As many of you will have heard, Royal Mail has announced they will be increasing the prices of postage as of the 2nd April.
This seems to be due to a new sizing system for parcels, where there will now be small, medium & large pack / parcel sizes, with the pricing relating to these. This in some instances mean the prices will rise by over 130%! In addition to this, the compensation levels for lost mail will be more than halved from £46 to £20, meaning a higher cost for insuring large orders.
Unfortunately these changes will have a direct impact on owners of small businesses like ours. Whilst we will be doing everything we can to minimise the costs that we pass onto our customers, sadly this will affect our postage costs and a result our P&P prices will be increasing at the beginning of April 2013.
Please help your favourite small businesses by signing this e-petition against the changes. It'll only take a few difference and it could make a real difference for everyone!
Thanks so much for your support!
Vicky & David
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Ahhh tell me about it man :( I just had aoffiunpleasant situation because of this at Post office myself :(
ReplyDeleteOh man! I'm sorry to hear that. I'm afraid it's going to be the start of a few awkward moments :S Sometimes they're not the most helpful of staff either. I hope your not reeling still!
DeleteThey raised the postage in the U.S. too..You can't even get two stamps for a U.S. dollar anymore! It's craziness!!
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It sounds like we're catching up then! It's just so sad. All the shops are shutting down as everyone is ordering online, but they ramp up the cost of posting packages which is just going to kill off all the new businesses too! Have you seen Wall-E? I think Amazon is going to be that company that owns everything :(
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