Royal Mail 1st Class Are We Being Conned?

Destination · 6 Mar 2010 at 17:46

Didn't realise until this morning that the price of a first class stamp had gone up so much, currently at 39p and set to rise to 41p in April.
A fair amount to send a birthday card, or a letter.

PhilthyPhil · 6 Mar 2010 at 17:50

Hikari Kisugi said:
Didn't realise until this morning that the price of a first class stamp had gone up so much, currently at 39p and set to rise to 41p in April.
A fair amount to send a birthday card, or a letter.

Yep but they have to compensate for being forced to deliver other companies letters at a loss somehow

Burnsy2023 · 6 Mar 2010 at 17:53

Hikari Kisugi said:
Didn't realise until this morning that the price of a first class stamp had gone up so much, currently at 39p and set to rise to 41p in April.
A fair amount to send a birthday card, or a letter.

A fair amount? Who are you kidding? Just 41p to send something to the other side of the country? Bargain. We're getting complacent.

Strife212 · 6 Mar 2010 at 17:59

Streeteh said:
As a side note if you're talking about Final Fantasy XIII and a certain popular retailer on these forums the retailer has actually fibbed; the game wasn't despatched on Friday and will in fact be despatched today for delivery on Monday.

I've been trying to warn people, they do it time and time again, it's just a ploy to prevent people from cancelling

Take the money, mark as dispatched, don't actually dispatch it

Hatter The Mad · 6 Mar 2010 at 18:28

Hikari Kisugi said:
Didn't realise until this morning that the price of a first class stamp had gone up so much, currently at 39p and set to rise to 41p in April.
A fair amount to send a birthday card, or a letter.

How much do you pay for a cup of coffee?

Lunatic Dreyfus · 6 Mar 2010 at 20:23

Saturday isn't really classed as a proper working day, and nor should it ever be. It just sounds like someone's camped out by their letterbox hoping their parcel arrives for the weekend.

Hikari Kisugi said:
Didn't realise until this morning that the price of a first class stamp had gone up so much, currently at 39p and set to rise to 41p in April.
A fair amount to send a birthday card, or a letter.

Hey, someone's gotta pay my wages! That extra 2p will help fund my increasingly decadent lifestyle.

"andy" · 6 Mar 2010 at 20:33

no we are not being conned

Tomsk · 6 Mar 2010 at 20:34

Hikari Kisugi said:
Didn't realise until this morning that the price of a first class stamp had gone up so much, currently at 39p and set to rise to 41p in April.
A fair amount to send a birthday card, or a letter.

Buy a book of first class stamps and beat the price increase.
I still have 4 left in my last book of 12, which I bought a couple of years ago.

big_white_dog84 · 6 Mar 2010 at 20:57

I think the cost of posting a 1st class letter is unbelievably low! For 41p per letter we get pretty much a next day service and a postman to our door every day of the week without fail. If you were setting up the Royal mail from scrath I'll bet you'd want to charge a lot more than 41p per letter!

markweatherill · 6 Mar 2010 at 21:16

My postman talks to himself as he does his rounds so it's worth it for the entertainment.