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Stamp Price Increases for April 2010

purch
purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
The cost of not getting your post delivered will rise to 41p in 2010 :eek:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8426538.stm
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  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    Effectively, another tax increase.,
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    I dont know why people bother with 1st class.

    The letter/parcel just arrives at some point in the future, with no reason or logic to when it comes. Sometimes the next day, sometimes days after.

    Why pay extra for essentially the same service.
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    It is shocking.

    The good people of Aberdonia pay the same for their postage as those in London, despite it costing far more in stage coach costs up there.

    And what do they do with these significant savings? Why, plough it all back into the housing market of course.

    If you want to live in rural idyll, don't expect your postie to subsidise you!
  • Primrose
    Primrose Posts: 10,721 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    I use Second Class only, and substitute e-mail wherever possible which I suspect increasing numbers of people will now do. However, I have a note in my diary in March to stock up on second class stamps for next Christmas before the price increase comes into effect. We have received fewer cards than normal this year. I suspect last April's increases were partly to blame.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Remember to buy books of stamps in March in preparation.
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    How many people actually know how much a stamp costs.
    I bought some last week when posting cards and had no idea what to expect.
    Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
    What it may grow to in time, I know not what.

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  • zet_2
    zet_2 Posts: 51 Forumite
    purch wrote: »
    The cost of not getting your post delivered will rise to 41p in 2010

    Well no one likes an increase, but despite all the rhetoric by people who want to privatise it, it is still cheap compared to other European countries.

    41p is 45 euro cents, in Germany and France the cheapest stamp is 55 cents.
  • harryhound
    harryhound Posts: 2,662 Forumite
    abaxas wrote: »
    I don't know why people bother with 1st class.

    Why pay extra for essentially the same service.

    Once upon a time, 1st class would be redirected or returned to sender, if it could not be delivered, I believe?

    Do they all get thrown over the hedge these days?

    I just don't feel I can risk something in the post, if there is only one version available in the world and it cannot be recreated. (eg a deed signed by someone now dead).

    Part of the problem is that organisations do not acknowledge delivery these days (eg HMRC), so you just don't know if something has arrived!
  • nollag2006
    nollag2006 Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    harryhound wrote: »
    I just don't feel I can risk something in the post, if there is only one version available in the world and it cannot be recreated. (eg a deed signed by someone now dead).

    Part of the problem is that organisations do not acknowledge delivery these days (eg HMRC), so you just don't know if something has arrived!

    All valid points Harry - this is why I do as much business as I can online nowadays.

    I think we are still some way away from snail mail disappearing altogether, but like the humle cheque, its days are numbered
  • before_hollywood
    before_hollywood Posts: 20,686 Forumite
    unless you sell on ebay lol
    things arent the way they were before, you wouldnt even recognise me anymore- not that you knew me back then ;)
    MercilessKiller wrote: »
    BH is my best mate too, its ok :)

    I trust BH even if he's from Manchester.. ;)

    all your base are belong to us :eek:
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