Stamp prices to increase next month - MSE News

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The price of standard first and second-class stamps will increase by 3p each at the end of March, Royal Mail has announced...

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davidgh

Disapppinted that prices are announced but no leaflet available yet online at https://www.royalmail.com

custardy

davidgh wrote: »

Disapppinted that prices are announced but no leaflet available yet online at https://www.royalmail.com

Really, Did you expect it to be sitting n the homepage?

https://www.royalmail.com/prices2019

One-Eye

The second class stamp price rise is illegal.

There is an Ofcom Price Cap of 60p.

Royal Mail have just ignored this and are refusing to change the increase amount or date.


https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/royal-mail-sorry-illegal-stamp-2575408

custardy

One-Eye wrote: »

The second class stamp price rise is illegal.

There is an Ofcom Price Cap of 60p until 1st April.


https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/royal-mail-sorry-illegal-stamp-2575408

Brexit will sort that out

Mee

For those still using snail mail (me included):

From 25/3/2019
1st 70p
2nd 61p*

See: https://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/royal-mail-our-prices-25-march-2019.pdf

*2nd class stamps:

Prices 2019
2019 Second Class stamp prices


Dear Customer,

You may have seen media coverage around the new price of a 2nd Class stamp which is due to come into effect on March 25 of this year.

Due to an error on our part, our new 2nd Class stamp price of 61p will be 1p above the existing regulatory price cap for a period of 7 days - from March 25 until April 1. We are donating the revenue that we expect to collect from the error - around £60,000 - to the charity Action For Children, which helps disadvantaged children across the UK.

We apologise for this mistake, and we are sorry for any inconvenience it may cause.

Thank you for your continuing custom with Royal Mail.

molerat

So it is OK to break the price cap as long as you give the profit to charity - the consumer donates to charity whether they want to or not and the rule breaker gets away with it. The money should be taken from the CEOs pay packet.

custardy

molerat wrote: »

So it is OK to break the price cap as long as you give the profit to charity - the consumer donates to charity whether they want to or not and the rule breaker gets away with it. The money should be taken from the CEOs pay packet.

Well that would depend on the terms of the regulator I suppose.
Keep in mind its 1 week early for 1p.

RoyJ

So the Royal Mail has managed to ignore the legal cap of 2p. Perhaps we all should ignore the postage increases and not put stamps on letters at all. Imagine what a kerfuffle that would cause if we all did it. Come on Royal Mail admit your are wrong!

custardy

RoyJ wrote: »

So the Royal Mail has managed to ignore the legal cap of 2p. Perhaps we all should ignore the postage increases and not put stamps on letters at all. Imagine what a kerfuffle that would cause if we all did it. Come on Royal Mail admit your are wrong!

a post 4 years in the making.we expected so much more.