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Mind she doesn't sneak any plants into the box for chewing on the journey.

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We, the majority of the public, S don't use snail much these days so I can understand the per item cost to Royal Mail going up.

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I'll take a piece of cardboard from London to Stornoway for you, only £200.

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I have used 'old' stamps too & no problems. I even take them off unfranked letters & re-use them.

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I use it a lot, I have several pen pals over the World.

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Roland Hill will be turning in his grave.

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But whose fault is that? It is not all down to internet usage.

When I was a child we had two deliveries per day - 1st class arrived in the early morning and 2nd class at lunchtime. The service was reliable.

Now - post here turns up about 2:30pm and even 1st class can take up to three days to arrive.

Each town had it's own sorting office - now - our post has to go all the way to Leeds to be sorted and then back again for delivery. Most villages had their own post office - now people have to travel into towns - which adds to the cost - petrol, bus fare, etc.,

Also post offices are now pushed into shops/mini markets, the queues are mixed, the counter staff having to do double duty - and it is a nightmare trying to post anything larger than a postcard.

The more they push the prices up - the less likely people are to use it. Who wants to pay for a rubbish service?

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I once had some really old 1st class stamps. I enquired at the post office and they said they were fine to use.

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I usually send out 100 Xmas Cards, I think i'm going to have to stop sending so many now, can't afford it.