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Originally Posted by kryogenik
I send quite a lot of recorded post every week. I found out last week to send one of my poster tubes now costs £4.20 instead of £1.75 because it must now go by Parcel Farce. When I asked why this is so, it's because at 70cm it's now too long for the postman's bag!!
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Hmmmmm I think your PO clerk does not understand the Royal Mail system.
Maximum length for a poster tube to go as a packet is 900mm. Assuming it weighs less than 150g it should cost £2.17 1st class signed for.
<cynic mode> As a sub-postmaster I can confirm that the commission payable for Parcel Force services is MUCH more than ordinary mail</cynic mode>
