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"Use e mail " Understandable but not always possible. | |||
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"Use e mail Understandable but not always possible. " 2nd class | |||
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"2nd class" Ever since 1st class exceeded the £1 threshold. | |||
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"Use e mail " How about trying to help give the man/woman who'll deliver the letters the work I'm sure they will appreciate? | |||
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"If everyone decided to use second class post, would that mean because of the lack of first class letters, the second class letters would be delivered quicker?" ~ I may be cynical but I reckon they would purposely hold back or delay 2nd to validate the value of 1st. | |||
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"Im sure it was only 20p the last time i had to send a letter" When Jack was hacking up women of the night? | |||
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"If everyone decided to use second class post, would that mean because of the lack of first class letters, the second class letters would be delivered quicker?" There's very little difference in delivery times in my experience. I always use second. | |||
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"I think all these things are a licence to print money, I paid £93 for a new passport the other day FFS x" Passport prices should have come down after Brexit, because prior to that we had free access to most of Europe. So it’s not as valuable. | |||
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"I think all these things are a licence to print money, I paid £93 for a new passport the other day FFS x Passport prices should have come down after Brexit, because prior to that we had free access to most of Europe. So it’s not as valuable." On the contrary. Our blue passports are no longer tarnished by a European logo, so they’re more valuable. | |||
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"I think all these things are a licence to print money, I paid £93 for a new passport the other day FFS x Passport prices should have come down after Brexit, because prior to that we had free access to most of Europe. So it’s not as valuable. On the contrary. Our blue passports are no longer tarnished by a European logo, so they’re more valuable." So the benefit is a badge. Oh I’m so grateful for that. | |||
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"I think all these things are a licence to print money, I paid £93 for a new passport the other day FFS x Passport prices should have come down after Brexit, because prior to that we had free access to most of Europe. So it’s not as valuable. On the contrary. Our blue passports are no longer tarnished by a European logo, so they’re more valuable. So the benefit is a badge. Oh I’m so grateful for that. " 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴 (Couldn’t find a Northern Ireland flag - sorry guys) | |||
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"Use e mail Understandable but not always possible. " In this electronic age it is amazing how many firms you cannot contact by email. Very often you get an email with a 'no reply' address. Although I, like so many people these days, do online banking I cannot change my house address [moved late last year] online or via email. Same with a few other companies. It's either phone them, and sit there for 40 minutes listening to some corny music whilst an automated voice every so often says "Thank you for waiting. Your call is important to us. Please hold"; or send a letter via snail mail. | |||
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"Use e mail Understandable but not always possible. In this electronic age it is amazing how many firms you cannot contact by email. Very often you get an email with a 'no reply' address. Although I, like so many people these days, do online banking I cannot change my house address [moved late last year] online or via email. Same with a few other companies. It's either phone them, and sit there for 40 minutes listening to some corny music whilst an automated voice every so often says "Thank you for waiting. Your call is important to us. Please hold"; or send a letter via snail mail." The NHS is probably one of the worst offenders - the amount of money wasted sending out letter appointments and then another letter saying it has had to be changed, or sending letters to your GP…. where they then scan it into your records to make it a digital record on the NHS ap. Why not email it to the GP in the first place? | |||
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"FFS New first class post is £1.70???" r . and how much to people pay per day for their branded coffees without so much as a blink. ENOUGH for some adverts to now chirrup "for less than the price of a daily coffee........" | |||
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"So you put your letters in the post box in London this morning and someone get it in Edingbough tomorrow morning and it only costs 1.70. I know historically it seems a lot of money but what else can you buy for that amount of money." The carbon footprint of a stamp compared to an email. I wonder who would win that? Most documents can be electronically signed. Printing documents is mostly unnecessary and is a waste of paper. Think of the trees saved. | |||
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"I think all these things are a licence to print money, I paid £93 for a new passport the other day FFS x" £93!! That is daylight robbery. | |||
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"I think all these things are a licence to print money, I paid £93 for a new passport the other day FFS x £93!! That is daylight robbery." It’s mostly a stealth Tax. | |||
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"Probably that price because about half the amount of letters sent than 20 years ago, the Royal Mail is struggling. " And that’s where logic fails. People stop sending letters because the stamps are too expensive so Royal Mail put the price of a stamp up. | |||
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"I think all these things are a licence to print money, I paid £93 for a new passport the other day FFS x Passport prices should have come down after Brexit, because prior to that we had free access to most of Europe. So it’s not as valuable. On the contrary. Our blue passports are no longer tarnished by a European logo, so they’re more valuable."  | |||
