Royal Mail, small parcels, now bigger

luvvlyjubbly

Just received an email from RM, stating new size and weight still £2.80 till mid January :T
http://www.postoffice.co.uk/small-parcels

soolin

luvvlyjubbly wrote: »

Just received an email from RM, stating new size and weight still £2.80 till mid January :T
http://www.postoffice.co.uk/small-parcels

That's the same details as the one from late September isn't it? I've been using those new sizes and weights for a few weeks now.

Kernow666

i still use myhermes as you at least get £50 loss as standard and tracking

SkintOAP_2

I also use MyHermes for anything bigger than Royal Mail's small parcel but a friend of mine came unstuck when an ornament was broken in transit. She hadn't realised that MyHermes and most of the other couriers don't pay compensation for fragile items such as glass or porcelain. So if you're sending anything breakable it's worth checking the T&C's of the courier service first.

justapoorboy

I just received a damaged glass item via MyHermes but it wasn;t well packed. Box was too soft, only one layer of bubble and item (glass bowl) virtually touching the sides of the box. So I count that as the senders fault. No excuse when MyHermes have such generous size limits on their parcels.

RM have no publicised the new large box size very well. Many online sellers don't know about it. But it's confusing also. the higher weight
(2 Kg) only applies to 2nd class . Its not clear if the higher size only applies to 2nd class as well. I doubt many (any?) RM employees know.

steveE2

The size change is permanent and applies to 1st and 2nd class,the price is a promotion 'til 18/01/15 on 2nd class only.

harveybobbles

Kernow666 wrote: »

i still use myhermes as you at least get £50 loss as standard and tracking

Thought they'd dropped it to £20?

theonlywayisup

harveybobbles wrote: »

Thought they'd dropped it to £20?

3rd party agents - P2go and the like - tend to give £20 but Hermes direct is £50 by default.