Stamps to go up in price
Discussion
Yikes, that's a jump.
You can buy them from Royal Mail in sheets of 100 or rolls of 500 or 1000 - since 1st/2nd stopped having a monetary value printed on them it makes sense to stock up.
http://shop.royalmail.com/postage-supplies+station...
You can buy them from Royal Mail in sheets of 100 or rolls of 500 or 1000 - since 1st/2nd stopped having a monetary value printed on them it makes sense to stock up.
http://shop.royalmail.com/postage-supplies+station...
sjg said:
Yikes, that's a jump.
You can buy them from Royal Mail in sheets of 100 or rolls of 500 or 1000 - since 1st/2nd stopped having a monetary value printed on them it makes sense to stock up.
http://shop.royalmail.com/postage-supplies+station...
Thank you sir! Ordered!You can buy them from Royal Mail in sheets of 100 or rolls of 500 or 1000 - since 1st/2nd stopped having a monetary value printed on them it makes sense to stock up.
http://shop.royalmail.com/postage-supplies+station...
Royal Mail made a massive miscalculation when they introduced Large Letter rates and have been trying to claw it back ever since.
I use RM to exist being a book publisher/seller. When LL was introduced my mailing costs plummeted! A 750g weight book just thick enough to pass through the LL gap meant 'Geronimo' to me! It was nearly a quid cheaper than packet rate, still is - well, until April 30 when all packet post up to 750g will be now 'one' price.
For 'stamps' yes best thing (always done it) is to buy in bulk before increase, 'IF' you post a lot.
The new canny unmarried mum boss of Royal Mail - a Canadian who used to run Canada Post has credentials; ones which I fear.
Plus the first ever woman to head the service, and another first, the first person from outside the UK to run the service.
Oh yeah, she's on half a million salary which makes her I think Britain's best paid civil servant (who nobody has heard of!).
Canada has no Saturday post, deliveries are weekdays only. Only about a third get post to their door, many Canadians have to use community mailboxes, ie not delivered to your door, go and collect from the end of your road or village. Their service is poor, 2 working days for a letter, up to 5 in outlying areas (read rural for here).
So, she's already started. 30 percent increase on First Class stamp, and virtually 40 percent increase on Second Class.
What else has 'ever' risen at those rates in one year?
It's unprecedented. It's still excellent value (as some have said) BUT that is not the point!!
The future's 'private', 'sell-off' I reckon.
Hope I can retire before it happens.
I use RM to exist being a book publisher/seller. When LL was introduced my mailing costs plummeted! A 750g weight book just thick enough to pass through the LL gap meant 'Geronimo' to me! It was nearly a quid cheaper than packet rate, still is - well, until April 30 when all packet post up to 750g will be now 'one' price.
For 'stamps' yes best thing (always done it) is to buy in bulk before increase, 'IF' you post a lot.
The new canny unmarried mum boss of Royal Mail - a Canadian who used to run Canada Post has credentials; ones which I fear.
Plus the first ever woman to head the service, and another first, the first person from outside the UK to run the service.
Oh yeah, she's on half a million salary which makes her I think Britain's best paid civil servant (who nobody has heard of!).
Canada has no Saturday post, deliveries are weekdays only. Only about a third get post to their door, many Canadians have to use community mailboxes, ie not delivered to your door, go and collect from the end of your road or village. Their service is poor, 2 working days for a letter, up to 5 in outlying areas (read rural for here).
So, she's already started. 30 percent increase on First Class stamp, and virtually 40 percent increase on Second Class.
What else has 'ever' risen at those rates in one year?
It's unprecedented. It's still excellent value (as some have said) BUT that is not the point!!
The future's 'private', 'sell-off' I reckon.
Hope I can retire before it happens.
Edited by dandarez on Tuesday 27th March 14:53
I sent an A4 sized letter from Hong Kong to my UK address not long ago. It cost 3 HKD, so about 25p.
The price included every stage of delivery, including a full RM service in the UK (picking up, sorting, delivery) and the cost of air transport and sorting in HK.
If RM still make money on that transaction then they'll be raking it in on a 90p charge. Granted my letter took 3 days to arrive, but it's worth the wait to email everything to Hong Kong and have it posted from there for the saving.
How can RM make money on these sorts of transactions? And if they're not, why do they continue them?
The price included every stage of delivery, including a full RM service in the UK (picking up, sorting, delivery) and the cost of air transport and sorting in HK.
If RM still make money on that transaction then they'll be raking it in on a 90p charge. Granted my letter took 3 days to arrive, but it's worth the wait to email everything to Hong Kong and have it posted from there for the saving.
How can RM make money on these sorts of transactions? And if they're not, why do they continue them?
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