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Whats RM doing about....
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ashadd
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Whats RM doing about....
Heavy day today, had to deliver to every house again , mail from the council regarding bin day changes, not long ago we had to deliver rates bills from the council. My point being is that all this mail is being franked by other couriers and delivered by us, we must be losing millions, WHY ???? Why cant we undercut our competitors? WHATS RM DOING ABOUT IT ??????

I married my wife for her looks, but not the one she gave me when i said i was going to be a postman.
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ebbzie
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
Have you lived the last 3 years with your head buried in the sand????ashadd wrote:Heavy day today, had to deliver to every house again , mail from the council regarding bin day changes, not long ago we had to deliver rates bills from the council. My point being is that all this mail is being franked by other couriers and delivered by us, we must be losing millions, WHY ???? Why cant we undercut our competitors? WHATS RM DOING ABOUT IT ??????![]()
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jockstrapp
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
Putting up the price off stampsashadd wrote:Heavy day today, had to deliver to every house again , mail from the council regarding bin day changes, not long ago we had to deliver rates bills from the council. My point being is that all this mail is being franked by other couriers and delivered by us, we must be losing millions, WHY ???? Why cant we undercut our competitors? WHATS RM DOING ABOUT IT ??????![]()
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Sliders
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
ebbzie wrote:Have you lived the last 3 years with your head buried in the sand????ashadd wrote:Heavy day today, had to deliver to every house again , mail from the council regarding bin day changes, not long ago we had to deliver rates bills from the council. My point being is that all this mail is being franked by other couriers and delivered by us, we must be losing millions, WHY ???? Why cant we undercut our competitors? WHATS RM DOING ABOUT IT ??????![]()
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I wish I had
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WHITEANT
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
Whats royal mail doing , simple they lose the contracts to other firms ,the firms sub contract them back to us (hence losing revenue)then the managers are telling us mail is down .When in fact its the revenue is down and the mail is not down as much as the PO are saying 
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krussel
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
They have (very slowly) been pressurising Postcom to allow them to increase the charge rates for our DSA service. Finally they have been given the go ahead to increase prices.
However I feel this is too little too late and the only way the playing field will be evened is upon the sell off and privatisation whereupon the new operators will cry and claim they cannot run a service under these restrictions. Then the dsa agreement will be scrapped and you can sit back and watch the profits pile up.
Of course Joe public ( and MP’s) will all say that its due to private industry and how lazy the Postal workers were before they sold it.
However I feel this is too little too late and the only way the playing field will be evened is upon the sell off and privatisation whereupon the new operators will cry and claim they cannot run a service under these restrictions. Then the dsa agreement will be scrapped and you can sit back and watch the profits pile up.
Of course Joe public ( and MP’s) will all say that its due to private industry and how lazy the Postal workers were before they sold it.
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
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ashadd
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NO........But when you see these other couriers mail day in ,day out, you dont really notice how many customers we are really losing. Its like the peeling wallpaper syndrome, at first you notice it, but the more times you walk past it , it becomes invisible.ebbzie wrote:Have you lived the last 3 years with your head buried in the sand????ashadd wrote:Heavy day today, had to deliver to every house again , mail from the council regarding bin day changes, not long ago we had to deliver rates bills from the council. My point being is that all this mail is being franked by other couriers and delivered by us, we must be losing millions, WHY ???? Why cant we undercut our competitors? WHATS RM DOING ABOUT IT ??????![]()
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I married my wife for her looks, but not the one she gave me when i said i was going to be a postman.
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Lounge Lizard
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
Surely you can't accuse someone with an arab name of that.ebbzie wrote:Have you lived the last 3 years with your head buried in the sand????ashadd wrote:Heavy day today, had to deliver to every house again , mail from the council regarding bin day changes, not long ago we had to deliver rates bills from the council. My point being is that all this mail is being franked by other couriers and delivered by us, we must be losing millions, WHY ???? Why cant we undercut our competitors? WHATS RM DOING ABOUT IT ??????![]()
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ashadd
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HEY......thats arabism.....isnt it ?????Lounge Lizard wrote:Surely you can't accuse someone with an arab name of that.ebbzie wrote:Have you lived the last 3 years with your head buried in the sand????ashadd wrote:Heavy day today, had to deliver to every house again , mail from the council regarding bin day changes, not long ago we had to deliver rates bills from the council. My point being is that all this mail is being franked by other couriers and delivered by us, we must be losing millions, WHY ???? Why cant we undercut our competitors? WHATS RM DOING ABOUT IT ??????![]()
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I married my wife for her looks, but not the one she gave me when i said i was going to be a postman.
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Lounge Lizard
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
Just as long as you've not ben offended, taken it as racism or any other -ism, then that's fine.ashadd wrote:HEY......thats arabism.....isnt it ?????Lounge Lizard wrote:Surely you can't accuse someone with an arab name of that.ebbzie wrote:Have you lived the last 3 years with your head buried in the sand????ashadd wrote:Heavy day today, had to deliver to every house again , mail from the council regarding bin day changes, not long ago we had to deliver rates bills from the council. My point being is that all this mail is being franked by other couriers and delivered by us, we must be losing millions, WHY ???? Why cant we undercut our competitors? WHATS RM DOING ABOUT IT ??????![]()
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fishtank
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
ashadd wrote:
HEY......thats arabism.....isnt it ?????![]()
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I apologise in advance for being pedantic but it's more likely to be anti-Arabism ashadd.
Arabism
a devotion to Arab interests, custom, culture, ideals, and political goals.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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clashcityrocker
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
I don't think a reference to sand could be construed as Anti Arabism.
Sand is found in many countries and is an integral part of many cultures.

Sand is found in many countries and is an integral part of many cultures.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
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Lounge Lizard
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
But sand goes with oil, camels and palm trees, and Arab countries seem to have more than their fair share of all these.clashcityrocker wrote:I don't think a reference to sand could be construed as Anti Arabism.
Sand is found in many countries and is an integral part of many cultures.
And you couldn't bury your head in a sand pit like that.
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TrueBlueTerrier
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
Sand also comes with Kangaroos, dingos, snakes, nuclear test sites and the odd white fella going bush - don't sound very Arabian to me.Lounge Lizard wrote:But sand goes with oil, camels and palm trees, and Arab countries seem to have more than their fair share of all these.clashcityrocker wrote:I don't think a reference to sand could be construed as Anti Arabism.
Sand is found in many countries and is an integral part of many cultures.
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And you couldn't bury your head in a sand pit like that.
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clashcityrocker
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Re: Whats RM doing about....
Sand castle day ----Texas


The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.