Q. Over the last 20 years four of my closest friends have moved abroad. The good thing is that they come to stay with me when they are in London. The bad thing is that invariably, when they are packing up to leave our house for their cheap flights, they find that they have somehow accumulated too much luggage during their stay, and ask to leave the overspill with me, to be collected when they next visit. The next time they come the same thing happens again. I do not want to be inhospitable but there are now 11 leftover bags. What should I do?
— J.F., London SW12
A. Email your friends to announce your discovery that it is surprisingly inexpensive to send parcels abroad through the Royal Mail. This is true: it costs only £33 to insure, and post by registered mail, a full 7lb package of grot to Italy.
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