Royal Mail Tube Price

Norman_Castle

I've tried RM price finder, tubes don't exist or are priced in this case as a large parcel (over £12?). Does anyone know the price of sending a second class tube sized 70cm with a diameter of 8cm or circumference of 25cm, weight 549g. Thanks

custardy

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I've tried RM price finder, tubes don't exist or are priced in this case as a large parcel (over £12?). Does anyone know the price of sending a second class tube sized 70cm with a diameter of 8cm or circumference of 25cm, weight 549g. Thanks

Surely its doesnt matter its a tube?
simply what sizes it meets in their pricing structure

70cm pushes it into the large parcel price bracket.

jeffuk

70cm x 8cm x 8cm

https://www.royalmail.com/price-finder?intcampaignid=Promo_country_olp

Norman_Castle

custardy wrote: »

Surely its doesnt matter its a tube?
simply what sizes it meets in their pricing structure

70cm pushes it into the large parcel price bracket.

Did there used to be separate prices for tubes and printed papers or even LP records?

The item is in its original tube posted in 2007 costing £2.88.


Royal mail guides mention tubes separately but don't state they are priced as per parcels. Stating this would help.

steviebabes

From RM website for a medium parcel - Max dimensions: Length + twice the diameter must be 104cm or less
No one dimension can exceed 90cm.

bazzyb

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Does anyone know the price of sending a second class tube sized 70cm with a diameter of 8cm or circumference of 25cm, weight 549g. Thanks

£5.75 first class, £5.05 second class.

custardy wrote: »

Surely its doesnt matter its a tube?
simply what sizes it meets in their pricing structure

70cm pushes it into the large parcel price bracket.

Yes it does matter as there is specific criteria for tubes. To class as a medium parcel, the following applies:

For rolled and cylinder shaped parcels, the length of the item plus twice the diameter must not exceed 104cm, with the greatest dimension being no more than 90cm.

Norman_Castle

bazzyb wrote: »

£5.75 first class, £5.05 second class.




Yes it does matter as there is specific criteria for tubes. To class as a medium parcel, the following applies:

For rolled and cylinder shaped parcels, the length of the item plus twice the diameter must not exceed 104cm, with the greatest dimension being no more than 90cm.

Thanks. Can I ask where you found that? My price guide states "For rolled and cylinder shaped parcels, the length of the item plus twice the diameter must not exceed 104cm, with the greatest dimension being no more than 90cm" but it doesn't state tubes within these sizes are charged as medium parcels.


Edit, just found it here, https://www.royalmail.com/rmg-help/pf/Medium_Parcel_helpicon. No idea why they don't state this on the price guides.
It should certainly be an option on their online price finder.