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So it pays to shop around.Collectplus.co.uk, for example, lets you drop off parcels at one of over 5,500 convenience shops, which often open late. You can also opt for a courier to collect from your home. You can book slots online and there are thousands of collection points across the UK. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2013\/nov\/30\/alternatives-royal-mail-post-office\" target=\"_blank\">Weighing up alternatives to Royal Mail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Don&#8217;t automatically think of the post office \u2026 there are alternatives to Royal Mail that&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-57m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4003,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-royal-mail-entitled-to-destroy-my-christmas-card-containing-100-in-vouchers\/","url_meta":{"origin":19676,"position":0},"title":"Is Royal Mail entitled to destroy my Christmas card containing \u00a3100 in vouchers?","date":"February 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r My card and \u00a3100 gift was undelivered. 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