MARKET REPORT: Investors back Royal Mail's decision to let customers pay extra to choose delivery time slot

[TrueBlueTerrier]

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mar ... slots.html

Shareholders cheered Royal Mail's decision to keep up with heavyweight rivals such as Amazon by allowing customers to choose delivery time slots.

It will let customers pay more to send and receive letters and parcels at specific times and on specific days.

The company is in the process of putting together a 'good, better and best' three-tier system for its deliveries.

Choosing 'good' means customers would allow Royal Mail to decide the delivery, the more expensive 'better' tier will give customers control over dates, while 'best' will probably be dates and times.

Investors backed the idea and Royal Mail shot to the top of the FTSE 100 index, up 1.4 per cent, or 8.4p, to 599.4p.

[clashcityrocker]

Good. Better. Best.
Have they been watching Antiques Roadshow?

[2yearpostie]

Aka
normal post
tracked
Special

Good will be like we do it now
Better will be like in flight is now
Best will be a five hour timed window (Amazon uses a 4 hr timed window) So it will be like a 1pm Special is now.

Just a bit of a rebranding exercise i think.

[anoniem]

Is this a rebranding of timed delivery or for individual items?

Seems like those at the top are after being rewarded for things we already do.

[noggin1969]

B

[nutcracker]

Good. Better. Best.
Have they been watching Antiques Roadshow?

I’m getting old now, I know that reference and quite like that part of the show!!

Shi*te. Maybe. Got there just about.