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BillieTheBot
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I don't understand this whole size and weight malarky.
Can we not just post our cards and letters with a first class stamp on as usual?
Do we have to go the post office with all of our post?
ARGH.
I'm proper confused with it all.
Can we not just post our cards and letters with a first class stamp on as usual?
Do we have to go the post office with all of our post?
ARGH.
I'm proper confused with it all.
Beep boop. I'm a bot.
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http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content2?catId=400105&mediaId=21100324&campaignid=piptopleftpromo
most mail stays the same, letters etc can still go with a normal stamp.
It looks like thats got 2 stamps on it.
Letter prices
A4 envelopes need 44p on them if under 100g.
FUCKING HELL.
It seems as though we've got to go to the post office with anything bigger than a small envelope to be weighed tbh.
this change shouldnt effect anyone much at all apart from paying slightly more for large packages.
you can still put on extra stamps to make up the cost, such as a 1st and 2nd class or 2 1sts etc...
Either let them be completely private or stop competition in anything but parcels.
That's why we've basically been banned from sending A4 envelopes at work, we've now got piles of A5 but A4s are like gold dust.
it might eat your hand
I have a fear of events spiralling out of control and ending up inside the post box.
That would only be fun for the first three hours, then I'd probably run out of old women to scare.
be a bugger if royal mail lost you in the post
no its still quite simple
if you have something that is smaller than A4 and doesnt weigh a bomb, then there is a set price for first and second class
if you have something that is A4 sized or heavy etc, then theres another set price
and it goes on with size and weight etc, i really dont see how its that complicated
He said to squash parcels as flat as you can as they are also priced by that method, so ner to you (Gareth).
i also recently was in the post office, and had an interesting conversation with the man behind the counter
suffice to say, i dont often send anything abnormal through the post
i think its more confusing that when they themselves have worked out what band your package needs to be placed in, they ask if you want a signature for when its delivered, delivered next day, recorded delivery
theres still so many options that havnt changed that could bemuse and confused the most sensible of people, yet after a mass advertising campaign, thats probly failed because people dont usually take notice of anything anymore, people get confused over something thats not really that scary
yes it does, cause i asked the man to explain what the changes were, and how much different it would cost me to post my A4 envelope of photos when the changes did come into effect
it was quite quiet in the post office that day, i had quite a lengthy chat
Ooh, I am in a very contrary mood tonight. Ha ha ha :razz:
p.s. thickness issue, not weight issue