Royal mail consultation on increasing small parcel size

luvvlyjubbly

I've just rang Royal mail....and the girl put me on hold and said they didn't know anything about it....lol

soolin

My local mail centre do not know anything about this at all either

aeb_2

Mine neither but I found this:

The Royal Mail United Kingdom Post Scheme [STRIKE]15th [/STRIKE]28th [STRIKE]July[/STRIKE]October 2013

9.1.5 Exceptions to these dimension sizes apply. [STRIKE]The following items [/STRIKE]Parcels that exceed 353mm by 250mm by 25mm (in any one or more of the three dimensions) which do not exceed 350mm x 250mm x 160mm (in any one or more of the three dimensions) and do not exceed 2 kilograms in weight are also priced as Small Parcels:
[STRIKE](a) Parcels that exceed 353mm by 250mm by 25mm (in any one or more of the three dimensions) which do not exceed 160mm x 160mm x 160mm (in any one or more of the three dimensions) and do not exceed 2 kilograms in weight.
(b) Cylinder shaped items that do not exceed 450mm in length and has a diameter no greater than 80mm and not exceed 2 kilograms in weight[/STRIKE]

fireflyuk

I was in my Post Office this morning and they had the new small parcel size checker box sat on a shelf behind the counter.

I got to look it over and they confirmed the measurements are 35x25x16 and the new size starts Monday 28th October.

soolin

Brilliant, I'll list my new stock on a BIN on Saturday then

thebestnameshavegone

New posters announcing the change are pinned up on the wall in my local P.O. now too!

Just need to source some new boxes now............

sgh1976

Why are Royal Mail not doing an official announcement of this.

Surely they should be letting people know in advance and even though they are basically say "yep we got his one wrong" you would think they would want to shout about what is basically a drop in price for items of a certain size.

Rhymsta

sgh1976 wrote: »

Why are Royal Mail not doing an official announcement of this.

Surely they should be letting people know in advance and even though they are basically say "yep we got his one wrong" you would think they would want to shout about what is basically a drop in price for items of a certain size.

It's very clever though when you think about it....

Before the changes you could send a 2nd class packet up to 750gm for £2.20 without too much of a size restriction. Now you will have to pay £2.60 with a size restriction. Great way to increase prices and get people thinking it's a reduction LOL

sgh1976

Rhymsta wrote: »

It's very clever though when you think about it....

Before the changes you could send a 2nd class packet up to 750gm for £2.20 without too much of a size restriction. Now you will have to pay £2.60 with a size restriction. Great way to increase prices and get people thinking it's a reduction LOL

Well it will certainly be a price drop for me on my main product I sell and quite a big one.

reese

I was in my local Post Office yesterday and was also told that these changes were coming in next Monday 28th.