daveg28
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What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 4, 2024 12:40:16 GMT
Has anyone else noticed a huge jump in shipping fees from Royal Mail? I don't order from them regularly, but I wanted to pre-order the new presentation pack for The Who The last presentation pack I ordered came with a shipping fee just under $3US. This time, it works out to almost $15. It's the same if I just order the two stamp sheets. What the heck? They don't offer me any choices for different shipping. Why the jump? I know It's coming across the pond, but that's a pretty big jump from my last order in April.
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Oct 4, 2024 13:57:21 GMT
Oh, yes. All is not well in Perfidious Albion.
Encountered this a few weeks ago from an Ebay seller. He responded politely to my disbelief with the most complicated scheme ever for combining shipping fees; cancelling elements, refunding, more legerdemain than W.C. Fields routine. A taste below. It made no sense what so ever, but he seemed to know what he was talking about and I said fine, give it a whirl. I still don't know if he saved me a penny even, but the razzle dazzle was distracting. And everything arrived as promised.
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Oct 4, 2024 15:34:15 GMT
I don’t know why they are charging $15? Postage goes up this weekend but a standard letter is£2.80 for 100g. Large is £4.20 Tracked and signed to USA is£10.60
If you want to save money on postage I could collect from my local office and forward to you at letter rate. PM me
i guess there is a handling fee but even so …….
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daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 4, 2024 16:01:47 GMT
I don’t know why they are charging $15? Postage goes up this weekend but a standard letter is£2.80 for 100g. Large is £4.20 Tracked and signed to USA is£10.60 If you want to save money on postage I could collect from my local office and forward to you at letter rate. PM me i guess there is a handling fee but even so ……. I just may take you up on that. I'll send a PM if I decide to do so. Thanks! |
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