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New small & medium parcel rates

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I cannot help wondering which very clever and overpaid employee of the Royal Mail thought up this recent public relations and business disaster
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Disgruntled Seller wrote:I cannot help wondering which very clever and overpaid employee of the Royal Mail thought up this recent public relations and business disaster
Neither can most of the staff who work/worked for RM... so is there anything we can help you with?
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Disgruntled Seller wrote:I cannot help wondering which very clever and overpaid employee of the Royal Mail thought up this recent public relations and business disaster
What were you hoping to achieve exactly by this post on an unofficial forum? :arrrghhh
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The OP is letting off steam,and is not the only one.
That's why we're here.
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Most posties were also totally surprised by this move to increase rates and i can assure you those of us on the front line will not see any of the money. :neutral:
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krussel wrote:Most posties were also totally surprised by this move to increase rates and i can assure you those of us on the front line will not see any of the money. :neutral:
It is sad that Royal Mail could not capitalise on the e-commerce boom.

The majority of stuff I send is large letter/small parcel format which I will continue to send via RM.

However, had a large packet (Medium Parcel) to send today to a customer. Hermes wanted 7.02 with signature. The equivalent RM (let's say 2nd class recorded) would have been 14.45. So economically it's a no brainer... :sad:
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harry84 wrote:
krussel wrote:Most posties were also totally surprised by this move to increase rates and i can assure you those of us on the front line will not see any of the money. :neutral:
It is sad that Royal Mail could not capitalise on the e-commerce boom.

The majority of stuff I send is large letter/small parcel format which I will continue to send via RM.

However, had a large packet (Medium Parcel) to send today to a customer. Hermes wanted 7.02 with signature. The equivalent RM (let's say 2nd class recorded) would have been 14.45. So economically it's a no brainer... :sad:
It seams to me as if Royal Mail doesn't want the larger items! But to totaly price them out is beyond me! It not as if its even giving people a choice!
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I think they expect that people will just follow their link to PFW and send it with them.
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TeeferTiger wrote:I think they expect that people will just follow their link to PFW and send it with them.
Indeed.... :neutral:

OP has not been back, I also note :chuckle
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harry84 wrote:
TeeferTiger wrote:I think they expect that people will just follow their link to PFW and send it with them.
Indeed.... :neutral:

OP has not been back, I also note :chuckle
Quelle surprise! :neutral:
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