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"Probably that price because about half the amount of letters sent than 20 years ago, the Royal Mail is struggling. And that’s where logic fails. People stop sending letters because the stamps are too expensive so Royal Mail put the price of a stamp up." Kodak failed because they ignored the threat of digital cameras. Now I know some love traditional film. But the days of developing pictures after your holidays is long gone. Today people email or wattsapp pictures while they are on holiday. Times have changed. | |||
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"I think all these things are a licence to print money, I paid £93 for a new passport the other day FFS x Passport prices should have come down after Brexit, because prior to that we had free access to most of Europe. So it’s not as valuable. On the contrary. Our blue passports are no longer tarnished by a European logo, so they’re more valuable. "The price has gone up to pay for Brexit. | |||
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"Times have indeed changed and have prices .. simples … still half the price of a coffee and trying taking the item yourself but train .. £1.70 won’t get you far " Why would I get the train or buy a Stamp. When I can email photos to everyone who cares with two clicks of a mouse, while saving money on stamps while drinking a coffee in a coffee shop? | |||
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"If everyone decided to use second class post, would that mean because of the lack of first class letters, the second class letters would be delivered quicker? There's very little difference in delivery times in my experience. I always use second. " I rarely use the post but there is little (if any) difference between 1st & 2nd class post. It all goes into the same sorting system. A friend has worked in the sorting office. They try to prioritise business post & brown envelopes. But no guarantees. There is a old post box near me with separate 1st & 2nd class post boxes on. I've seen the post collectors put it all in the same sack. | |||
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"If everyone decided to use second class post, would that mean because of the lack of first class letters, the second class letters would be delivered quicker? There's very little difference in delivery times in my experience. I always use second. I rarely use the post but there is little (if any) difference between 1st & 2nd class post. It all goes into the same sorting system. A friend has worked in the sorting office. They try to prioritise business post & brown envelopes. But no guarantees. There is an old post box near me with separate 1st & 2nd class post boxes on. I've seen the post collectors put it all in the same sack. " Same sack but gets split by sorting machine in the mail centre so it is treated differently away from you eyes | |||
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"Im sure it was only 20p the last time i had to send a letter When Jack was hacking up women of the night? " Surely it would have been Two Bob back in Jack's day then. Or sixpence even. | |||
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"Use e mail " Email has become hideously unreliable. Many don't open it very often, never check their spam box. or the email just does not get transmitted. I much preferred when we used Fax. when the paper falls out of the machine it was never ignored as so many emails are. My accountant complained that a client did not reply to emails for info. The guy said "You willneed to call me to say you have sent it." otherwise I do not look at it. Young people have email addresses but rarely look because they are on Tiktok, Instagram etc etc. | |||
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"FFS New first class post is £1.70???" I'd rather that was the price of a pint | |||
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"Use e mail " what about birthday cards etc? | |||
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"FFS New first class post is £1.70???r . and how much to people pay per day for their branded coffees without so much as a blink. ENOUGH for some adverts to now chirrup "for less than the price of a daily coffee........" " You don't have to buy a coffee.. but may have no choice but to send a letter . ..erm, ...some personal documents to sections of DWP for example they say send by post preferably registered..( people who can least afford post?) | |||
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"Use e mail How about trying to help give the man/woman who'll deliver the letters the work I'm sure they will appreciate?" Royal Mail has been beset with problems due to unionisation It’s a changed world Letters are rapidly becoming a thing of the past and Roysl Mail is trying to compete with the newer and huge mainly parcel delivery services But Postal workers will not alter working practices to accommodate the changes So they don’t appreciate that it’s their jobs they’re killing | |||
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"Use e mail Email has become hideously unreliable. Many don't open it very often, never check their spam box. or the email just does not get transmitted. I much preferred when we used Fax. when the paper falls out of the machine it was never ignored as so many emails are. My accountant complained that a client did not reply to emails for info. The guy said "You willneed to call me to say you have sent it." otherwise I do not look at it. Young people have email addresses but rarely look because they are on Tiktok, Instagram etc etc. " 👎👎👎 | |||
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"We are sure we only get post three days a week now. Minor case in point I subscribe to Private Eye. Comes out fortnightly. Published on Tuesday. Used to get it by Friday. Now, it appears with less than a week to the new one. Big deal, I suppose, but it shows the slippage. Our local postie used to be a grumpy, no eye contact fellow, but since we helped him out with an issue related to our block he has become more chatty. He says the trouble is here today, gone tomorrow agency temps and rampant mismanagement on things like rotas and overtime. But what a system. "We're losing money as people aren't posting as much... Whadddawedo? Stick the prices up!! Yay! Brilliant, trebles all round...." Two months later "Oh. Didn't work. Volume dropped again. Folk are saying it's too expensive now. Whadddawe do? I know! Put the prices up AGAIN! Genius!" We now have the most expensive gas, electricity, water and postage in Europe. Whoopedy do. " Yeah we are doing great. I’m still waiting for the benefits of Brexit. | |||
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"Cheap really when you think you stick an envelope in a box in say Bournemouth and it appears a day or so later on a doormat in Edinburgh. " ... .when it was supposed to go to Blackpool ? | |||
