Royal Mail to introduce new stamp rules within weeks - and people are fuming

[TrueBlueTerrier]

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/real-life/r ... p-32264981

In April, Royal Mail is making changes to his stamps policy that will make it more expensive to send post. Here's everything you need to know about the new rules

Royal Mail has announced a hike in stamp prices from April 2024.

While First Class stamps will go up by 10p to £1.35, Second Class stamps will also increase by 10p to 85p. Royal Mail says the new prices are still below the European average of £1. 66 for First Class and £1.26 for Second Class.

What's more, the average adult spends less than £7 a year on stamps. And people now receive an average of just two letters per week, reports Birmingham Live.

Nick Landon, chief commercial officer at Royal Mail, said: "We always consider price changes very carefully, but we face a situation where letter volumes have reduced dramatically over recent years while costs have increased.

"It is no longer sustainable to maintain a network built for 20 billion letters when we are now only delivering seven billion. As a result of letter volume decline, our posties now have to walk more than three times as far to deliver the same number of letters as before, increasing the delivery costs per letter."

The cost of stamps is set to get more expensive – in a matter of weeks (Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Despite Royal Mail saying the price hikes are a necessary measure, people aren't happy that it will cost them more to send post.

Financial journalist Paul Lewis said: "A month to buy 1st and 2nd class stamps at current price before they rise to £1.35 to possibly not get there the next day and 85p to definitely not get there the next day. In ten years £2billion paid to shareholders and £27m to two bosses. Something wrong."

Another said: "Struggling Royal Mail puts first-class stamp up to £1.35. Paying £2billion to shareholders and £27m to two bosses has got to be funded somehow... By us mugs."

And a third added: "Royal Mail increasing Stamps prices again – First class by 10p to £1.35 and 2nd class by 10p from 75p to 85p! The fourth hike in 2 years from a 3rd class service!!!"

[qwerty2]

It is no longer sustainable to maintain a network built for 20 billion letters when we are now only delivering seven billion
JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!! how many times are they going to say this

[wally7]

My question is if year's ago we could deliver 20 billion letters why the hell can't deliver 7 billion on time now?

[ted_e_bear]

I might be mistaken here but didn't the network that could accommodate 20 billion letters consist of quite a few more mail centres, plus there's fewer letter sorting machines within the remaining ones and on top of that there used to be a s**t load more staff, not to mention more delivery offices

So really unless I am mistaken it's not actually the same network after all.

[Barnacle]

I love the way they make 7 billion letters sound like nothing.

[Mr Rush]

plus there's fewer letter sorting machines within the remaining ones and on top of that there used to be a s**t load more staff

With an army of staff it all got sorted by hand faster than by machine and we hit the streets for 7AM. Machines are not more efficient, just a lot cheaper in the long run.

[Dorset Plodder]

I love the way he says, "Our Posties now have to walk more than three times as far to deliver the same ammount of letters as before, INCREASING THE DELIVERY COSTS PER LETTER"

Lets stress the delivery costs never mind about the knackered posties, who are covering anything up to 50 miles a week, week after week!

And we used to have a bike to cover that distance! I've never walked as much in my life, it's a good job the Medical Profession are always telling us Walking is the best form of excercise....... Us Posties must all be Super Fit by now!