Respect. I'd help support that (better than my ideas). What would our 'demands' be - free for non-commercial use and commercial-prototyping? There is a cost associated with maintaining post codes which has to be paid somehow.
Like strike action, the expectation has to be their capitulation through negotiation before implementation - but should the plan be put into effect it really needs to be 'to the death'. Paul /)/+) 2009/10/6 Ian Eiloart <[email protected]> > > On 6 Oct 2009, at 23:16, Tim Morley wrote: > > > On 6 Oct 2009, at 23:05, Ian Eiloart wrote: > > > >> Deliberately using the wrong postcode > >> would add even more to their costs. But, make sure you use a postcode > >> for an address that bears no resemblance to the correct address. > > > > That raises the question of Royal Mail's obligation (or otherwise) to > > deliver wrongly addressed mail. It would be easy enough for them to > > just return any misaddressed mail to the sender, although I suppose > > even that would cost them more than just being able to deliver it > > normally. > > They do go to great efforts to deliver mail that's wrongly addressed. > And they have an obligation to deliver mail if they can. Each sorting > office has a team dedicated to trying to find the target for > ambiguously addressed mail. For example, if you omit the house number, > they'll try looking up the addressee's name in the phone book. > > I've seen mail posted in Cambridge New Zealand, misdirected to the UK, > which I've directed back to Cambridge, New Zealand. Both towns have > Montague Road's, apparently. > > If you put the wrong postcode on a letter, it'll most likely get to > the delivery office of the postcode before it's redirected to the > correct delivery office. Unless a sharp-eyed PHG (postman higher > grade) spots the discrepancy. They sit at machines typing postcodes as > letters flash in front of them, that's how the blue dots get added to > the letter. Probably there's some handwriting recognition machines out > there doing the job now. > > Here's my suggestion. Address your letters to: > > Recipient's real name > Free the post code > Recipient's real address > SW1 1AA > > If everyone uses the same postcode, the campaign will be more visible. > Perhaps a PC for some sleepy village in Cornwall would more > interesting. Or in the constituency of a sympathetic MP. And, perhaps > we should have a day of action, on which everyone does this. A > pledgebank pledge, to trigger it? > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list [email protected] > > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > -- > Ian Eiloart > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >
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