07-07-2015, 08:39 PM
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I Dont Believe It
The other day Iwas in my local supermarket and remembered that I wanted a book of stamps..I asked the cashier who said "book of 6 or 12 first class or book of 12 second class" Now I wanted 2nd class only so said the book of 12.They were £6.58
I dont believe it!!!!I almost choked at the price,I had no Idea that they were that much so it shows how long ago I have bought any stamps doesnt it?
Have you ever bought something and been bowled over by how MUCH or how LITTLE it was?
07-07-2015, 09:33 PM
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Yes, it's quite shocking. http://www.howmuchisastamp.co.uk/ has prices going back to 1971 and it's quite an eye-opener!
07-07-2015, 10:19 PM
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I seldom do any shopping, only when the wife is sick and can't get out, even then she has the daughter doing the major shopping for the week, but the last time she was sick she asked me to get bread when I went out, I was flabbergasted when the girl in the shop asked me for 2 euro 50 cents for a loaf. I am completely out of touch with all prices, except beer.
07-07-2015, 10:48 PM
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Re: I Dont Believe It
Originally Posted by Aysa
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so said the book of 12.They were £6.58
I dont believe it!!!!I almost choked at the price
12 stamps @ £6.58 = 0.54p each.
Just think that through.
You want someone to take something from you and transport it across the country for 54p ! 54p lols!
It's ludicrous. Always has been.
This limitation (the regulation of the price of a stamp) has been strangling the Post Office for years. Meanwhile, all the competitors can charge what the hell they like to transport post across the country. Every year costs of living and costs of keeping a business running go up. Normal companies simply put the price of their goods and services up to counter the rise in costs. The Post Office can't do that. It has to absorb increasing costs without having the freedom to raise the cost of stamps. Not a level playing field sadly and eventually they will completely destroy our PO.
Meanwhile, we should all imo think more realistically about what is a fair and reasonable price to pay to send something across the country.
08-07-2015, 05:40 AM
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I ohoned my sil this week and she mentioned OH's birthday card and said sorry but its just one card from my and mum this year the price of two cards at over £2 each and then the cost of postage is just too much for her.Sending a birthday card isnt 54p sil had to pay nearly a pound because its slightly bigger than a standard letter oh and because its card it weighs more.
Last year I sent a card abroad, it worked out cheaper to buy on of those online cards and have it sent that way then buying a card at my local shop and putting stamps on it!
08-07-2015, 08:54 AM
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We buy stamps regularly and yes it is shocking but what is most shocking is how much if we didn't have our postal service it would cost, few years ago I read it would be £6.75 to send something from Surrey to Newcastle just a few years ago.Now that would make our eyes water.
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