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posted money in normal envelope to s.america

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  • 03-01-2008 12:36pm
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    chancer_007
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    have a friend who sent a letter (not registered) to s.america containing €150.
    when it arrived in s.america the letter had been opened,money removed and the letter with torn envelope was in a new an-post envelope with the same destination address.
    its seems pretty clear that someone in An Post scanned for the money, removed it and then sent in another envelope.
    I know my friend should have sent registered post or via bank but was wondering do people on here have any similar stories?

    I dont think theres much point complaining to An post as I guess they wi8ll do nothing

    BR


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    MOH
    Registered Users Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭MOH


    Got a mass card sent to me last year after my grandmother died. End of envelope and top of card ripped off and missing, arrived in an post clear plastic envelope marked 'damaged in transit'. Pretty obvious from the way it was torn some **** thought it might be a birthday card with money in it. Complained to an post but never heard anything.


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    chancer_007
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭chancer_007


    as I suspected MOH
    friend is going to s.america soon and will bring back both envelopes
    have a mate in special branch so i might give him a call and ask him what to do..


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    jhegarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    chancer_007 wrote: »
    as I suspected MOH
    friend is going to s.america soon and will bring back both envelopes
    have a mate in special branch so i might give him a call and ask him what to do..

    An post are quite clear in saying not to post cash, I can't imagine much will happen about it...espically when it wasn't registered....


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    I have a friend in MI6 if you'd like me to pass along the details. Just put €150 back in the envelope to demonstrate the original state of the package and post it to "Dahamsta, Cork".


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    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    They will most likely just say it got damaged by machinery (it can happen, I've seen some letters practically shredded) but they may have the money. Very often vouchers & cash etc drop out of letters and when you have a pile of them you've no idea which one it came out of. The delivery office I worked at recorded and held all of them in case people wrote in looking for them, I would definitely suggest you complain but just don't be too hopeful about it..


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    Bluetonic
    Registered Users Posts: 7,588 ✭✭✭Bluetonic


    Hopefully An Post can stamp this sort of thing out.


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    DubLegs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭DubLegs


    How would you know it wasn't damaged on the s.america side?


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    jhegarty wrote: »
    An post are quite clear in saying not to post cash, I can't imagine much will happen about it...espically when it wasn't registered....

    Agreed, its one thing about 10e in a card but anybody sending anything like 150e in cash, unregistered is a bloody ejit and they have no come back.

    I mean how hard is it to get a bank draft or do a money transfer, An Post are extremely clear about all this as already mentioned.


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    chancer_007
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭chancer_007


    oh how hindsight is a wonderful thing!


    How would you know it wasn't damaged on the s.america side?
    the letter had been opened and put in an an post envelope!
    dont think s.american countries carry an post envelopes...


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Bluetonic wrote: »
    Hopefully An Post can stamp this sort of thing out.
    Boom Boom!


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    kmick
    Registered Users Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭kmick


    Tell your friend he is an idiot and leave it at that.


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    chancer_007 wrote: »
    oh how hindsight is a wonderful thing!

    Yes hindsight is lovely, however this has nothing to do with hindsight and more to do with common sense, sending any large amounts of cash in the post is just bloody stupid,


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    majiktripp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    kmick wrote: »
    Tell your friend he is an idiot and leave it at that.

    Agreed,
    He should've sellotaped 3 x €50 notes to a pidgeon and told him were to go, at least it might've come back to him....


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    DubLegs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭DubLegs


    chancer_007 wrote: »
    oh how hindsight is a wonderful thing!


    How would you know it wasn't damaged on the s.america side?
    the letter had been opened and put in an an post envelope!
    dont think s.american countries carry an post envelopes...

    No need for the sarcasim - i accidently mis read.
    Agree with the last two posters - Common sense not to post cash.


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    Barlow07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 480 ✭✭Barlow07


    kmick wrote: »
    Tell your friend he is an idiot and leave it at that.

    Agree :rolleyes:.


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    tippbhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 171 ✭✭tippbhoy


    Bluetonic wrote: »
    Hopefully An Post can stamp this sort of thing out.

    Bad Post


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    parsi
    Site Banned Posts: 5,904 ✭✭✭parsi


    It is heartening to know that the Branch men will be investigating why a fool put money in an envelope to an unspecified South American country rather than using the special envelope An Post supply for posting money.


