Mail services:
1. General postal services:
This service includes providing information and communication services by delivering post cards, inland letters, etc.
2. Registered post:
- A mail or article sent under registered post is handled with extra care by the postal department. The postal department keeps record of such post at all stages. The post sender can obtain proof in case of misplaced or lost posts. The sender can obtain an acknowledged copy i.e. copy carrying signature of
the person to whom the post is sent from the postal department by paying some extra charges.
- The charges of a registered post are quite high compared to a general post.
3. Parcel service:
- Under parcel service one can send anything except items prohibited by the law. From one place to another. One can also take insurance for the parcel he sends.
- One can book a parcel at any post office by paying respective parcel charges.
4. Value Payable Post (VPP):
- VPP is a service from postal department where in the buyer of a product wishes to pay for that product after he receives it through post. (Note: It is somewhat similar to Cash On Delivery (COD) offered by online stores these days.)
- In this system when a producer or a seller receives an order from a buyer he packs the demanded good, goes to post office and asks it to deliver through VPP to the buyer.
- When the buyer receives the product he pays the postman the predetermined price plus postal department’s service charges.
- The producer/seller then receives his money from postal department.
- VPP is quite popular parcel service.
