Get those stamps in!!!

Iris_Blue

Lynsey I'm not following you around ...honest! lol

gill377

Lynsey wrote: »

Just heard about an increase in stamp prices from April 2011.
1st class up a whopping 5p to 46p.

Get them saved up.

Lynsey

thank you so much for this, what a shame about the negative people that have posted, if your not intrested, dont post!!!!!!!:eek::eek:

http://postandparcel.info/35599/regulation/royal-mail-increases-price-of-stamps/

KxMx

Last time the second class packet 250g-500g went up £0.10, expecting a similar rise this time, can't find the info yet.

itsallinthemind

KxMx wrote: »

Last time the second class packet 250g-500g went up £0.10, expecting a similar rise this time, can't find the info yet.

Franked Mail increases:
Standard First Class - From 36p to 39p
Standard Second Class - From 25p to 28p
Not sure about increase for Large Letters

Standard Parcel increases:
Up to 2kg - No change
Above 2kg - Up 8%

Special Delivery increases:
Starting from £5.45 - Up 40p

Collection of Mail from Delivery office:
£210 a year

Hopeless_Case

Basil1234 wrote: »

well i am glad to see such positive saving out there i have re edited my post above with the true costs we are all really facing for me atm will be in the region of about £2000-£2500 on 2 items petrol and gas/electric. forgetting other costs like council tax, food costs, no pay rises at all so that becomes a pay cut in effect also longer hours and i could go on so prob in real term looking alot more than that while i appreciate postal costs to some of you who would use say huge amount of stamps it could effect such as ebay sellers but in the grand picture it really doesnt effect most of us sorry if my post upsets you a bit but i reckoning time you take it all into account the real cost to me personally will be at least in the region of £4000 maybe more while i tend to think is a little bit more unimportant than a 5P increase on a stamp at the end of the day we will all have to pay more and that is an end of it truly.

basil

It won't be a huge saving for me, I'll probably buy two or three books of 100 stamps (in March) and save £10 or £15. I'd rather save £10 than not, especially with everything else going up as you say.

This week I've also bought 5 packs of 16 toilets rolls from Morrisons which were on offer, and think I saved about £10 altogether on those compared with the Tesco ones I normally buy, and I'm really pleased with that saving too even though they are filling my garage up .

The little savings all add up and help a bit, which is what its all about for me

Edit: There aren't any magic wands for getting rid of the big expenses, so all we can do is try and save as much as we can where we can!

KxMx

itsallinthemind wrote: »

Franked Mail increases:
Standard First Class - From 36p to 39p
Standard Second Class - From 25p to 28p
Not sure about increase for Large Letters

Standard Parcel increases:
Up to 2kg - No change
Above 2kg - Up 8%

Special Delivery increases:
Starting from £5.45 - Up 40p

Collection of Mail from Delivery office:
£210 a year

Thanks but a 2nd class packet doesn't fall under any of those. Not franked, Special Delivery, Standard Parcel or Collection etc. As the normal letter stamps and large letter costs are going up, it's safe to assume so are the packet charges since that is tier 3 for standard mail.

itsallinthemind

No idea, It was not included in the mans press/branch info, sorry.

FleetFanatic

Personally I don't think these 'buy it now before the price increases' threads are really grabbits.
These things go up most years, common sense says to stock up before the increase.

Same as the person who posted about buying the yearly rail ticket before the fares increase.

Picasso7

Thanks for reminding us about the price increase. Does anyone know when Superdrug will stop selling reduced stamps please?

NB Costco also sell reduced stamps, not sure how much cheaper they are, but they sell reduced second class ones too.

KxMx

FleetFanatic wrote: »

Personally I don't think these 'buy it now before the price increases' threads are really grabbits.
These things go up most years, common sense says to stock up before the increase.

Same as the person who posted about buying the yearly rail ticket before the fares increase.

In which case you are free to ask a board guide to move the threads.