03-12-2014, 08:02 PM
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Re: Will this be the end of the Christmas Card?
Originally Posted by Jem
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I think the post office know people will continue to send the traditional post cards so why not cash in while they can, that's what happens when you let public owned institutions slip out of your hands and let greedy companies take over, greed never sleeps, they are trying to sell off our post offices now, but they face a stiff battle.
03-12-2014, 08:58 PM
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I had to post two parcels to New Zealand last week. Under 2Kgs each as I thought after weighing them on digital scales. They would have gone by small parcel rate costing £25 each which was acceptable. One weighed 1.9Kg (£25) the other weighed 2.20Kg which they wanted £86 for! Apparently the BIG one would have to go by a different carrier! One with bigger muscles I guess. Needless to say I took the hugely overweight one home, separated it into two parcels. One went for £25 and the other for £10. Maybe the next time i'll do a bank transfer and the kids can buy whatever they want. Incidentally the original two parcels were packed in identical sized boxes.
03-12-2014, 09:15 PM
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Locally the scouts deliver cards for a few pence, this is brilliant, you buy them in a few shops in the nearest town and as long as they're addressed properly and within the local post code they deliver! Unfortunately I've a few less long distance ones to post this year, must be getting to "that" age.
03-12-2014, 09:42 PM
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Re: Will this be the end of the Christmas Card?
Nope no diddling. 120 second class stamps and 9 to go abroad. A second class stamp is 53p and the ones to India, Oz, NZ, Germany and Canada were a couple of pounds each.I love my cards. Most of them have letters in them, which I reciprocate. We have lived in quite a few places in the UK, and it's lovely to keep in touch. We have also travelled a lot, in the past, and have made some lovely friends abroad. Only the rally special ones abroad will receive cards, the other will have Internet greetings.
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