"do not bend"

[rpbluesman]

I'm from England... living in Australia, I know that in England they just put it in the porch through your door and the letters are fine... Australia is a different issue!!! It's like they are in training for Mr Universe... no matter how much you write "PLEASE (nicely) DO NOT BEND" they still insist on bending them!!! thumbs down from me....
Also annoying that in Aus there is no (to my knowledge) padded envelope that is blank... they all have 'Australian Post' on them (which I presume wouldn't be good if your sending it as an SAE overseas.

Anyway thats all the whinging from me today...

All the best in your collections,

YOURS_SINCERELY

If they keep bending them, then you need to talk to the postmaster at your postoffice.

One possible solution is that perhaps you get a larger mailbox. Of course, if you use a letter slot, then I don't know what you can do.

[YOURS_SINCERELY]

I'm from England... living in Australia, I know that in England they just put it in the porch through your door and the letters are fine... Australia is a different issue!!! It's like they are in training for Mr Universe... no matter how much you write "PLEASE (nicely) DO NOT BEND" they still insist on bending them!!! thumbs down from me....
Also annoying that in Aus there is no (to my knowledge) padded envelope that is blank... they all have 'Australian Post' on them (which I presume wouldn't be good if your sending it as an SAE overseas.

Anyway thats all the whinging from me today...

All the best in your collections,

YOURS_SINCERELY


If they keep bending them, then you need to talk to the postmaster at your postoffice.

One possible solution is that perhaps you get a larger mailbox. Of course, if you use a letter slot, then I don't know what you can do.

Talking to the postmaster may result in some of my mail 'disappearing' but your solution to make the postbox bigger seems the best, Ive been putting off building another one but at least it would stop the woul-be 'Mr Universe in training' postmen bending the letters (hopefully).

All the best,

YOURS_SINCERELY

[rpbluesman]

Even though it's against the law, I would imagine that your mail would "disapear." However, making your box bigger may not stop it. It may not be the carrier that is bending it. It may be the post office itself.

A bigger box should help the situation though.

[nowandagain]

I'm from England... living in Australia, I know that in England they just put it in the porch through your door and the letters are fine... Australia is a different issue!!! It's like they are in training for Mr Universe... no matter how much you write "PLEASE (nicely) DO NOT BEND" they still insist on bending them!!! thumbs down from me....
Also annoying that in Aus there is no (to my knowledge) padded envelope that is blank... they all have 'Australian Post' on them (which I presume wouldn't be good if your sending it as an SAE overseas.

Anyway thats all the whinging from me today...

All the best in your collections,

YOURS_SINCERELY

I think I might have seen plain padded envelopes at Officeworks the other day. I wasn't really paying attention though.

Hope this helps .

[Aidan25]

I also live in Australia. Ok as an example, I received an Ozzy Osboune autograph and mum picks it up from the P.O Box. The P.O box is actually really small and I don't know how they fit my A4 envelope in it. Anyway I always right Do Not Bend and none of mine have been bent luckily.
Good luck everyone!

[spark deLite]

I always write "Photo: Do not bend" on the envelope. I can't see what harm it could possibly do. It could get the mail carrier or whoever to think before they just cram it because they're in a hurry or having a "I hate my job" day.

The post-master at my Post Office is good about stamping the envelope if it has arrived at the branch office damaged. That way I'll know it wasn't the mail carrier.