Stamps going up in April.

[ihatedogs]

First class £1.10.
I now presume we have a deal in the pipeline & this is the funding.

[DirtyHarry]

If I told my old nan years ago, that one day we would be paying £1.10 for a single stamp, she'd have looked at me as though I were bananas.

[N|M]

Well to be honest this is one way to be USO compliant, price everyone out from using it

[hans solo]

But major companies get deferred mail at a pittance
There fleecing the public yet again and no way will they get 1st class service

[kazardaimenu]

That’s a 16% increase…

[wallan]

Should be One Class of Letter , " Standard Class " Next Day Delivery in the M C Collection / Delivery Area , Day After The Rest

[woody38]

Should be One Class of Letter , " Standard Class " Next Day Delivery in the M C Collection / Delivery Area , Day After The Rest

I thing that, they do it in France thing how much RM could save just having one stamp that takes two days, with email most of the stuff in postbox’s is cards now.

[Lounge Lizard]

Three days not two if the Courier is to be believed ;
"La Poste recently announced that customers can now only buy a green stamp that guarantees delivery within three working days".
So that's nearly equivalent to our Second Class so the cost should be about 75p from next month, Royal Mail therefore losing 35p on all the First Class stamps they currently sell so surely making the service even less viable and the U S O under even greater threat.
And for very likely next working day delivery it would be £6.85 special Delivery instead of £1.10 First Class.
Be careful what you wish for.

[simmo11]

Consumers will not stand for 3-5 days on first class (which I have experienced myself) at 1.10 a pop.

[Wullie10]

Consumers will not stand for 3-5 days on first class (which I have experienced myself) at 1.10 a pop.

Let them go elsewhere then.

[Lounge Lizard]

Consumers will not stand for 3-5 days on first class (which I have experienced myself) at 1.10 a pop.

Let them go elsewhere then.

And that fits in with their aim of RM just being a parcels business.

[Dorset Plodder]

Well to be honest this is one way to be USO compliant, price everyone out from using it

I agree .... one way of guaranteeing that mail volumes will continue to DROP is you make it expensive.

IMO it's a deliberate strategy to help meet RM's aim of turning us into a parcel delivery company they don't want letters!

[Chitchat]

With inflation, £1.10 isn't actually worth that much any more. When you think about it what can you actually buy now for £1.10?? A single bag of crisps, a chocolate bar?

[Lounge Lizard]

Fifty years ago a First Class stamp cost 3p.
Inflation means that that should now be 30p, though mechanised sorting suggests it could be less.
I've see or heard no justification whatsoever for anything approaching £1 or more.

[wallan]

Should be One Class of Letter , " Standard Class " Next Day Delivery in the M C Collection / Delivery Area , Day After The Rest

When 1st / 2nd was introduced in 1968 , 33% of the items were 1st Class
That % is now about 10% , with the proposed price increases this % will no doubt be less
It will soon become uneconomic to Segregate 1st / 2nd Class items