The Rising Cost of Sending Post
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Since the Royal Mail post update in April 2012, the cost of sending letters, packets and parcels abroad has shot through the roof, with postcards being 87p to send to Europe and 87p to send to World Zones 1 and 2.
To send a small letter (10g - 20g) this will cost you 87p and this goes up in 20g stints to £1.28, £1.66, £1.91 & £2.21 up until 100g (Europe only).
A small packet weighing up to 100g will cost you £2.70 (Europe only).
To add an International Signed For sticker to ensure it gets to the destination is £5.15 in addition to postage.
If you label this 'fragile' it does not guarantee that the contents won't be broken or crushed by the time it gets to the final destination.
Not only have the air mail prices shot up, the price to send a parcel or letter in the UK has also gone up and a lot more companies are sending invoices and paperwork via email or fax to cut down on costs. It is a safer way to ensure documents arrive at the destination. Even banks are trying to go paperless by emailing statements or allowing you to download them on line.
A book of 12 first class stamps now cost you £7.20, 12 second class stamps cost £6.00 and 6 first class stamps cost £3.60.
There are other options to sending UK post; you can send it via special delivery 9am, special delivery 9am with Saturday guarantee, special delivery next day, recorded signed for, keep safe.
A lot of companies which you work for will allow you to print a postage label for this and pay for it by paying petty cash and this can be sent on your behalf which is most of the time cheaper as they use franking machines instead of stamps (only larger companies have this facility) but don't forget to add a return label so if the item does not receive the destination it can be returned to yourself.
If you are moving a house a cheaper alternative to re-directing mail is to give the new occupants of your old house a sheet of labels and ask them to stick these to all post delivered for your and upon receipt you can call the company and ask them to change your address or to make your account paperless and email you regarding all future correspondence.
Corinne Bewley looks at postage rates and methods for sending mail abroad. Writing here for Colour Data UK Ltd
To send a small letter (10g - 20g) this will cost you 87p and this goes up in 20g stints to £1.28, £1.66, £1.91 & £2.21 up until 100g (Europe only).
A small packet weighing up to 100g will cost you £2.70 (Europe only).
To add an International Signed For sticker to ensure it gets to the destination is £5.15 in addition to postage.
If you label this 'fragile' it does not guarantee that the contents won't be broken or crushed by the time it gets to the final destination.
Not only have the air mail prices shot up, the price to send a parcel or letter in the UK has also gone up and a lot more companies are sending invoices and paperwork via email or fax to cut down on costs. It is a safer way to ensure documents arrive at the destination. Even banks are trying to go paperless by emailing statements or allowing you to download them on line.
A book of 12 first class stamps now cost you £7.20, 12 second class stamps cost £6.00 and 6 first class stamps cost £3.60.
There are other options to sending UK post; you can send it via special delivery 9am, special delivery 9am with Saturday guarantee, special delivery next day, recorded signed for, keep safe.
A lot of companies which you work for will allow you to print a postage label for this and pay for it by paying petty cash and this can be sent on your behalf which is most of the time cheaper as they use franking machines instead of stamps (only larger companies have this facility) but don't forget to add a return label so if the item does not receive the destination it can be returned to yourself.
If you are moving a house a cheaper alternative to re-directing mail is to give the new occupants of your old house a sheet of labels and ask them to stick these to all post delivered for your and upon receipt you can call the company and ask them to change your address or to make your account paperless and email you regarding all future correspondence.
Corinne Bewley looks at postage rates and methods for sending mail abroad. Writing here for Colour Data UK Ltd
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