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| | | Author: | stevetq2  | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 15:20 | | Subject: | Royal Mail Postage Changes | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| Hi
Just a quick heads up for those sellers who may not have noticed (LIKE ME until
today !!) that since the beginning of April, Royal Mail have reduced the compensation
on 'signed for' postage DOWN from £50 to £20. The main option to provide
cover over £20 is to use the new 'tracked' service (now up to £150 cover).
This new service was supposed to be available at Post Offices from the beginning
of April but it's been delayed so the only way at the moment is use the online
'click and drop' service.
Cheers
Steve
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2024 16:05 | | Subject: | Re: Royal Mail Postage Changes | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, stevetq2 writes:
| | Hi
Just a quick heads up for those sellers who may not have noticed (LIKE ME until
today !!) that since the beginning of April, Royal Mail have reduced the compensation
on 'signed for' postage DOWN from £50 to £20. The main option to provide
cover over £20 is to use the new 'tracked' service (now up to £150 cover).
This new service was supposed to be available at Post Offices from the beginning
of April but it's been delayed so the only way at the moment is use the online
'click and drop' service.
Cheers
Steve
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And it now costs £1.70 on top of the postage price to add signed for. Crazy.
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| | | | | | | Author: | hedgehog_bricks | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 02:58 | | Subject: | Re: Royal Mail Postage Changes | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, yorbrick writes:
| | And it now costs £1.70 on top of the postage price to add signed for. Crazy.
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Not as bad as some of the Special Delivery services which are now up to £10 more
than they were. The most expensive Special Delivery band is now £30.55!
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| | | | | Author: | tjb01527 | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 05:18 | | Subject: | Re: Royal Mail Postage Changes | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| To insure a parcel up the value of £50 for small parcels in the UK is now £12.95
[special delivery} with Royal Mail. Thats up from £4.65!! Reluctantly, I've
started using Evri. Since RM have gone into private ownership, prices have shot
up & the service down hill. One way to kill a business.
Tim
In Shipping, stevetq2 writes:
| | Hi
Just a quick heads up for those sellers who may not have noticed (LIKE ME until
today !!) that since the beginning of April, Royal Mail have reduced the compensation
on 'signed for' postage DOWN from £50 to £20. The main option to provide
cover over £20 is to use the new 'tracked' service (now up to £150 cover).
This new service was supposed to be available at Post Offices from the beginning
of April but it's been delayed so the only way at the moment is use the online
'click and drop' service.
Cheers
Steve
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 06:02 | | Subject: | Re: Royal Mail Postage Changes | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, tjb01527 writes:
| | To insure a parcel up the value of £50 for small parcels in the UK is now £12.95
[special delivery} with Royal Mail. Thats up from £4.65!! Reluctantly, I've
started using Evri. Since RM have gone into private ownership, prices have shot
up & the service down hill. One way to kill a business.
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For ~£50 parcels I am still using RM but just the basic Tracked 48 version at
£3.39 (plus 20p extra as I often drop off at PO for convenience). When booking
online it still says that it has compensation to £150. Tracking is enough to
protect against "not delivered" claims and I feel insurance is probably
overkill for damage although it does mean I tend to package boxed sets so they
shouldn't be damaged. I find that decent enough for up to 2kg parcels and
never had an issue with late or lost deliveries with the parcel service (unlike
the large letter service).
I know Evri is slightly cheaper if dropping off light parcels, but there is no
convenient drop-off point for me.
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| | | | | | | Author: | stevetq2 | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 09:26 | | Subject: | Re: Royal Mail Postage Changes | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| Hi
The replacement service for 'signed for' is called 'tracked 24 or
48' with our without signature which is insured up to £150 and costs from
£3.95 for 48 without signature.
Steve
In Shipping, tjb01527 writes:
| | To insure a parcel up the value of £50 for small parcels in the UK is now £12.95
[special delivery} with Royal Mail. Thats up from £4.65!! Reluctantly, I've
started using Evri. Since RM have gone into private ownership, prices have shot
up & the service down hill. One way to kill a business.
Tim
In Shipping, stevetq2 writes:
| | Hi
Just a quick heads up for those sellers who may not have noticed (LIKE ME until
today !!) that since the beginning of April, Royal Mail have reduced the compensation
on 'signed for' postage DOWN from £50 to £20. The main option to provide
cover over £20 is to use the new 'tracked' service (now up to £150 cover).
This new service was supposed to be available at Post Offices from the beginning
of April but it's been delayed so the only way at the moment is use the online
'click and drop' service.
Cheers
Steve
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| | | | | Author: | tjb01527 | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2024 05:52 | | Subject: | Re: Royal Mail Postage Changes | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| Correction.. £9.95 for a small parcel insured up to £5.
Thats still up £5.30. Evri is about £5 & up.
Tim
In Shipping, stevetq2 writes:
| | Hi
Just a quick heads up for those sellers who may not have noticed (LIKE ME until
today !!) that since the beginning of April, Royal Mail have reduced the compensation
on 'signed for' postage DOWN from £50 to £20. The main option to provide
cover over £20 is to use the new 'tracked' service (now up to £150 cover).
This new service was supposed to be available at Post Offices from the beginning
of April but it's been delayed so the only way at the moment is use the online
'click and drop' service.
Cheers
Steve
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