Sneaky ways to save the pennies

rosemary54

likklegibbon wrote: »

When they first introduced the new stamps, the PO sent out a guide, like a paper version of the size thingie in the PO and I just sling my letters against this to check - they might still have them available if it would help. Many card shops also usually print a "large letter stamp" warning on the back of their larger cards/packaging.
HTH

I did have the paper size thing but it got lost of course,my son had no idea and said it was not on the card,am thinking of contacting card manufacturer to ask if they can do something to mak eit obvious it will cost more but doubt they will somehow as it will stop people buying bigger cards,I don't think my card was very big and when i shopped last week saw many cards that size or bigger being sold,just think PO very mean to cause upset when it is obvious that it was amothers day card(posties agree)will ask sons for free email cards next year

geordie_joe

lucy*locket wrote: »

about time they opened up postal deliveries to the competition, we'd all vote with our feet then, they have us over a barrel.

It doesn't quite work like that. They privatised the utility companies and opened them up to competition and all that happened was they set about squeezing as much money out of us as possible. BT did the same, as soon as they were formed they put the price of a phone call up from 2p to 5p. I well remember having a phone but using the phone box down the street because it was still 2p.

If another company started delivering letters who do you think would end up paying for all the post boxes it would have to install? Not to mention the sorting offices and delivery vans etc.

They wouldn't tolerate losing money and just accept that they are providing a service to the public, no, they would make us pay higher prices so they could make a nice fat profit for their shareholders.

spykey_uk

Wow, I’ve finally made it through all 99 pages of this thread! It has been an amazing help to me, as my fianc! and I are just starting out life together, and are getting married next year, so we could do with all the moneysaving we can get!

I don’t have anything to add I’m afraid, as I am only learning all about money saving at the moment, but I have already started to put a lot of these into use! I have been saving all coins into a pot and have £36 already which I put into the wedding account. Yesterday I made a thermos of tea which was enough for both of us all day (normally we’d have been boiling the kettle about ten times in the day!) and only used one teabag – and was amazed to see it was still quite strong! I have been bulking out meals with veg and storing the extra made in the freezer for the week when we don’t have as much time.

Thank you all so much for all of your helpful tips, it is making a big difference to our household. I’m tootling off to the charity shop at lunchtime to have a little nose around there! x

bexxie90

Cant believe what i saved yesterday doing an online shop!

I used two codes from here for Tesco and got £16.50 off my shop and then a further £15 came off for deals and spent £86 for fortnight,this is usually £160 plus so have done really well

love this thread!
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Reverbe

well done bexie thats a stunning amount of saving!

Uniscots97

My local Tesco (and 2 others near by) have the bag of veg that was on offer for Mothers Day (large chicken plus roast veg for a fiver). Anyway the bag is huge and has probably 10 large potatoes (large enough to be used as baking potatoes anyway), 4 parsnips (large) and eight large carrots all for 40p. I asked at customer services and they said most Tesco stores have them at this reduced price.

rosemary54

rosemary54 wrote: »

has any one else suffered as a result of the post office charges on "large" letters?My son sent me a mother's day card and the PO put a note through my door saying I would have to pay £1.15 extra to collect a letter.(this involved getting to the sorting office by 9 a.m as the PO have recently closed our PO!)The card was not that big(I would say average size) and unless you made a habbit of measuring every item of post you would not know it needed a more expensive stamp.The posties at the sorting office were not happy with the system and said they had loads of the notes to put through at Christmas.If i had not known a card was on the way I would probably not have picked it up which would have been very upsetting for both my son and myself.I also have been "guilty" of sending a large letter this week when I sent my sister a birthday card.....her PO did not charge the extra.Seems a real rip off by the PO and am amazed they lose money when doing scamsb like this.Sorry to moan ,just wondered if otheres had same problem at mother's day?

follow on from this, had a really annoying obviuosly pre written email from Royal Mail which told me if i did not pay the fine the card would be sent back to my son and he would have to pay:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: I have today had another card put through so think it's a card from another son that was sent late which i will have to get up early and go and pay for:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

daska

lucy*locket wrote: »

about time they opened up postal deliveries to the competition, we'd all vote with our feet then, they have us over a barrel.

they have... that's one of the reasons the prices have gone up! We now have a situation where companies can choose to cream off the easy deliveries from Royal Mail by setting the areas where they will/won't deliver and undercutting RM due to the savings they make. At the same time RM has been forced to keep it's responsibility for providing a service to the entire country. Worst of both worlds!

rosemary54

rosemary54 wrote: »

follow on from this, had a really annoying obviuosly pre written email from Royal Mail which told me if i did not pay the fine the card would be sent back to my son and he would have to pay:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: I have today had another card put through so think it's a card from another son that was sent late which i will have to get up early and go and pay for:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

just picked up 2nd card from sorting office,number 2 son sent it in good time with a 1st class stamp(unfortunatly not a large letter 1)but RM just ignore that and hold mail due for excess money back.Asked posties what happens to those items they can't send back to sender and they said they are sent to balfast for shredding!How much does that cost the customers and of course the planet???? so now son will be upset i have not thanked him for the card:mad: :mad: :mad:

rosemary54

sorry that should be Belfast!