Several postboxes across the Isle of Wight are currently out of action as Royal Mail rolls out a new system allowing customers to send parcels from the street.
Postboxes across the Island are currently ‘out of action’ ahead a new upgrade to the way we send letters and parcels.
Customers will soon be able to send parcels up to the size of a shoebox from selected postboxes and track their items using the Royal Mail app, according to the postal operator.
Royal Mail is rolling out 3,500 upgraded postboxes across the UK following a successful pilot scheme in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire in April last year.
The upgraded boxes can accept both letters and shoebox-sized parcels. Letters can still be posted through the traditional slot, while small packages can be placed into a separate drawer located beneath it. The drawer mechanism is powered by a solar panel mounted on the roof of the postbox.
To send a parcel, customers must buy postage online, print the label and scan a QR code in the Royal Mail app to open the drawer before depositing their item.
It is unknown when exactly the new-era postboxes will be available to use, but notices have appeared on existing structures – such as in Union Street, Ryde.
Sounds a great idea, let’s hope Post Offices remain
open, otherwise more job losses.
Why bother, no one can afford the stamps and mail is rarely delivered anymore.
Haven’t seen a postie for ages, not even delivery junk mail on behalf of Wightfibre.