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    A Dub in Glasgo
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    TBH, only an idiot would put that much money and send it half way around the world uninsured and expect it to arrive intact


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    lennox1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭lennox1


    About a year ago I ordered Oyster cards for use on London Tube.They were posted from Dublin office.I received an envelope in a clear plastic An Post bag saying damaged in transit,sorry.Inside was the envelope from the Dublin office,neatly split top and side,but the tickets had disappeared!However they had left a tourist guide in the envelope!Very thoughtful of them.
    I complained to An Post but they couldn't find out what happened to the tickets.


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    eth0_
    Registered Users Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    I'm sorry but your friend is an idiot to think it is ok to post cash anywhere! For a few euro he could have gotten a postal order which only the recipient could cash, or sent it western union, or done a bank transfer - why didn't he do that?

    Why did he send EUROS to a south american country in the first place?


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    pirelli
    Registered Users Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭pirelli


    parsi wrote: »
    It is heartening to know that the Branch men will be investigating why a fool put money in an envelope to an unspecified South American country rather than using the special envelope An Post supply for posting money.

    It's disheartening that your such a fool yourself Parsi, only when your scribbling in your blog or antagonising/antagonizing people. There is no such special envelope that An post supply. You cant get a special envelope from An post for posting money. I also put two versions of antagonising to satisfy your eccentricity for acrimony.Registered post is the preferred method and naturally that is just a tag they attach to whatever envelope you happen to use.
    I had a birthday card sent to me in Dublin which I never received which had cash in it. I never suspected An Post for a second nor do I, but all the same that very same week a gang of hoodlums were caught and one was an inside man stealing the contents of post boxes.They got fours years in mountjoy prison.


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    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    pirelli wrote: »
    It's disheartening that your such a fool yourself Parsi, only when your scribbling in your blog or antagonising/antagonizing people. There is no such special envelope that An post supply. You cant get a special envelope from An post for posting money. I also put two versions of antagonising to satisfy your eccentricity for acrimony.Registered post is the preferred method and naturally that is just a tag they attach to whatever envelope you happen to use.
    I had a birthday card sent to me in Dublin which I never received which had cash in it. I never suspected An Post for a second nor do I, but all the same that very same week a gang of hoodlums were caught and one was an inside man stealing the contents of post boxes.They got fours years in mountjoy prison.

    Actually they do, or used to, have special envelopes. They were made of that super tough fibre stuff (looked like paper but wouldn't rip like paper if you know what I mean) and I always used to get them for mailing money. I don't know if they were specifically for cash, but that's what I always got them for. Or they can just tag whatever envelope you use also.


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Bluetonic wrote: »
    Hopefully An Post can stamp this sort of thing out.

    Why should An Post be responsible for irresponsible (although idiotic seems more accurate) consumer behaviour?


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    cast_iron
    Registered Users Posts: 2,454 ✭✭✭cast_iron


    ellscurr wrote: »
    Actually they do, or used to, have special envelopes.
    Sounds like a bit of a silly idea, from a security point of view, that it.

    It might as well just read "SPECIAL ENVELOPE - CONTAINS MONEY" on the front of it.

    Edit: The OP's friend is clearly a chancer.


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    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Sonnenblumen wrote: »
    Why should An Post be responsible for irresponsible (although idiotic seems more accurate) consumer behaviour?

    tsk tsk tsk! getting slow in our old age? re-read and look for a joke in there.


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Stekelly wrote: »
    tsk tsk tsk! getting slow in our old age? re-read and look for a joke in there.


    Seems your comedy is retired!


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    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Sonnenblumen wrote: »
    Seems your comedy is retired!

    Wasnt my comedy but I got it.


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    padser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,375 ✭✭✭padser


    Somebody sent me a key once in the post and it had been torn off and the key removed. It didn't bother me as the key was for a seperate place to the delivery address on the envelope. It appears there are some very dishonest peopel working in An Post though. No surprise really.


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    E@gle.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭E@gle.


    chancer_007 wrote: »
    as I suspected MOH
    friend is going to s.america soon and will bring back both envelopes
    have a mate in special branch so i might give him a call and ask him what to do..

    call the A team


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    parsi
    Site Banned Posts: 5,904 ✭✭✭parsi


    pirelli wrote: »
    It's disheartening that your such a fool yourself Parsi, only when your scribbling in your blog or antagonising/antagonizing people. There is no such special envelope that An post supply. You cant get a special envelope from An post for posting money. I also put two versions of antagonising to satisfy your eccentricity for acrimony.Registered post is the preferred method and naturally that is just a tag they attach to whatever envelope you happen to use

    Tut tut tut.

    Go to your local Post Office and ask them to show you the tamper-proof envelopes they supply if you say that you are sending cash via registered post.

    Please think before your type anymore inaccurate rubbish.


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