that because they are usually from the same area and perhaaps 2 or 3 at a time.
Nick
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I've had six certificates come today,in two A4 envelopes with three cert's in each. They arrived perfect just seven days after ordering.
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I have ordered 2 from the GRO after the new postal regs and they arrived the same as always, in large separate envelopes, not folded. :D
One was a day late, the other a week. I like the original photocopies from the GRO.
If I order from the local registry they are folded but quicker to arrive, they are also handwritten from the entry by the clerk. Although I have been told you can request a photocopy, if you want, but have not done this yet.
If your time limited it is easier to order online and endure the wait. Although it does not seem to be as bad as last WDYTYA
Cas :)
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they are also handwritten from the entry by the clerk
Not so sure if they are any more...last few I've received from local offices have been photocopies by default (albeit with a slightly different paper from the GRO ones). Perhaps it depends on the individual office...admitedly, I've only bought any from Kent recently.