I Predict a Riot........

chivvy

No not the song, but temperatures could be rising at post offices around the UK from Mon 21st August onwards when the new postage sizes come in.

I already have my new "postage gauge" for letters etc which will be complicated enough but I have seen a leaflet today that says there will be special larger stamps for large letters i.e. A4 size etc. and that all dimensions of the letter are taken into consideration i.e. does it fit through a 5mm slot ?

I think the queues could build in the POs as people posting large letters will need it all explained and will then want to buy large stamps etc.

Plus ebayers sending stuff may become confused as well.

Anyway it also said that there will be a big advertising campaign on this so I assume that will be on TV all through August.

Can't wait......

yeslek

i'd heard about this.
they are going on size instead of weight arent they?

chivvy

It is on size and weight

See http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content2?catId=21100324&mediaId=28900662

and then for prices see http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content2?catId=28900662&mediaId=28900661

I need to know what happens with airmail as I sell a lot of CDs abroad to the US etc on ebay.

rose_sparky

Oh the mind boggles, can you imagine the amounts of tuts and eyes raised to heaven in the queue! Bloomin 'eck, it's bad enough now (someone actually asked me today if I lived in the post office)

apprentice_tycoon

chivvy wrote:

I need to know what happens with airmail as I sell a lot of CDs abroad to the US etc on ebay.

The overseas mail is unchanged - apart from a price rise, of course! - the new overseas prices are available to print off from the RM website, these start on the 21 august too

bleugh

thank god i'm emmigrating in three months ;-)

Auzzies have a far better postal system (in some areas) than us

juno

I've run out of the DVD size jiffy bags, so I've been posting them in the larger A4 ones and then folding half down.

If you don't fold it, it's a large letter. If you do fold it, it's a parcel. But, if you don't fold it, it would get folded anyway as soon as something was put on it!

Sugar_Coated_Owl

It seems very confusing. Why did they decide to change it anyway?

trencherpilot

bleugh wrote:

thank god i'm emmigrating in three months ;-)

Auzzies have a far better postal system (in some areas) than us

In the outback it's strap it to the nearest kangaroo and sit back and wait for the reply isn't it?

chivvy

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

The overseas mail is unchanged - apart from a price rise, of course! - the new overseas prices are available to print off from the RM website, these start on the 21 august too

Not going up again, they only went up recently when the price of stamps went up. Any excuse for a price rise...

chivvy

juno wrote:

I've run out of the DVD size jiffy bags, so I've been posting them in the larger A4 ones and then folding half down.

If you don't fold it, it's a large letter. If you do fold it, it's a parcel. But, if you don't fold it, it would get folded anyway as soon as something was put on it!

You could try cutting the jiffy bag nearly in half and then forming a "flap" to fold over by cutting to size. Then staple the flap in place once the DVD is inside.