Royal Mail new prices released

custardy

ballisticbrian wrote: »

I've tried to make clear, I'm not complaining what China Mail charges it's customers. It's obvious it is still a largely poor country of people, and they need to make their postal service accessible. That is their issue.

My point is Royal Mail take their post and deliver it to us in the UK. How much is it costing Royal Mail to do so? Are we not subsidising each and every time we post something. It obvious that if a large parcel only costs an ordinary person in China (and probably a lot cheaper for a Chinese business) £1.71, and we are paying 5.20, then you do the math.

A couple of you think I am complaining about the cost in China or why it is cheaper - I am not. Think about what Royal Mail have agreed to and it's implications.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union

its a little more complex than RM simply 'doing a deal'

plumface

soolin wrote: »

You might try looking at the community boards on ebay, there is quite a alot of chat on there about business accounts with suggestions that the prices will be much much cheaper than the advertised ones for private customers.

Can you post a link or at least say what category it is under?

soolin

plumface wrote: »

Can you post a link or at least say what category it is under?

If you are a powerseller then there;s this one:

http://community.ebay.co.uk/topic/Powerseller-Board/Selfish-Rm-Price/18000489803


otherwise there are anumber of threads on the general seller boards, you sometimes have to read them to see where the discussion is going as they start of for private sellers and then go into business accounts (or vice versa).

A general read though is probably best as it might be an idea to actually ask for help , especially on the PS board.

techspec

Strapped wrote: »

For under 1.5kg, DespatchBay packets are cheaper.

Which shops do you drop them off at?

ballisticbrian

custardy wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union

its a little more complex than RM simply 'doing a deal'

This is not really the main thrust of what I am talking about and we could digress onto all kinds of countries agreements on mail many of which surpass the UPU.

but anyway... I am sure none of the aforesaid has gone unnoticed by Royal Mail, and as it is deregulated, they have basically turned their nose up at parcels and said "we don't want it". Meanwhile they are obliged to deliver foreign parcels coming in under such agreements as you mention.

custardy

ballisticbrian wrote: »

This is not really the main thrust of what I am talking about and we could digress onto all kinds of countries agreements on mail many of which surpass the UPU.

but anyway... I am sure none of the aforesaid has gone unnoticed by Royal Mail, and as it is deregulated, they have basically turned their nose up at parcels and said "we don't want it". Meanwhile they are obliged to deliver foreign parcels coming in under such agreements as you mention.

have they? did I miss the memo?
You seem very interested in the subject.
I have posted many times on this subject and have gone on about how things are and how people wont/wouldnt like what was coming with RM
poster after poster suddenly wakes up to whats going and is suddenly interested.
the horse has bolted on that one. the seeds of privitisation are sown and coming close to harvest

ballisticbrian

Once a year when prices go up - I have a little rant about it. It's just that doubling of prices last year on airmail and this year on larger parcels is becoming "hard to believe"

custardy

ballisticbrian wrote: »

Once a year when prices go up - I have a little rant about it. It's just that doubling of prices last year on airmail and this year on larger parcels is becoming "hard to believe"

well get used to it
I dont see it becoming any cheaper under the future plans

vending-expert

techspec wrote: »

Which shops do you drop them off at?

Im looking into using despatch bay, as far as i can make out there packets are sent as Royal mail tracked, they are collected by parcel force, once you have labeled the packets you need to put them in a box or bag and book the collection which cost £3.50

magic57

vending-expert wrote: »

Im looking into using despatch bay, as far as i can make out there packets are sent as Royal mail tracked, they are collected by parcel force, once you have labeled the packets you need to put them in a box or bag and book the collection which cost £3.50

I've just looked at their site too. It looks quite good. Has anyone else used them?

thanks