royal mail prices and policies

steve1975 · 7th March 2016, 08:32

morning all...just going to have a bit of a rant now

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i recently sold a couple of small item on ebay,and i mean small....about 1 inch in diameter,now by the time it was packaged in a padded envelope it was 2.6cm...that's 0.1cm above the normal postage rate of 2.5cm for a large letter,therefore becomes a 'small packet'...the woman behind the counter didn't even try to push it through her little thickness gadget she uses to measure items,i just said to her 'try and get it through then'....i'm sorry it's got to fall through under it's own weight,not forced'

....so a first class stamp now jumps upto £3.30 first class packet,because of a 0.1cm increase in size...yes that is 1mm god damn it...i was fuming.
rant over

FLYER · 7th March 2016, 08:36

Jobsworth.

There everywhere .

ratchet · 7th March 2016, 09:24

If you look at it from another angle

She's saved the recipient from the possibility of getting a small fine (£1 + the difference in postage costs) for underpaid postage.

Your "parcel

" may have also been delayed, and she may have also saved your ebay feedback from getting a negative.

FLYER · 7th March 2016, 09:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratchet

If you look at it from another angle

She's saved the recipient from the possibility of getting a small fine (£1 + the difference in postage costs) for underpaid postage.

Your "parcel

" may have also been delayed, and she may have also saved your ebay feedback from getting a negative.

Are you a postie .....

ratchet · 7th March 2016, 09:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLYER

Are you a postie .....

I got fined at Xmas when my aged aunt stuck a 1p stamp on her card thinking it said 1st

FLYER · 7th March 2016, 09:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratchet

I got fined at Xmas when my aged aunt stuck a 1p stamp on her card thinking it said 1st

Lol.

My loopy aunt used to send them with no stamp.

Twice i had aTwenty mile round trip to collect them as i stayed in a remote area.

And to make things worse she put my ex wifes name in it .

steve1975 · 7th March 2016, 10:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratchet

If you look at it from another angle

She's saved the recipient from the possibility of getting a small fine (£1 + the difference in postage costs) for underpaid postage.

Your "parcel

" may have also been delayed, and she may have also saved your ebay feedback from getting a negative.

i know but....really

1mm

7th March 2016, 08:32	#1
steve1975 Banned rover 75 saloon Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: workington Posts: 1,890 Thanks: 385 Thanked 449 Times in 279 Posts	royal mail prices and policies morning all...just going to have a bit of a rant now . i recently sold a couple of small item on ebay,and i mean small....about 1 inch in diameter,now by the time it was packaged in a padded envelope it was 2.6cm...that's 0.1cm above the normal postage rate of 2.5cm for a large letter,therefore becomes a 'small packet'...the woman behind the counter didn't even try to push it through her little thickness gadget she uses to measure items,i just said to her 'try and get it through then'....i'm sorry it's got to fall through under it's own weight,not forced' ....so a first class stamp now jumps upto £3.30 first class packet,because of a 0.1cm increase in size...yes that is 1mm god damn it...i was fuming. rant over

7th March 2016, 08:36	#2
FLYER Banned rover75 cdti AUTO TOURER 160 bhp. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 35,346 Thanks: 2,985 Thanked 3,685 Times in 2,463 Posts	Jobsworth. There everywhere .

7th March 2016, 09:24	#3
ratchet Posted a thing or two ZT-T + CTDI Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone walkabout Posts: 1,185 Thanks: 179 Thanked 361 Times in 289 Posts	If you look at it from another angle She's saved the recipient from the possibility of getting a small fine (£1 + the difference in postage costs) for underpaid postage. Your "parcel " may have also been delayed, and she may have also saved your ebay feedback from getting a negative.