Surge in junk mail delivered by postmen

[GT85]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... s-DAY.html

Royal Mail has stepped up the amount of junk mail it stuffs through our doors since it was sold off by the Government, new figures show.
More than 8.7million flyers were delivered by the company in the year following its privatisation – sparking fears that it risks becoming a ‘leaflet distributor’.
In the 12 months after privatisation, postmen pushed almost 50,000 more leaflets and advertising letters through our doors every single day, compared to the previous year.
It means almost 3.2bn items of ‘unaddressed’ junk mail were delivered in just one year – almost double the 1.7bn delivered annually five years ago.
These figures do not even include the vast quantities of ‘addressed’ junk mail also delivered, which have the names of occupants on the envelope.
The rise in unsolicited mail has proved lucrative for Royal Mail, which is struggling from increased competition in the parcels market and a fall in the number of ordinary letters being posted.

[bustedflush]

Anyone still think that agreeing to waive the piecework rates for this crap and taking a supplement was a good idea??

[rhino49]

50,000 items a day over the whole country .... I'd say that was definitely failing to keep up with inflation .... or did they mean for each postie ?

[Lounge Lizard]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... s-DAY.html

Royal Mail has stepped up the amount of junk mail it stuffs through our doors since it was sold off by the Government, new figures show.
More than 8.7million flyers were delivered by the company in the year following its privatisation – sparking fears that it risks becoming a ‘leaflet distributor’.
In the 12 months after privatisation, postmen pushed almost 50,000 more leaflets and advertising letters through our doors every single day, compared to the previous year.
It means almost 3.2bn items of ‘unaddressed’ junk mail were delivered in just one year – almost double the 1.7bn delivered annually five years ago.
These figures do not even include the vast quantities of ‘addressed’ junk mail also delivered, which have the names of occupants on the envelope.
The rise in unsolicited mail has proved lucrative for Royal Mail, which is struggling from increased competition in the parcels market and a fall in the number of ordinary letters being posted.

Well, that's the Daily Mail for you.
but all right minded people know that there's no such thing as "junk mail" and that everyone welcomes all the Door To Doors we deliver many of them being retained for some considerable time.

[bustedflush]

Another thing I noticed lately (although it may be jumping the gun) is the increasing amount of political door-dustbins which are bypassing the paid-per-item claim sheets we had in the election period last year.
I know it's early days and no doubt we will get election material on a piecework basis soon enough, but I'm getting the feeling that the parties have cottoned on to the fact it may be cheaper to send stuff out in that form as opposed to piecework form. If so, then we'll be having less pink sheets to fill this May and less income from the election.
Or have I got this wrong?

[rubberbond]

Anyone still think that agreeing to waive the piecework rates for this crap and taking a supplement was a good idea??

Er, the CWU? Royal Mail?

[POSTMAN]

Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

[bustedflush]

Anyone still think that agreeing to waive the piecework rates for this crap and taking a supplement was a good idea??

Er, the CWU? Royal Mail?

Yeah, exactly! I was asking the individual postie.