Royal Mail OBA PPI

[GoonerGary]

I finally looked at my OBA account, so far so good, but I'm confused about the PPI labels which go on the mug parcel.

International 1st or 2nd class PPI label? I want it to arrive in 5-7 days, International Standard no tracking.

Also just to clarify, for UK parcels, am I using Royal Mail 48 rather than 2nd class PPI label?

[pisquee]

we don't do too much international, but use RM24 for UK deliveries up to 2kg, which works out better than 1st, and would think same to be true of RM48 vs 2nd class ... we are VAT registered which helps.
We got a load of large standard inkjet address labels, and print off batches of them with all the PPI/Royal Mail info on them along with our branding and returns address, so only one label per posting.

[JMugs]

International 1...actually mine just have a big "1" on them with no mention of international...which I thought odd, but they get there. For the USA and Canada I always say 10-12 working days. The USPS postal service is really a bit hit and miss on delivery times!

[pisquee]

For our international (just rememberimg) we use the above mentioned RM24 PPI labels, with additional airmail label, and the international tracked/signed for labels - they get there and we haven't been fined for it being wrong!

[GoonerGary]

The big one, that's it. The Royal Mail website mentions none of this of course..giving different names and nothing about what the 1 and 2 mean. I'm getting new codes, but I don't think the PPI labels will change.

The next thing to look at is Avery type labels. I hate these things, trying to line them up in the printer. What Avery code are you using for the RM 24/ 48 labels pisquee? If I were in the sorting office (back in the day), I'd send those RM24s with Airmail labels to the Channel Islands just for badness...don't mess with the Royal Mail!

[JMugs]

Gooner I use some cheap labels from ebay and just set up the template in Coraldraw. Left a bit of wiggle room and the job is a "Goodun".

[JMugs]

Ahh just thought...that's the address labels! For the postage label I bought some rolls with the postage I needed off the internet with my Number and return address. No idea where now but they were all roughly the same price. Cheaper than printing myself and easy.

[GoonerGary]

I'd forgotten about those, ordered some off ebay, nice one.

[pisquee]

We have unbranded cheap L7166 labels 6 per A4 sheet, big enough to put the to address, the return address, our branding and all the RM/PPI info/logos.