Royal Mail Shares

Glen_Clark

vacheron wrote: »

it now costs more to send a 2.1kg parcel 2nd class from a post office than I can pay to have a 25kg box collected from my house on a 24 hour, fully tracked courier!

But would the courier take it to the Outer Hebrides for the same price?

gadgetmind

Glen_Clark wrote: »

The EEC country with the strongest unions is Germany, and it doesn't seem to drag on their performance.

Their unions are totally unlike the politically-motivated extremists that we're lumbered with in the UK. I'm not sure we should even use the word "union", loaded as it is with so much negative baggage, for the German equivalent.

Glen_Clark

gadgetmind wrote: »

the politically-motivated extremists that we're lumbered with in the UK.

Which extremists are those?
As Warren Buffet says 'My class started the class war, and we are winning'

Southernman

I have a question and was wondering if someone would be kind enough to help. I'm looking to invest £1000 and when going through the online application it asks if I want to get a share certificate or keep them with the royal mail nominee share service. Now my first impression was to get the certificate but what is the benefit or drawback from using the royal mail share service?

Doshwaster

Glen_Clark wrote: »

I doubt if Scotland is an asset to RM shareholders. With their one price goes anywhere handicap they probably lose more money delivering to the Highlands and Islands than they make delivering to the cities.

I'm sure the RM management would be delighted to offload their operations in Scotland. If the SNP want to renationalise them then I'm sure it would be available at a knock down price. The same can't be said of bringing the gas an electricity companies under pubic ownership.

vacheron

Glen_Clark wrote: »

But would the courier take it to the Outer Hebrides for the same price?

Can't say that has ever been a deciding factor as in over 400 parcels no-one from the outer Hebrides has ever bought anything from me however I have sent to most European countries (and even Australia) for less than RM's current 2kg medium parcel price.

Vortigern

Southernman wrote: »

I have a question and was wondering if someone would be kind enough to help. I'm looking to invest £1000 and when going through the online application it asks if I want to get a share certificate or keep them with the royal mail nominee share service. Now my first impression was to get the certificate but what is the benefit or drawback from using the royal mail share service?

You need to find out what the nominee service will charge when you come to sell your shares.

melbury

Glen_Clark wrote: »

So do the couriers drive their vans up the paths and stairs

Presumably Royal Mail workers will be entitled to a public sector pension and earn far more than a courier driver does.

custardy

Glen_Clark wrote: »

So do the couriers drive their vans up the paths and stairs

No,they deliver(in the main) 1 item to one address
not the same as covering 85%+ in one area

custardy

melbury wrote: »

Presumably Royal Mail workers will be entitled to a public sector pension and earn far more than a courier driver does.

far more?
well the lad that just left my old office for a courier route in the Borders, is on a slightly higher wage