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Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Handmade Lives wrote:
What I find unbelievable is how difficult it is to find the new prices Where are the leaflets?? I am a Royal Mail online customer why haven't they emailed their customers to give the new prices?

Having said that it was clear that postage was going to have to go up as so much of what you order now comes by other carriers.


https://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+are+royal+mail+prices+2012%3F

Nicky cigreen



Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9715
Location: Devon, uk
PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick wrote:
Handmade Lives wrote:
What I find unbelievable is how difficult it is to find the new prices Where are the leaflets?? I am a Royal Mail online customer why haven't they emailed their customers to give the new prices?

Having said that it was clear that postage was going to have to go up as so much of what you order now comes by other carriers.


https://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+are+royal+mail+prices+2012%3F




i gave a link too

Aliveandkicking



Joined: 14 May 2011
Posts: 5
Location: Brittany
PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If you have the funds, you can buy stamps which state "second class" or "first class" rather than a price on them and still use them after 30 April. So get a small hoard together which could take you through Christmas cards and birthday cards at least.

alice



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

All 1st and 2nd class stamps are like that. RM haven't produced stamps bearing the current 1st and 2nd class 'value - actually visible - for yonks.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon
PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

alice wrote:
All 1st and 2nd class stamps are like that. RM haven't produced stamps bearing the current 1st and 2nd class 'value - actually visible - for yonks.


I thought that. I remember it being brought in so that people didn't end up with defunct stamps after a rise.

alice



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think that's just a fortunate spin-off for the consumer. It saves RM a lot of faff - recalling, reprinting, re-issuing etc.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

alice wrote:
I think that's just a fortunate spin-off for the consumer. It saves RM a lot of faff - recalling, reprinting, re-issuing etc.


Which all seems sensible.

gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8604
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

you can only use them on letters you can't use one on a packet and top up with ordinary stamps

alice



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Posts: 2820

PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gz wrote:
you can only use them on letters you can't use one on a packet and top up with ordinary stamps


'Course you can

Marionb



Joined: 27 Aug 2006
Posts: 5267
Location: Mid-Wales
PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

alice wrote:
gz wrote:
you can only use them on letters you can't use one on a packet and top up with ordinary stamps


'Course you can


I would have thought so too... I've stuck 4 or 5 on to make up the value before now

gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8604
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 12 8:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I must have asked at the wrong post office

wildfoodie



Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 2169

PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 12 8:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

you can also use any unused gb stamp with any value so long as its in decimal currency. yes even ones with a halfpenny in the value. Raid your childhood stamp collections from the 70's,
altho pretty, these modern stamps are worth less than face value in a collectors' market- you might as well use them as postage.

Paul Sill



Joined: 16 Jan 2009
Posts: 118

PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 12 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

This is a novel idea, only covers a small area but good non the less.
Penny Farthing Post

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 12 5:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ace. Thanks for posting.

alice



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Posts: 2820

PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 12 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Great. Another nail in RM's coffin.

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