First class stamp price to rise again to 1.35, says Royal Mail

[richj2009]

They obviously don't want to deliver letters anymore because parcels are more profitable if that's the case why don't they charge for parcel collect instead of giving away for free who the he'll is in charge of this company coco the clown

They may not charge but they save on the post office no longer getting their cut from us collecting from a customers door.

[enskied]

They obviously don't want to deliver letters anymore because parcels are more profitable if that's the case why don't they charge for parcel collect instead of giving away for free who the he'll is in charge of this company coco the clown

They may not charge but they save on the post office no longer getting their cut from us collecting from a customers door.

They didn't earn a lot, but it was significant for them. I can't see that the additional disruption to duties collecting this stuff, and sometimes it's a van full before the van is empty, cutting off to collect it and al that.
It's a loss maker but someone had the idea.

[Navalron]

They obviously don't want to deliver letters anymore because parcels are more profitable if that's the case why don't they charge for parcel collect instead of giving away for free who the he'll is in charge of this company coco the clown

I'm not 100% sure but it's about 53 pence for DWP. Mind you we are the biggest users of downstream post. But if RM wanted it back, they could undercut ukmail no problem. With the volume DWP send out it makes sense to try and get that work back. All ukmail do is really pick the mail up and drop it off for RMs problem. The 7.5 tonner comes and picks up from Glasgow, my old mail centre, anyway. So what if the mail needs a bit of sorting. RM should be more aggressive. The ukmail pay crap wages and have crap conditions and that's why I don't like them or any company that takes the piss.

[pinstripe]

They obviously don't want to deliver letters anymore because parcels are more profitable if that's the case why don't they charge for parcel collect instead of giving away for free who the he'll is in charge of this company coco the clown

They may not charge but they save on the post office no longer getting their cut from us collecting from a customers door.

They didn't earn a lot, but it was significant for them. I can't see that the additional disruption to duties collecting this stuff, and sometimes it's a van full before the van is empty, cutting off to collect it and al that.
It's a loss maker but someone had the idea.

I posted a parcel last week using RM Tracked, I could have had it collected for free, or pay an extra 16p and take it to the Post Office.

I took it to the Post Office as I thought we have enough to do

[Philbag70]

Just who exactly is making these bizarre decisions ?

Everyone and their Uncle can see the need to urgently reduce the price of stamps.

What planet do these idiots live on ?

It’s a deliberate strategy to try and force the band of the government, raise prices so no one buys them and lo and behold Royal Mail,declare that letters are down and we nee£ to reduce the service. Hopefully it will backfire.

Exactly. This is completely engineered by the corrupt charlatans

[olilew]

If we are set up to deliver 20 billion letters, 'which we can't sustain' but are only delivering 7 billion. Why can't we deliver those 7 billion? Should be a piece of piss! Why are we leaving walks in everyday up and down the country if we are only delivering a third of what we are set up for?

[Barnacle]

If we are set up to deliver 20 billion letters, 'which we can't sustain' but are only delivering 7 billion. Why can't we deliver those 7 billion? Should be a piece of piss! Why are we leaving walks in everyday up and down the country if we are only delivering a third of what we are set up for?

I wonder if the letters volume does not include addressed advertising letters.

[TopperGas]

Great response to the poor publicity after the Panorama programme, put the prices up for the 4th time in 2 years! Don't OFCOM have any control over the annual price increases?

[world class male]

Great response to the poor publicity after the Panorama programme, put the prices up for the 4th time in 2 years! Don't OFCOM have any control over the annual price increases?

if they do then they will agree with them regardless
the further increase is to stoke up the fire with the uso to force a gov re-think
letters down x millions but parcels up x millions and even the piddly little ones which are classed as large letter don't go in the forecasts
with no union now it's just a case of seeing how long you can last and i dread to think of the state of the "public service" in 5 or 10 years

[mentaltheshots]

Its the dsa they should be targetting not the public
But that would their coporate buddies
All in it together

Any idea how much RM charge for a DSA letter?

I sent a dwp letter special delivery for a friend (who is housebound). At the post office 75p was taken off the final price as that is what royal mail charged for the first class prepaid envelope.

[richietns]

Great response to the poor publicity after the Panorama programme, put the prices up for the 4th time in 2 years! Don't OFCOM have any control over the annual price increases?

"Change to the service now seems inevitable, with regulator Ofcom recently setting out options for changes to the service that it says it wants to see publicly debated"
Ofcom clearly isn't regulating it literally just sided with royal mail that all letters are treated the same as parcels even with parliament and a stack of evidence saying otherwise,the only thing they did was fine RM for the very thing they say isn't happening.

[Barnacle]

Great response to the poor publicity after the Panorama programme, put the prices up for the 4th time in 2 years! Don't OFCOM have any control over the annual price increases?

"Change to the service now seems inevitable, with regulator Ofcom recently setting out options for changes to the service that it says it wants to see publicly debated"
Ofcom clearly isn't regulating it literally just sided with royal mail that all letters are treated the same as parcels even with parliament and a stack of evidence saying otherwise,the only thing they did was fine RM for the very thing they say isn't happening.

Exactly. It’s depressing.

I also think the way RM counts mail needs to be looked at because I think it leads to an inaccurate estimation of the amount of letters we are carrying each day. So when OFCOM thinks we can deliver 6 days of mail across 3 days, it is a wholly inaccurate assessment.

[richietns]

Great response to the poor publicity after the Panorama programme, put the prices up for the 4th time in 2 years! Don't OFCOM have any control over the annual price increases?

"Change to the service now seems inevitable, with regulator Ofcom recently setting out options for changes to the service that it says it wants to see publicly debated"
Ofcom clearly isn't regulating it literally just sided with royal mail that all letters are treated the same as parcels even with parliament and a stack of evidence saying otherwise,the only thing they did was fine RM for the very thing they say isn't happening.

Exactly. It’s depressing.

I also think the way RM counts mail needs to be looked at because I think it leads to an inaccurate estimation of the amount of letters we are carrying each day. So when OFCOM thinks we can deliver 6 days of mail across 3 days, it is a wholly inaccurate assessment.

yeah makes you wonder even the basics like d2ds which aren't put through a machine are counted.