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Another panic buy...
« on: March 27, 2012, 04:42:35 pm »
Never mind the fuel, I shall be stocking up on some stamps before 1st April. Ridiculous increase of 30-39% I believe.  :sick:
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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2012, 04:43:26 pm »
yup theyre going up 16p i believe

just bought 1000 first class on monday  :wink: might have to buy a few thousand more though

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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2012, 04:46:53 pm »
what about a franking machine?

i use courier so don't have this issue only use royal mail for overseas customers
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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2012, 04:48:47 pm »
what about a franking machine?

i use courier so don't have this issue only use royal mail for overseas customers

that has its own hidden costs, ink, paper etc etc

stamps are stamps, but it wont be long before i switch to prepaid

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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2012, 04:50:13 pm »
Yup they will become 60p from April 1st.

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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2012, 04:53:47 pm »
Feck me. Visit to Costco methinks.

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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2012, 04:56:01 pm »
Feck me. Visit to Costco methinks.

You taking your Jerry Can  :laugh:

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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2012, 05:00:25 pm »
We have a Royal Mail Business account, cheaper than post office by a fair bit (cheaper than Franking machine), one of purchase of printer (£300) then all labels supplied free by Royal mail, best savings are on overseas mail (where we sed approx 55% of our items) and the savings compared to post office are around 35%, well worth it when you spend around £27K per year with the post office  :happy2:
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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2012, 05:40:27 pm »
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What pisses me off about the Post Office is all the uninvited junk mail they stick through our letterboxes!  :fighting:


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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2012, 05:43:28 pm »
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What pisses me off about the Post Office is all the uninvited junk mail they stick through our letterboxes!  :fighting:

Just catch your postie 1 morning and tell him no more junk mail through your letterbox and anything saying "The Occupier" to bin it, I did this 3 years back and not 1 bit of junk in my letterbox since!, it also helps to tip your postie at xmas  :happy2: that way they look after you.
For recorded mail he signs them for me if im out and posts them and for soecial deliveries he leaves them with my neighbour so i dont have to trek 4 miles to post office for them  :notworthy:
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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2012, 05:44:13 pm »
You don't do the trick of using their enclosed freepost envelopes to send them some junk back then??

Great satisfaction.
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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2012, 06:10:52 pm »
You don't do the trick of using their enclosed freepost envelopes to send them some junk back then??

Great satisfaction.

No time for that, althopough I dont mind putting telesales callers on "Hold" for an hour while I go get mr X....
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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2012, 06:13:21 pm »
i tip my postie very well every xmas and ive never had junk mail since  :wink:

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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2012, 06:29:57 pm »
i tip my postie very well every xmas and ive never had junk mail since  :wink:

Yup, its the way forward alright, we have a P.O. Box for returns and they even send those to us so we dont have to pick them up  :happy2:
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Re: Another panic buy...
« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2012, 07:54:21 pm »
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My postie changes every couple of months. I'm not gonna tip 6 posties a year.

It all goes straight from my letterbox to my paper recycle bin - Easier and quicker than sending back etc.


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