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antdad said:Spiking the books to get RM ripe for privatisation.
http://www.parcel2go.com
antdad said:Spiking the books to get RM ripe for privatisation.
eneville said:On that note, RM are getting worse. There was a Watchdog recently about TNT doing delivery in London, on behalf of RM.
The trouble with TNT delivering was that they only felt it reasonable to deliver on alternate days, and then only if it fitted within working hours.
RM was brilliant. We'd be doing far more online trade, keeping companies in business if people felt safer buying online and being able to trust package delivery.
I had a RM postman drop a Amazon parcel over the 6' side gate about a year ago. I don't know how he "knew" that it wasn't breakable. Luckily it was a concrete chisel but I don't know how he knew that unless he'd opened it already or if he had ESP. Both possible, however unlikely. Chances are he just didn't give a monkeys.
rum said:eneville said:On that note, RM are getting worse. There was a Watchdog recently about TNT doing delivery in London, on behalf of RM.
The trouble with TNT delivering was that they only felt it reasonable to deliver on alternate days, and then only if it fitted within working hours.
RM was brilliant. We'd be doing far more online trade, keeping companies in business if people felt safer buying online and being able to trust package delivery.
I had a RM postman drop a Amazon parcel over the 6' side gate about a year ago. I don't know how he "knew" that it wasn't breakable. Luckily it was a concrete chisel but I don't know how he knew that unless he'd opened it already or if he had ESP. Both possible, however unlikely. Chances are he just didn't give a monkeys.
I had this cleverly done to me several times by Royal Mail... Once it was a boxed set of DVDs. At the time that cost me over £200 but Amazon were superb when I explained what happened. I found the parcel with shrubbery over it and of course it was soaking wet. Drenched to be exact...
I'd like to see more investment in "drop off" parcels where postage can be billed online and customers print off their own postage labels. As far as I am aware this does exist for RM, but not advertised at all and the service relies (used to rely?) on RM's own software which is pathetic.
Big Bob said:I had this experience yesterday. I ordered a shirt online it was sent to me second class to be signed for clear price on "stamp sticker" £2.60. It did not fit wife and I repack the short exactly as it was sent in the same packet. Cost to post £3.70. Now this has to be wrong. Any suggestions? To be clear the shirt was folded as it arrived put back into the same packet and taken to the post office, the question is where has the extra £1.10 come from. The post office must think we are all mugs.
RockShaving said:Big Bob said:I had this experience yesterday. I ordered a shirt online it was sent to me second class to be signed for clear price on "stamp sticker" £2.60. It did not fit wife and I repack the short exactly as it was sent in the same packet. Cost to post £3.70. Now this has to be wrong. Any suggestions? To be clear the shirt was folded as it arrived put back into the same packet and taken to the post office, the question is where has the extra £1.10 come from. The post office must think we are all mugs.
Unless it was maybe sent franked. It could not have been sent signed for for £2.60.
£3.70 is the cheapest price for a signed for small packet.
£2.60 is the cheapest price for a small packet.
Bechet45 said:Royal Mail gets itself privatised and the service improves/gets even worse and postage costs go up/stay the same?
The Union is howling already, still. One thing you can say about a Trades Union - they don't like change! All the members may have to work!
Neep said:Johnus said:Follow the Money...
Recorded delivery (Signed for) Small Packet Prices:
WAS:
UK £3.00
EU £7.00
USA £9.00
NOW:
UK £4.10
EU £8.80
USA £9.90
Royal Mail have just announced record profits.
Surprise!
The UK government have just announced that they are going to sell Royal Mail. It is going to become a privately owned business.
No surprise, and that is why the prices went up before the sell off.
As you say... follow the money.
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