Stamps up 20%

[Eddie]

Well there's more than one letter on a plane for a start.

Exactly.

 

[PiKe]

Fact of the matter is, 60p is not expensive.

This is the first large jump in years and with the rising cost of fuel and how knackered the economy is, is it any surprise?

 

[Glaucus]

Exactly.

Exactly what? Stolen from wiki
2008/2009 was the first time RM has made profit in over two decades, in all areas.
2007 they made almost 300million loss

 

[Eddie]

Exactly what? Stolen from wiki
2008/2009 was the first time RM has made profit in over two decades, in all areas.
2007 they made almost 300million loss

Exactly that there's more than one letter on the plane.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Wee that also means that the FREE insurance on items sent 1st/2nd class is now £60

Handy

 

[realBabelfish]

How on earth do the Post Office make any money?

charged me £25 to send a GFX card back to OCUK.. thats bit steep IMO.

also, i used to live next to a postie. nice chap. when i had my son he asked how long paternity i got. i told him i had to take 2 weeks holiday. they get 9 months paid leave. and a good pension. and lets face it, isnt delivering mail a really easy job? min wage? nope. around £25k.

 

[PiKe]

charged me £25 to send a GFX card back to OCUK.. thats bit steep IMO.

also, i used to live next to a postie. nice chap. when i had my son he asked how long paternity i got. i told him i had to take 2 weeks holiday. they get 9 months paid leave. and a good pension. and lets face it, isnt delivering mail a really easy job? min wage? nope. around £25k.

There's more to it than the final mile...

 

[NathP]

Knew this would happen so I bought £60 worth of stamps from Superdrug who still have 5% off stamps

 

[w1lliam]

As far as im aware they are forced by the regulatory body, postcom, to deliver their competitors mail. Bargain price for the service though,

 

[PiKe]

As far as im aware they are forced by the regulatory body, postcom, to deliver their competitors mail. Bargain price for the service though,

BBC Article said Ofcom.

 

[MrMoonX]

charged me £25 to send a GFX card back to OCUK.. thats bit steep IMO.

also, i used to live next to a postie. nice chap. when i had my son he asked how long paternity i got. i told him i had to take 2 weeks holiday. they get 9 months paid leave. and a good pension. and lets face it, isnt delivering mail a really easy job? min wage? nope. around £25k.

9 months paid paternity leave is clearly BS, even the civil service only get 2 wks paid

 

[Participant]

9 months paid paternity leave is clearly BS

This, I doubt maternity leavers even get anything like that.

 

[Greebo]

9 months paid paternity leave is clearly BS, even the civil service only get 2 wks paid

it is.they get two weeks full pay and the rest is statutory.

http://www.cwumid7.com/PDFs/Paternity leave Royal Mail Policy.pdf

 

[Hunders]

when i had my son he asked how long paternity i got. i told him i had to take 2 weeks holiday. they get 9 months paid leave.

I work for RM and that is most certainly wrong.

 

[cu3ed]

Not really even RM's fault, blame the Gov for making it they HAD NO CHOICE but to deliver the competitions mail on their behalf because of "fair competition laws", this wasn't anything to do with the RM management, this was forced upon them, and they are having to cover their costs from having to do this.

 

[RomanNose]

RM is a very good service for its price. I don't understand how people are complaining so much.

 

[The Deuce]

Knew this would happen so I bought £60 worth of stamps from Superdrug who still have 5% off stamps

corrected it for you

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

I work in a customer services dept and we went paperless only recently. Correspondences = email or fax, but rarely by post. This move will simply make more people go paperless like us.

 

[Paul11]

im goign to order LOADS of stamps online in the next few days

 

[[TW]Fox]

9 months paid paternity leave is clearly BS, even the civil service only get 2 wks paid

It's amazing how people spout off all sorts that then becomes urban legend that others then form opinions on, etc etc