Limited-run new postbox is the only one in Falkirk
Billed as “one of the biggest innovations in parcels since the launch of Parcel Post in 1883” the postbox is a converted meter box, and just 29 such fixtures have been installed across the whole of Royal Mail’s East Scotland area.
A spokeswoman agreed they were aimed at business park sites, and said there were no plans to extend the roll-out of the scheme for the forseeable future.
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Hide AdRoyal Mail says small businesses and marketplace sellers can post pre-paid parcels through securely designed parcel postboxes in the same way that they currently post a letter.
Customers can also post some return parcels at any time, seven days a week.
Mark Street, Head of Campaigns at Royal Mail said: “The introduction of the first parcel postboxes in East Scotland means that customers can now send parcels with pre-paid postage and their returns in the same way that they do letters.
“The new parcel postboxes provide added flexibility to online sellers who might be running a business in their spare time and not keeping regular office hours.”
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Hide AdHowever parcels must be pre-paid through Click and Drop, Royal Mail’s online labelling system for consumers, online sellers and account customers - and the address label has to be printed off at home.
Falkirk’s solitary converted-meter parcel postbox is in Callendar Boulevard, FK1 1XE.
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