Springside Post Office has reopened its doors for the first time in more than two years.
27.10.2022 - 22:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
With the current cost of living crisis putting a strain on everyone's pockets, even the smallest ways to cut down spending can be really effective.
And one tip from the Post Office has revealed how you can reduce the cost when it comes to sending packages, so you avoid paying more when you don't need to.
It's all in the packaging, and apparently folding up clothing items to make them smaller could actually mean you end up spending more on the shipping costs.
The Post Office often shares simple tricks and advice for customers who come in to use its services, and its most recent video has proven to be very popular - with 200,000 views and thousands of likes.
In the video, a member of staff shares exactly how to fold up items of clothing so that your package fits into the smaller gap of the package scale - meaning you pay less to send it.
An employee is shown folding up a shirt into a tiny bundle before stuffing it into a large envelope, but he says to "stop doing this".
Many people think that the smaller an item is, the less you'll pay - but then he shows that because it's quite chunky, it doesn't fit through the small gap in the scale.
"Start doing this," he explained, and instead folds the shirt so that it's flatter and takes up more space in the envelope, rather than making it smaller overall.
The package then pulls through the gap easily, indicating that customers will pay a lower price for posting it.
People flocked to the comments to admire the tip, with one person saying: "I ALWAYS measure & weigh mine first and believe me it fits!"
Some were confused at the hack, saying that they thought the parcel had to pass through the gap easily without being pulled.
But the Post Office confirmed that this is not the case, saying:
Springside Post Office has reopened its doors for the first time in more than two years.
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