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"Cheap really when you think you stick an envelope in a box in say Bournemouth and it appears a day or so later on a doormat in Edinburgh. ... .when it was supposed to go to Blackpool ?" It appears half a million letters a month go missing,other sites say a million a month..seems a lot to me but even if a fraction of that that's another reason mail deliveries are declining.. | |||
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"Im sure it was only 20p the last time i had to send a letter When Jack was hacking up women of the night? " Careful with statements like that. Innocent until proven guilty! He might sue you!! | |||
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"FFS New first class post is £1.70???r . and how much to people pay per day for their branded coffees without so much as a blink. ENOUGH for some adverts to now chirrup "for less than the price of a daily coffee........" " So what. That's a choice if you buy coffee or not but sometimes you have to use Royal Mail and no alternative of which this post is about. | |||
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"Use e mail " That's why it keeps going up ! | |||
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"Im sure it was only 20p the last time i had to send a letter When Jack was hacking up women of the night? " Penny black | |||
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"I think all these things are a licence to print money, I paid £93 for a new passport the other day FFS x £93!! That is daylight robbery." That's about the cheapest, you can be charged A LOT more using different methods to get one. Also - are they blue or black ?! | |||
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"Probably that price because about half the amount of letters sent than 20 years ago, the Royal Mail is struggling. And that’s where logic fails. People stop sending letters because the stamps are too expensive so Royal Mail put the price of a stamp up. Kodak failed because they ignored the threat of digital cameras. Now I know some love traditional film. But the days of developing pictures after your holidays is long gone. Today people email or wattsapp pictures while they are on holiday. Times have changed." Not necessarily for the better. | |||
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"Use e mail Email has become hideously unreliable. Many don't open it very often, never check their spam box. or the email just does not get transmitted. I much preferred when we used Fax. when the paper falls out of the machine it was never ignored as so many emails are. My accountant complained that a client did not reply to emails for info. The guy said "You willneed to call me to say you have sent it." otherwise I do not look at it. Young people have email addresses but rarely look because they are on Tiktok, Instagram etc etc. " That's only one (and not the biggest) of the problems and pitfalls, now and for the future. | |||
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"We are sure we only get post three days a week now. Minor case in point I subscribe to Private Eye. Comes out fortnightly. Published on Tuesday. Used to get it by Friday. Now, it appears with less than a week to the new one. Big deal, I suppose, but it shows the slippage. Our local postie used to be a grumpy, no eye contact fellow, but since we helped him out with an issue related to our block he has become more chatty. He says the trouble is here today, gone tomorrow agency temps and rampant mismanagement on things like rotas and overtime. But what a system. "We're losing money as people aren't posting as much... Whadddawedo? Stick the prices up!! Yay! Brilliant, trebles all round...." Two months later "Oh. Didn't work. Volume dropped again. Folk are saying it's too expensive now. Whadddawe do? I know! Put the prices up AGAIN! Genius!" We now have the most expensive gas, electricity, water and postage in Europe. Whoopedy do. "  | |||
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"Yet another drive towards an electronic way of life, compromising privacy and control. Really wish more people would re-embrace a simpler existence rather than be tech-driven. However, the advance in technology is becoming very difficult to resist as the way of life, due to EVERYTHING being pushed to Apps and QR codes etc. " | |||
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" We now have the most expensive gas, electricity, water and postage in Europe. Whoopedy do. " We don't! | |||
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"Use e mail Email has become hideously unreliable. Many don't open it very often, never check their spam box. or the email just does not get transmitted. I much preferred when we used Fax. when the paper falls out of the machine it was never ignored as so many emails are. My accountant complained that a client did not reply to emails for info. The guy said "You willneed to call me to say you have sent it." otherwise I do not look at it. Young people have email addresses but rarely look because they are on Tiktok, Instagram etc etc. " Well I'd say if you give your email address as a means of communication, then the onus is on you to check your inbox (including spam). But personally I prefer post and still get bills sent by post etc. | |||
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"Use e mail Email has become hideously unreliable. Many don't open it very often, never check their spam box. or the email just does not get transmitted. I much preferred when we used Fax. when the paper falls out of the machine it was never ignored as so many emails are. My accountant complained that a client did not reply to emails for info. The guy said "You willneed to call me to say you have sent it." otherwise I do not look at it. Young people have email addresses but rarely look because they are on Tiktok, Instagram etc etc. Well I'd say if you give your email address as a means of communication, then the onus is on you to check your inbox (including spam). But personally I prefer post and still get bills sent by post etc. "Very wise, eventually the internet will will be badly compromised by the totally of those who have evil intent and wreck it | |||
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" Letters are rapidly becoming a thing of the past and Royal Mail is trying to compete with the newer and huge mainly parcel delivery services " But thanks to the Selfservatives, Royal Mail has to compete with one hand tied behind its back. None of the newer delivery services are obliged to offer a universal price. They can cream off the profitable business leaving Royal Mail saddled with the universal postal service. It would have been a different story if the newer services were also obliged to offer a universal price. | |||
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