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over a year ago
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Any one sell items on e bay. I buy and sell a lot of video games,i went to send an old playstation one game today,tomb raider 2,usually the price to send one of these type games was £1.20,its now £3.00,they only bid £1.50 for the game and I had asked for the £1.20 postage so it cost me 30p to give them a game for free  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Any one sell items on e bay. I buy and sell a lot of video games,i went to send an old playstation one game today,tomb raider 2,usually the price to send one of these type games was £1.20,its now £3.00,they only bid £1.50 for the game and I had asked for the £1.20 postage so it cost me 30p to give them a game for free "
You have been over charged. The post office you went to sent it the incorrect way. Your previous items were sent I'm assuming at large letter rate. If the item you posted today was exactly the same size then it would still go as a large letter. You have been charged for a small parcel. |
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"prices gone up by up to 50% on the 2nd of april.We used to send a small packet for £2.20 and now is £5.20!!!disaster..."
Some items have gone up by a small amount other have gone up vastly. That's royal mail for you. Not good for customer and also a nightmare for those working in the post office who have to deal with it. |
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over a year ago
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Luckily most of my customers are seeing the light and preferring digital distribution rather than something physical.
I can't help but fail to see RM's game plan. I understand that they need to raise prices, but one of the reasons they suggested was because of less people using the service - something that I imagine price rises will add to, rather than bring customers back. Which by their current reckoning will spiral in to less customers, more rises, less customers, even more rises, so on and so forth.
It's one of those things, companies tend to suggest that their prices go up to cover costs, but when custom increases, we never see those prices come down (at least, I haven't seen any, I would be very interested to see who would).
I sometimes send hand written letters to a friend rather than email as it seems a bit more personal, but what was once a personal bit of fun has become an unwanted expense in the face of price rises (I know stamps didn't go up this time but they have very recently).
Note I'm not an economist, I'm just writing about how I see it all shaping up. |
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"I sometimes send hand written letters to a friend rather than email as it seems a bit more personal, but what was once a personal bit of fun has become an unwanted expense in the face of price rises (I know stamps didn't go up this time but they have very recently)."
a 1st Class stamp is 60p. Is your friend not worth 60p then?  |
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over a year ago
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"They're gearing up for privatisation  "
Having worked for the RM many years ago I have never witnessed any Royal connection to it that is valid in modern times. As it is being run like a private company so it should have the status of a private company and thus have it's monopoly on standard mail delivery to households removed also. |
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Make sure the post office use the size guide template thing they have as sometimes the sneaky buggers pass a Large Letter as a Packet, Small Packet in this case. Whether its to make a few extra pennies on commission or just to get through everything fast i do not know... 
Just get yourselves a price guide and measure up propely before going so you have your back covered as the staff are new to all the dimension changes when put on the spot most of us just pay. |
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"I sometimes send hand written letters to a friend rather than email as it seems a bit more personal, but what was once a personal bit of fun has become an unwanted expense in the face of price rises (I know stamps didn't go up this time but they have very recently).
a 1st Class stamp is 60p. Is your friend not worth 60p then? "
At one point these letters were pretty frequent - a couple each week.
Having said that the infrequency we send them now its not too bad I guess. But the infrequency is a result of the price rise. |
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