Royal Mail price rise

  • moonstone

    1023 messages

    Royaume-Uni

    Royal Mail have just announced that the cost of an ordinary (20gm) letter within the UK will rise by 9p from 1st January - from 76p to 85p, an increase of almost 12%. 2nd class will increase by 1p, and Saturday deliveries will almost certainly cease.
  • wycombe1

    1903 messages

    Royaume-Uni

    Wonder how they will clobber overseas rates??
  • stevehillstamps

    223 messages

    Royaume-Uni

    Full details are on the website

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    The big one for me internationally is they have increased the Europe 20g from £1.45 to £1.70
  • wycombe1

    1903 messages

    Royaume-Uni

    Thanks for the link - appreciated.
  • mainlypostcards

    3540 messages

    Royaume-Uni

    When they were privatised, wasn't there supposed to be strict regulations, that they could not increase prices above the rate of inflation?

    We had our usual annual increase in April, an increase in international postage in September and now another one on top of that!
  • wycombe1

    1903 messages

    Royaume-Uni

    We have a Tory Government whose priority is the shareholders not the great unwashed British public! It would be interesting to see the roll of shareholders and their connections with the current incumbents in power.

    I was making a comparison between private courier companies and Post Office prices. For packages of 500 grams upwards there are considerable savings on mailing overseas. Pity there is little or no competition in the letter rate market!
  • moonstone

    1023 messages

    Royaume-Uni

    We have a Tory Government whose priority is the shareholders not the great unwashed British public! It would be interesting to see the roll of shareholders and their connections with the current incumbents in power.

    I was making a comparison between private courier companies and Post Office prices. For packages of 500 grams upwards there are considerable savings on mailing overseas. Pity there is little or no competition in the letter rate market!
    • Posté le 3 déc. 2020 à 15:22
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    Saw an article that the 1st class letter rate in Denmark is to be the equivalent of about £4, up to 100gm, so perhaps we’re not the worst!
  • tris_nerima

    442 messages

    Canada

    Welcome to my world. Canadian rates are still 4x yours and the EU. Costs of delivering mail is higher than the postal charges. Unfortunately regular letters are becoming extinct where as parcel mail is the only thing keeping the post offices open.

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