Parcelforce Price Increase ?

sidneyyoungblood

Has the merger with Royalmail increased their prices , I normally pay £8.20 for 48hr and was able to drop it off at the depot but is now £10.80 with no option for a depot drop off - I send around 30 parcels a weeks so will take its toll .  

RFW

sidneyyoungblood said:

Has the merger with Royalmail increased their prices , I normally pay £8.20 for 48hr and was able to drop it off at the depot but is now £10.80 with no option for a depot drop off - I send around 30 parcels a weeks so will take its toll .  

I don't know but worth looking at other couriers. You've not said weights and sizes but if you're sending 30/week you can get accounts with a few couriers. It may also be worth asking Parcelforce for an account and prices. I haven't used PF for a few years so don't know what their account prices are like.

sidneyyoungblood

RFW said:

sidneyyoungblood said:

Has the merger with Royalmail increased their prices , I normally pay £8.20 for 48hr and was able to drop it off at the depot but is now £10.80 with no option for a depot drop off - I send around 30 parcels a weeks so will take its toll .  

I don't know but worth looking at other couriers. You've not said weights and sizes but if you're sending 30/week you can get accounts with a few couriers. It may also be worth asking Parcelforce for an account and prices. I haven't used PF for a few years so don't know what their account prices are like.

Thanks , the main reason I use parcelforce is due to them accepting parcels over 120cm and the depot is only 15 mins from me ... I cant really afford to take time off to wait in for couriers ..  

noitsnotme

Its all owned by an overseas entrepreneur now, price rises were inevitable.

MyRealNameToo

sidneyyoungblood said:

Has the merger with Royalmail increased their prices , I normally pay £8.20 for 48hr and was able to drop it off at the depot but is now £10.80 with no option for a depot drop off - I send around 30 parcels a weeks so will take its toll .  

What do you mean "the merger with Royal Mail"? Parcel Force has always just been a trading style of Royal Mail. 

They have looked to simplify their products and operations, presumably to reduce them competing with themselves and having to send two half full lorries to the same place but in principle this should reduce costs and whilst a reduction in price is probably unlikely it may avoid/reduce increases in prices. Obviously we are in a free market capitalist country so firms can cut costs and increase prices anyway but this is where competitive forces from rival couriers is supposed to ensure their pricing remains competitive. 

RFW

MyRealNameToo said:

sidneyyoungblood said:

Has the merger with Royalmail increased their prices , I normally pay £8.20 for 48hr and was able to drop it off at the depot but is now £10.80 with no option for a depot drop off - I send around 30 parcels a weeks so will take its toll .  

What do you mean "the merger with Royal Mail"? Parcel Force has always just been a trading style of Royal Mail. 

They have looked to simplify their products and operations, presumably to reduce them competing with themselves and having to send two half full lorries to the same place but in principle this should reduce costs and whilst a reduction in price is probably unlikely it may avoid/reduce increases in prices. Obviously we are in a free market capitalist country so firms can cut costs and increase prices anyway but this is where competitive forces from rival couriers is supposed to ensure their pricing remains competitive. 

It's been run as a separate company for a while and now is back to being with Royal Mail. I can now buy Parcelforce services on my Royal Mail account, previously I would have had to have an account for each.
As you say, on paper it should cut their running costs and potentially save them money, I doubt those savings will be passed on in any price reductions.
I'm a bit sceptical that they're trying to get a profitable parcel delivery company to the detriment of letter delivery.