What is a
fastletter?
A
fastletter is a cross between a greetings
card and a traditional letter. It is created online
quickly and easily and is then sent in the post in the
usual way.
What will my fastletter
look like?
Each
fastletter is printed on high quality 170
gsm photo glossy paper in full colour before being carefully
folded by hand and delicately placed into its' distinctive
high quality canary yellow envelope. This envelope is
then super sealed to the highest standards. A first
class stamp is then affixed to the optimal location
for peak postal performance. Each envelope is then hand-stamped
with the fastletters.com
mark of authenticity before the journey to
delivery commences. Upon arrival, the delighted
recipient will soon realise that their fastletter
is designed to be displayed. This is done by folding
it into the shape of a triangular prism, allowing the
picture and caption to be seen. Meanwhile, the personal
message lies face down on the chosen display area. This
guarantees the secrecy of the communication. So that's
what a fastletter
looks like. Or would you rather see the
fastletter display
?
Why send a fastletter?
Sending
a fastletter shows that you care. You do care,
don’t you? Even if you don’t care, the person receiving
the fastletter will think that you do care, which
may well be to your advantage.
Why send an
anonymous fastletter?
Seems
to create a lot of fun on Valentines day, so why not
all year round? Sorry, shouldn’t answer a question with
a question.
In the past, I have
always bought my greetings cards from the major retail
outlets in the high street, handwritten them out and
sent them myself. Why should I change now?
Well,
if you want to have to get in your car, drive to town,
find a parking space, find the greetings card shop,
choose the greetings card you need, pick it up with
an envelope that matches, go the queue, stand in the
queue, get to the front of the queue, hand over a fiver,
get your change, go and find a post office, get into
another queue, purchase your first-class stamp, lick
the stamp, put it on the envelope, take the whole lot
home, go the kitchen drawer, take out your biro, fill
it in by hand, pop it all into the envelope, stick it
down, trudge to the nearest post box,
before finally, (at last!) posting it, then please
carry on as you are. Alternatively, use fastletters
and complete the task in less than five minutes without
getting off your butt.
How are fastletters
posted? (Delivery)
All
fastletters
are posted via the Royal Mail with a first-class stamp.
Letters are posted on the date that you specify when
you create the letter. We need to have received the
letter by 5 pm (UK time) at the latest for it to be
posted by 6 pm.
Will I receive confirmation
that my fastletter has been sent?
Yes.
You will be asked to give us your email address so
that we can let you know that your fastletter
has been processed. However, you can rest assured
that we will not be bombarding you with special offers
or reminders to use us every week, nor will we be
letting anyone else know your address for them to
do the same. We wouldn’t mind being allowed to send
you the odd reminder now and then (no more than once
a month, honest) for things like Mothers Day or Valentines.
Imagine the kids running into the bedroom and waking
you up at 6am shouting “Daddy, Daddy, it’s Christmas”
and you’d completely forgot. With fastletters
we won’t let that happen. You can always unsubscribe.
I’m 82 years old
and have eleven sisters and six brothers and trying
to remember all their birthdays is becoming hard.
How can fastletters help?
You
can now log on to fastletters and send each of your eleven sisters and six brothers
their birthday greetings in one sitting. Simply specify
on each fastletter the
date that you want it to be sent and we will send
them on that day. Once done, sit back, relax and forget
about all those brothers and sisters and all those
bothersome birthdays for a whole year.
Can you tell me
more about the payment methods?
Yes,
we accept all major debit and credit cards, including
Visa, MasterCard, JCB and Switch. All processing is
done through a Company called SecPay who specialise
in taking payments on the Internet only. None of the
staff at fastletters.com ever get to see your card
details nor are your card details stored on any of
our computers. When you give your card details you
are dealing direct with SecPay, and as all they do
for a living is process credit and debit cards for
Internet transactions, I wouldn’t mind betting that
they have some sort of super dooper whizzy encryption
system that stops naughty people getting hold of your
details. So we think it’s pretty safe.
I am a Luddite,
suffer from paranoia and trust no-one. Can I pay by
cheque?
Yes
you can. The minimum order by cheque is for four fastletters,
priced as shown on the Home page. Cheques should
be sent to the address detailed on the Contact Us
page. You must write your email address on the back
of the cheque so that we can email you your code to
activate your fastcredits.
I am a bad credit
risk so I don’t have a credit or debit card. Can I
pay by cheque?
Yes
you can, see previous question for details. We will,
of course, wait for the cheque to clear.
I am a model citizen
of society, my credit is good so I do have credit
cards, I am not paranoid, I am not a Luddite and I
do tend to trust people. Can I pay by cheque?
Well,
we don’t see why you should. It’s much quicker and
easier with a card why make it difficult for everyone?
Why? Why? ……….Oh,
all right then. See the previous previous question.
Can I send
the same message to different people?
Yes,
if you want to send the same message to lots of people,
write the message in notepad first. Then simply copy
and paste this into the message area of each fastletter.
Great for parties, weddings, thank-you notes and organising
Military coups. Copy and paste is also a good
idea if you want to take time composing your message
offline. If the words copy and paste and notepad mean
nothing to you, then please ignore this section. You'll
have enough problems to deal with, having just got
your computer.
I do not live in
the UK. Can I still use fastletters.com?
Yes
you can and at times it can be very beneficial to
do so. For example, if you live in the United States
and you need to send a letter quickly to someone living
in the United Kingdom, then fastletters
will very likely get that letter delivered
the very next day. Anywhere in Europe, it will probably
be delivered in two to three days, as It will be sent
by airmail.
Can I send a fastletter
to anywhere in the world?
Yes
you can. The prices quoted are for anywhere in the
whole wide world. We even splash out on an airmail
stamp. So, for example, a fastletter to the
USA should arrive in about 4 or 5 days. What could
be better? Sure beats writing
a note, bunging it in a bottle and chucking it in
the sea.
Can I write anything
I like?
fastletters are printed, folded, placed into their envelopes, sealed and posted. They
are not read, edited or censored in any way. Therefore
you can write anything you want and it will be sent.
But be warned. If we receive any complaints from anyone
who receives a fastletter
because your message is threatening or offensive or obscene
or something else that we haven’t thought of, then
it is very likely that the sender has committed a
criminal offence. If you send a fastletter that is likely to lead to a complaint,
expect to be tracked down and possibly charged.
What kind of pictures
or images can I send in a personalised fastletter?
You
can upload any picture or image that is on your computer.
The sort of pictures we had in mind are of grandchildren
smiling that can be sent to Grannie. It would be illegal
for us to send any picture that breaks the law. For
this reason uploaded pictures ( just the picture not
the text) are looked at before being posted. If you
feel the urge to send any picture or image that contravenes
the Obscene Publications Act it will not be sent and
no refund will be available. So, keep it legal, that’s
all we ask.
