Curious how, considering the oft repeated maxim that privatisation provides a better service, the price keeps rising and the service is being reduced. It’s almost as though privatisation actually makes things worse for the consumer.
High-Tom-Titty on
It sounds like they’re just trying to do away with the 1st class service. The Royal Mail shouldn’t be a for profit service, and should never have been sold. Hell even the uber capitalist Americans realised that.
AnalTinnitus on
I do the mail for our office. It’s become absurdly expensive doing post over the last few years, with 2 prices rises (April, then October) every year now. And no matter how much they charge, the Royal Mail still never make enough. I bet the top brass always get a nice bonus though.
marxistopportunist on
To successfully reduce consumption as finite resources peak and decline, everything has to be made less affordable. Most food has to be declared unhealthy. You shouldn’t drive, fly or use plastic. Get your smart meter and prepare to enjoy your 4 day, then 3, 2, 1 day workweek.
_Monsterguy_ on
Things that shouldn’t be businesses – the Post Office, Royal Mail, trains, buses, utilities…
sookmaaroot on
2nd class arrives the same time, I’ve tested it by sending both 1st and 2nd separately on the same day to the same address.
racheltomato on
Just deliver it to my house and I’ll do it for free. I received 4 neighbours mail today, number 61, 63, 65 and 67. I’m at 38.
Aggressive_Plates on
The UK is the most densely populated non-Tiny country in Europe.
How come we don’t get any benefits from it?
MDF87 on
Swear it used to be less than that for a whole damn packet.
Wulfruna on
It’s a bit strange how all these companies that were doing fine for decades when state-owned, turn to complete utter blind-leading-the-blind pay-more-for-less shit when privatised. It’s almost as if leeching as much revenue out of an industry, rather than reinvesting it, is counter-productive. But what do I know, I’m not a shareholder.
pppppppppppppppppd on
First class in 2019 was 70p. That’s a 136% rise in 5 years. By comparison it took 14 years for the previous ~136% rise (2005 – 2019) from 30p to 70p. Scandalous.
Both-Trash7021 on
My Son is 40 miles away. Have posted him three first class letters in the last month. One arrived on time. One took 2 working days. The third took 5 working days.
I can’t see much virtue in going first class tbh. Only advantage is that the recipient knows “you did your best” to get the mail to them quickly.
Routine_Instance9355 on
Wow, I remember in school when we had to memorise that a 1st class stamp was 24p and second was 18p. There was uproar on the news when they increased the second class stamp to 19p.
cloche_du_fromage on
Christ I can remember when a first class stamp was 26p.
No_Relationship2729 on
Doesn’t matter when MP’s can just use the office franking machine.
Thaiaaron on
Government need to step in to stop this. They’ve raised it 100% in 5 years. There is no alternative to their monopoly.
Codeworks on
My local post office said large letter stamps would rise too, which is gonna be further damaging to my business. The raises have been obscene over the past few years.
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Curious how, considering the oft repeated maxim that privatisation provides a better service, the price keeps rising and the service is being reduced. It’s almost as though privatisation actually makes things worse for the consumer.
It sounds like they’re just trying to do away with the 1st class service. The Royal Mail shouldn’t be a for profit service, and should never have been sold. Hell even the uber capitalist Americans realised that.
I do the mail for our office. It’s become absurdly expensive doing post over the last few years, with 2 prices rises (April, then October) every year now. And no matter how much they charge, the Royal Mail still never make enough. I bet the top brass always get a nice bonus though.
To successfully reduce consumption as finite resources peak and decline, everything has to be made less affordable. Most food has to be declared unhealthy. You shouldn’t drive, fly or use plastic. Get your smart meter and prepare to enjoy your 4 day, then 3, 2, 1 day workweek.
Things that shouldn’t be businesses – the Post Office, Royal Mail, trains, buses, utilities…
2nd class arrives the same time, I’ve tested it by sending both 1st and 2nd separately on the same day to the same address.
Just deliver it to my house and I’ll do it for free. I received 4 neighbours mail today, number 61, 63, 65 and 67. I’m at 38.
The UK is the most densely populated non-Tiny country in Europe.
How come we don’t get any benefits from it?
Swear it used to be less than that for a whole damn packet.
It’s a bit strange how all these companies that were doing fine for decades when state-owned, turn to complete utter blind-leading-the-blind pay-more-for-less shit when privatised. It’s almost as if leeching as much revenue out of an industry, rather than reinvesting it, is counter-productive. But what do I know, I’m not a shareholder.
First class in 2019 was 70p. That’s a 136% rise in 5 years. By comparison it took 14 years for the previous ~136% rise (2005 – 2019) from 30p to 70p. Scandalous.
My Son is 40 miles away. Have posted him three first class letters in the last month. One arrived on time. One took 2 working days. The third took 5 working days.
I can’t see much virtue in going first class tbh. Only advantage is that the recipient knows “you did your best” to get the mail to them quickly.
Wow, I remember in school when we had to memorise that a 1st class stamp was 24p and second was 18p. There was uproar on the news when they increased the second class stamp to 19p.
Christ I can remember when a first class stamp was 26p.
Doesn’t matter when MP’s can just use the office franking machine.
Government need to step in to stop this. They’ve raised it 100% in 5 years. There is no alternative to their monopoly.
My local post office said large letter stamps would rise too, which is gonna be further damaging to my business. The raises have been obscene over the past few years.