Postal price increases soon
10-03-2005, 17:29
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Postal price increases soon
Remember that some postal prices go up on Thursday, 7th April.
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/c...ediaId=9300081
In particular note that the price of a First Class stamp rises from 28p to 30p so stock up on those '1st' stamps now before they run out. They're still valid after 7th April so you'll make an instant 7% gain.
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10-03-2005, 19:15
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Re: Postal price increases soon
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Originally Posted by altis
In particular note that the price of a First Class stamp rises from 28p to 30p so stock up on those '1st' stamps now before they run out. They're still valid after 7th April so you'll make an instant 7% gain.
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Bugger and I've got loads of 2nd class marked stamps 
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10-03-2005, 19:18
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Re: Postal price increases soon
again? bloody hell. gonna have to start sending things without stamps and getting the other end to pay at this rate 
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10-03-2005, 19:22
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Re: Postal price increases soon
You carnt do that!!!!!! Naughty boy
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10-03-2005, 19:34
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Re: Postal price increases soon
Don't know if it interests anyone but franked mail gets a 1p discount on a first class mail. Better than nothing.
I think you can get franking machines free from Neopost now. You pay £50 quid and get a machine with a £50 credit, and then you can top it up from down your phoneline.
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10-03-2005, 19:51
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Re: Postal price increases soon
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Originally Posted by allieyoung666
You carnt do that!!!!!! Naughty boy
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you can, it just costs the person at the other end £1 plus the postage cost
and before anyone sugegsts i'm evil etc, i only found this out when my mum sent me something and forgot to put a stamp on it, so there 
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10-03-2005, 19:59
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Re: Postal price increases soon
If it equals a better service i would happly pay 50p per stamp!
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10-03-2005, 20:02
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Re: Postal price increases soon
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Originally Posted by Damien
If it equals a better service i would happly pay 50p per stamp!
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Unfortunately (in this country at least) the more you pay, the more you get shafted
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10-03-2005, 20:36
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Re: Postal price increases soon
So how do they know when you've bought the stamps. People could go and buy batches of the things and just post at the cheaper rate for ages.
I don't get it.
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10-03-2005, 22:14
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Re: Postal price increases soon
buy whole sheets direct from the post office
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10-03-2005, 22:25
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Re: Postal price increases soon
Reuse postage paid envelopes
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10-03-2005, 22:37
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Re: Postal price increases soon
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So how do they know when you've bought the stamps. People could go and buy batches of the things and just post at the cheaper rate for ages.
I don't get it.
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That's the way to do it, but make sure you get stamps with 1st on them, not 28p.
Don't whatever you do cover the stamp with Prittstick to make sure it is stuck down as the sticky stuff should be on the back. If it's on the front the franking stamp soon rubs off.
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11-03-2005, 00:00
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Re: Postal price increases soon
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Originally Posted by punky
I think you can get franking machines free from Neopost now. You pay £50 quid and get a machine with a £50 credit, and then you can top it up from down your phoneline.
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Unfortunately it's only free for the first month or so, then you have to pay rental.
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12-03-2005, 02:44
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Re: Postal price increases soon
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Originally Posted by Dave Stones
you can, it just costs the person at the other end £1 plus the postage cost
and before anyone sugegsts i'm evil etc, i only found this out when my mum sent me something and forgot to put a stamp on it, so there |
I had the same thing happen - my mother bought an advent calendar for her grandson last xmas, but forgot to put a stamp on it. The problem was that the Royal Mail mislaid the envelope for several weeks, then eventually informed us we had a parcel requiring payment of the postage cost (about 60p) as well as their admin fee (£1). The advent calendar itself only cost £1.50 to buy, but we ended up paying more than that in total for an advent calendar that we'll have to wait till next year to use 
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