Employee Benefits

[RTP]

Does anyone know if Royal Mail Employees are entitled to any discount when sending something via Parcel Force?

I know we're entitled to a percentage of goods in a post office such as paper and packaging, but not when sending something via Royal Mail so I think I already know what the answer to my question is going to be. " You get stamps for Christmas"

Thing is though if the answer is no there is no discount, then perhaps Royal Mail and Parcel Force should be looking at giving staff discount for things like large parcels, because other couriers are cheaper, but this way employees are more likely to use our own company.

[Lounge Lizard]

Yes, "You get stamps for Christmas" but although I don't think they can be used any longer on Parcel Force parcels this £30 would, for example, pay for ten first class 'Small Parcels' up to 1kg ( £3 each ) or one second class parcel up to 20kg ( £27.70 ).

[ratchet]

There are a couple of ways that I can think of for getting discounted rates via parcel force

The first is to do a google search, you'll usually find a discount code advertised - during November if you enter the code NAC1 you'll get 14% off.

The other is to "sell" your item via ebay. The drawbacks are that both yourself and the recipient have to have ebay accounts, and you will also have to pay ebay their 10% cut of the selling price AND the postage cost. List the item at 99p, with £11.99 postage, get the recipient to bid on it and then close the auction early by selling to the highest bidder (your recipient).

This is really only cost effective for heavier items - you can send a parcel weighing up to 30 kilos for £11.99 (+ £1.30 in ebay costs)

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