Royal Mail confirm postage price rises

miketerry

New rates to follow

miketerry

Here we are, per BBC News:
The cost of first and second class
stamps are each to rise by 1p from 30 March, Royal Mail has announced.
This will take the price of a first class stamp to 63p and a second class
stamp to 54p.
Royal Mail said it had thought "carefully" about the change and its impact on
customers who have been facing tough economic conditions.
The company said stamp prices in the UK were among the best value in
Europe.
Other price changes will mean the cost of sending a large letter will
increase by 2p to 95p for first class and by 1p to 74p for second class.
The cost of sending a second class medium parcel would drop, Royal Mail said,
and a price cut for second-class small parcels that was introduced as a
Christmas promotion will continue.
From 30 March, second class medium parcels weighing up to 2kg will be priced
at £4.89, which Royal Mail said represented a saving of up to £3.11.
However, there has been criticism of the complexity
of parcel costs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31660724

javentura

Does anyone know how or where to get discounted stamps? I know costco and superdrug have done it in the past but don't know if there is anyone doing it now.

smokey_dave

Not yet heard of anywhere to get discounted stamps but always buy mine at a supermarket using a cash back credit card.

Also I now post Birthday cards 5 days early using a 2nd class stamp and write on the back -- Open on .........day.

I will be stocking up before 30th March.

mousytrap

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