Postage increases 2012

brettcta

the core item i post out is under the 250g category and currently costs £1.76, meaning it'll jump to £2.20

handy if i sell 3 of them, but given that it's the sort of item you only need one of, that's highly unlikely

sunnysea83

i sell a lot of clothes that currently cost me around £1.50 to post, the 70p extra it will cost will mean I will have to take a cut in the money I make on them as they just arent worth 70p more really.

MarkLS12

marking_bad wrote: »

Will two first class still equal one large letter second? I'm not quite sure how the system works.

Currently two (letter size) first class stamps equal large letter second 100g-250g (48p+48p=96p)

The new large letter second 100g-250g price will be £1.10 so it would be a 1st class and a 2nd class (60p+50p)

amcluesent

Most of my sales are CDs so 92p to £1.10 is bearable when Amazon Marketplace set the P&P at £1.26 (and may raise this)

hubb

My Ebay sales have already tanked (private and business) so this will kill it off completely. Absolutely disgusting greed. Perhaps Ebay will see a decrease in revenue because of this and make allowances by discounting.

custardy

hubb wrote: »

My Ebay sales have already tanked (private and business) so this will kill it off completely. Absolutely disgusting greed. Perhaps Ebay will see a decrease in revenue because of this and make allowances by discounting.

so the service should be run at a loss?

soolin

I can't double check as the RM link to the new prices is temporarily unavailable, but hasn't the packet 500-750 g reduced in price as it now comes into the big rate band? I think that will help people who sell slightly heavier items.

custardy

soolin wrote: »

I can't double check as the RM link to the new prices is temporarily unavailable, but hasn't the packet 500-750 g reduced in price as it now comes into the big rate band? I think that will help people who sell slightly heavier items.

http://c435158.r58.cf3.rackcdn.com/Royal_Mail_Our_Prices.pdf

hubb

soolin wrote: »

Just a heads up- The Royal Mail shop is currently out of stock of 2nd class large letter stamps.

Looks like the great stocking up has already started.

No they haven't, I tried the website and you could select them :-)

yeslek

ch-ch-changes wrote: »

I just went to look at this and yes, changing smallpackets from '100-200-500-750' to 'up to 750' will have a real effect for ebaying those light but bulkier than a LL items. Taking the second class price to over £2 will make it harder to sell those little low cost bits and pieces that might not seem much but all add up

I guess everyone's in the same boat but (((

its awful
I wonder how much custom they will lose because of this?