Royal Mail April 2022 price rises/changes

gt94sss2

From the 4th April Royal Mail.are increasing/changing their prices.

Details at https://www.royalmail.com/prices2022

davidian84

Highlights

Online parcel down to £2.85

Done away with 0-1kg and 1-2kg, its just 0-2kg

20kg parcels down from £28.55 to £10.45 and special £41.35 to £19.45. Some massive price drops on heavy items, though original prices were ridiculous.

And europe zones 1,2 & 3 for international tracked options.

soolin

There’s some positive changes in there which is nice for a change. 

Interesting that the difference between PO over the counter prices and online is different, small parcel over the counter will be £3.35. That large letter up to 100g 2nd class is going to hit me though 96p to £1.05 .

custardy

davidian84 said:

Highlights

Online parcel down to £2.85

Done away with 0-1kg and 1-2kg, its just 0-2kg

20kg parcels down from £28.55 to £10.45 and special £41.35 to £19.45. Some massive price drops on heavy items, though original prices were ridiculous.

And europe zones 1,2 & 3 for international tracked options.

They price high when they dont want the traffic.
They are always tweaking the bands to see what works. Given the shift to having parcel only duties for Tracked items 7 days a week. I expect this drove the price change

moonpenny

soolin said:

There’s some positive changes in there which is nice for a change. 

Interesting that the difference between PO over the counter prices and online is different, small parcel over the counter will be £2.35. That large letter up to 100g 2nd class is going to hit me though 96p to £1.05 .

soolin, have just looked at RM prices and the small parcel (over the counter) is £3.35 not £2.35. Shame about that!

soolin

moonpenny said:

soolin said:

There’s some positive changes in there which is nice for a change. 

Interesting that the difference between PO over the counter prices and online is different, small parcel over the counter will be £2.35. That large letter up to 100g 2nd class is going to hit me though 96p to £1.05 .

soolin, have just looked at RM prices and the small parcel (over the counter) is £3.35 not £2.35. Shame about that!

Whoops sorry typo, blame my fat fingers. I’ll correct my original post , thank you for pointing it out. 

steviebabes

The difference between the online and over the counter (PO) price is now 50p, With collections only 60p it's hardly worth the shoe leather to go to the Post Office, never mind fuel costs if you don't have a local one. This is for 2nd small so could be a larger differential for other services.
Does anyone know if the 5 items a day rule still applies? I haven't seen this mentioned recently.

gt94sss2

steviebabes said:

Does anyone know if the 5 items a day rule still applies?

No, the 5 day limit no longer applies.

However, they do recommend if you are sending more than 20 parcels a week, you should talk to them about getting a business account instead.

soolin

gt94sss2 said:

steviebabes said:

Does anyone know if the 5 items a day rule still applies?

No, the 5 day limit no longer applies.

However, they do recommend if you are sending more than 20 parcels a week, you should talk to them about getting a business account instead.

I have a business account and stopped using it as small parcels cost more then even over the counter prices!  There is more than one type of business service though, some of the cheaper services offer no claim for loss or damage at all, so be warned.