You can protect the contents of your parcel sent abroad up to €500 via the ‘With warranty’ mailing option. In case of loss or damage, you will be reimbursed for the value of the contents of your shipment (up to max. €500) + the shipping costs. If the contents only include documents, then you will be reimbursed €15 in case of damage or loss. You can select the ‘With warranty’ mailing option when creating a shipping label via the online shipping tool. Or go to a Post Office or Post Point near you and ask the counter clerk to mail your parcel sent abroad with warranty. More information about the calculation of this compensation .
bpost is charging the following fees for customs formalities or administrative fees if the VAT was not paid in the online shop: €0 for private shipments with a value of up to €45. In this case, the sender has to prove that the shipment is a gift. (Please note: alcoholic products, perfume, toilet water, tobacco and tobacco products are subject to fees, even if they are gifts). €21,5 for completing customs formalities for non-exempt shipments with a value of maximum €150. €40 for completing customs formalities for non-exempt shipments with a value of more than €150. €85 for a regularisation dossier.
We're sorry that your letter with a priority stamp was not delivered on time. Your priority letter will be delivered the next day in Belgium in 95% of the cases if: Your priority letter is placed in a red mailbox before the last collection of the day. The collection time is listed on the mailbox. Your priority letter is handed in at a Post Office or Post Point before the last collection. The collection time is listed in every Post Office and Post Point. Only in exceptional cases will your priority letter not be delivered on time (e.g. a technical malfunction). As a regulator of the postal market, BIPT sees to it that at least 95% of the letters with a priority stamp are delivered within Belgium the next workday.
If your addressee has problems when picking up the money, you should contact the Customer Care Center of Ria Money Transfer . If you made an error in your addressee's name, you must correct the name in your Post Office or a Ria agency. Your addressee can only pick up the money if the name is correct.
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, If someone other than the addressee picked up the money or if you suspect fraud, you must contact the police and have a report made. Also contact the Customer Care Center of Ria Money Transfer. Ria will do all it can to recuperate the money or to repay the amount of the money transfer to the sender.
If the original sender offers you the option to return your parcel, then you have two options: The return shipment is free. The return shipment is not free. Either you must pay part of the costs yourself in the Post Office or Post Point where you turn in your return shipment, or the original sender deducts a small return fee from the amount that he refunds. If the original sender does not offer any return options, then you must send your parcel as a regular shipment. In that case, the price of your parcel depends on the weight, the size and the destination. Use our online shipping tool to calculate the price of your parcel.
If you know you won’t be home, you can request the following delivery options for this shipment*: Directly to a Pick-up point or Parcel locker in your neighbourhood Directly to a different address the same day The next working day instead To a safe place (provide a photo to help us) To a close neighbour – either chosen by bpost or by you (ask them first if they agree) *Some of them are not available as last-minute options For future deliveries, you can plan ahead by setting general delivery preferences in the MyPreferences web portal or in the My bpost app . Tip: with the My bpost app, you can follow all your parcels at a glance and change your delivery preferences up to 5 minutes before the delivery.
There are several ways to print a shipping label created in the My bpost app: You can print it from the app if your smartphone is connected to a printer. After creation in the app, you will receive an email containing the shipping label, which you can print using your computer. You can also send the email with the shipping label to someone who can print it for you. You can choose to have your shipping label printed in a Post Office or Post Point (€0.75). This option must be ticked when you create your shipping label (last step in the process). You will receive a unique barcode; show this at a Post Office or Post Point. An employee will print your shipping label and make sure your parcel is delivered.
Incoming registered mail is scanned to check that the name on the envelope is the same as the name in your account. You will receive notification of incoming registered mail in the following situations: If you have a My bpost app account If you have a MyPreferences account If you have been to a Post Office or Post Point to request delivery of registered mail straight to your letterbox We won’t be able to send a notification if the name on the envelope is not exactly the same as the name in your account. To avoid this, add all possible versions of your name in your account (for example Alexandre Jansen, Alex Jansen, and A. Jansen). You may also want to check that you haven’t turned off registered mail notifications. It’s easy to turn these notifications back on in the My bpost app.
You can protect the contents of your parcel within Belgium up to €500 via the ‘With warranty’ mailing option. In case of loss or damage, you will be reimbursed for the value of the contents of your shipment (up to max. €500) + the shipping costs. If the contents only include documents, then you will be reimbursed €15 in case of damage or loss. You can select the ‘With warranty’ mailing option when creating a shipping label via the online shipping tool. Or go to a Post Office or Post Point near you and ask the counter clerk to send your parcel with warranty. With a regular shipping label, without extra options, we only reimburse the shipping costs of your parcel if we are responsible for the loss or the damage.
Is the address correct on the letters that you receive? bpost delivers shipments based on the address, not the name. We are required to deliver letters intended for your address to you. You no longer want to receive someone else's letters? Cross out the address, write on the envelope that this person no longer lives at this address, then place the letter in a red mailbox or in the mailbox at a Post Office. We will inform the sender. Is the address on the letters that you receive incorrect? We are sorry that our postman is delivering someone else's mail in your letterbox. The best way to report this is via the online form at the bottom of this page. We will ask for your contact details so that we can talk to the right postman about this.