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Parcel collect

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Barnacle
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Re: Parcel collect

Post by Barnacle »

Mr Rush wrote:
09 Jul 2024, 17:21
LouBarlow wrote:
09 Jul 2024, 05:39
Mr Rush wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 19:43
Rommagic wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 05:44
Rm should charge now.
[...] It's only a question of who can sustain the losses for long enough to emerge triumphant.
How do you work out that RM are making a loss? They would be paying our wages either way. Whether we be collecting or delivering mail.
You're invoking the line 'it takes no extra time' (as applied to lapsing, COLOD, deliver to neighbour, PC, etc etc) while I'm saying there's no such thing as a free lunch. Someone correct me, but Parcel Collect wasn't free initially was it? Or at least the rolling 100% discount creates the impression that there should be a charge.
LouBarlow wrote:
09 Aug 2023, 08:18
If you charge extra on top of the postage, it will dissuade people from using the service entirely. They will simply drop it into a Post Office when passing, and we lose money via the cut the PO takes from posting this way. It is a way to build up loyalty and establish a user base that you can then eventually start charging. It is a way to build up loyalty and establish a user base that you can then eventually start charging.
This sounds like a far better case of RM abusing its market position for Ofcom to investigate than that Whistl BS.
There was a charge initially, think it was around 75p per item.
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’
LouBarlow
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Joined: 15 Oct 2007, 18:56

Re: Parcel collect

Post by LouBarlow »

Mr Rush wrote:
09 Jul 2024, 17:21
LouBarlow wrote:
09 Jul 2024, 05:39
Mr Rush wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 19:43
Rommagic wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 05:44
Rm should charge now.
[...] It's only a question of who can sustain the losses for long enough to emerge triumphant.
How do you work out that RM are making a loss? They would be paying our wages either way. Whether we be collecting or delivering mail.
You're invoking the line 'it takes no extra time' (as applied to lapsing, COLOD, deliver to neighbour, PC, etc etc) while I'm saying there's no such thing as a free lunch. Someone correct me, but Parcel Collect wasn't free initially was it? Or at least the rolling 100% discount creates the impression that there should be a charge.
LouBarlow wrote:
09 Aug 2023, 08:18
If you charge extra on top of the postage, it will dissuade people from using the service entirely. They will simply drop it into a Post Office when passing, and we lose money via the cut the PO takes from posting this way. It is a way to build up loyalty and establish a user base that you can then eventually start charging. It is a way to build up loyalty and establish a user base that you can then eventually start charging.
This sounds like a far better case of RM abusing its market position for Ofcom to investigate than that Whistl BS.
Given the increase in postage rates, since it launched, the 75p fee is likely being absorbed by those alone. Look, I’m not saying it takes no time, but there is no way it is losing RM money. If I get 5-6 a day it is a lot, and collecting them takes as long as delivering parcels, and given they have dropped off by at least this amount daily, it isn’t eating into my time significantly. In my experience, it is repeat customers too, which it benefits RM to keep sweet.
LouBarlow
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Joined: 15 Oct 2007, 18:56

Re: Parcel collect

Post by LouBarlow »

Bounced_Czech wrote:
09 Jul 2024, 18:58
LouBarlow wrote:
09 Jul 2024, 18:14
Mr Rush wrote:
09 Jul 2024, 17:21
LouBarlow wrote:
09 Jul 2024, 05:39
Mr Rush wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 19:43
Rommagic wrote:
05 Jul 2024, 05:44
Rm should charge now.
[...] It's only a question of who can sustain the losses for long enough to emerge triumphant.
How do you work out that RM are making a loss? They would be paying our wages either way. Whether we be collecting or delivering mail.
You're invoking the line 'it takes no extra time' (as applied to lapsing, COLOD, deliver to neighbour, PC, etc etc) while I'm saying there's no such thing as a free lunch. Someone correct me, but Parcel Collect wasn't free initially was it? Or at least the rolling 100% discount creates the impression that there should be a charge.
LouBarlow wrote:
09 Aug 2023, 08:18
If you charge extra on top of the postage, it will dissuade people from using the service entirely. They will simply drop it into a Post Office when passing, and we lose money via the cut the PO takes from posting this way. It is a way to build up loyalty and establish a user base that you can then eventually start charging. It is a way to build up loyalty and establish a user base that you can then eventually start charging.
This sounds like a far better case of RM abusing its market position for Ofcom to investigate than that Whistl BS.
Given the increase in postage rates, since it launched, the 75p fee is likely being absorbed by those alone. Look, I’m not saying it takes no time, but there is no way it is losing RM money. If I get 5-6 a day it is a lot, and collecting them takes as long as delivering parcels, and given they have dropped off by at least this amount daily, it isn’t eating into my time significantly. In my experience, it is repeat customers too, which it benefits RM to keep sweet.
The straw clutching is a bit sad. Why are you so invested in trying to prove the lie that delivery isn't an utter shitshow?
Why did you re-register after your previous account here was banned, just to reply to literally all the posts I make? I’m flattered you missed me that much :chuckle