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I'm in a state of severe shock!!!
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AnnCardiff | Report | 13 Nov 2013 13:42 |
Just purchased 2nd class stamps for my Christmas cards - they are 50p each!!! |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 13 Nov 2013 13:48 |
If any of the other privatisations are anything to go by - you will get an even more severe shock this time next year :-( |
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Rambling | Report | 13 Nov 2013 13:49 |
They've been that for ages unfortunately, I won't be sending as many cards this year. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 13 Nov 2013 13:55 |
there will be a severe cut next year for sure - I can't understand why the greeting card companies are not lobbying parliament about this because the knock on effect will certainly harm their businesses |
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'Emma' | Report | 13 Nov 2013 13:55 |
Know the feeling Ann, we get our one and only |
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wisechild | Report | 13 Nov 2013 13:55 |
I may be mistaken, but I´m sure that I remember as a very small child getting 2 or 3 deliveries on Christmas Eve & one on Christmas morning, |
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JustJohn | Report | 13 Nov 2013 14:18 |
Good idea to buy 2 stamps for 50p each ((£1) and a card for 10p in Lidl, and insert one stamp inside the card. |
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Mersey | Report | 13 Nov 2013 14:30 |
Ann Im dreading adding up all my cards up, that I have got to send, im not doing it yet although, I do love sending them :-) <3 |
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AnninGlos | Report | 13 Nov 2013 14:58 |
I have been buying my stamps gradually over the last 6 months. Should have enough now. What I don't look forward to is posting the half dozen overseas cards, that makes 50p look like peanuts. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 13 Nov 2013 14:58 |
let's hope the scouts can eventually cover the country so we can use them instead |
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AnninGlos | Report | 13 Nov 2013 15:06 |
Yes, the annoying thing is that, other than neighbours that I hand deliver, I don't send to anyone who the scouts could deliver to. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 13 Nov 2013 15:37 |
I'm fortunate that the vast majority of my cards can go by scout post which is very reliable and only 25p per stamp |
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nameslessone | Report | 13 Nov 2013 16:19 |
I don't want to boast, but we get a second post almost every other day!! |
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DIZZI | Report | 13 Nov 2013 18:11 |
THAT'S WHY I DON'T SEND CARDS ANYMORE |
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Barry_ | Report | 13 Nov 2013 18:37 |
You are getting a wonderful bargain at 50 P, Ann! |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 13 Nov 2013 18:41 |
Call me mean if you like, but I put 2 or 3 cards in one outer envelope to send to a relative who will pass them out to the rest of their locally living extended family. |
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Barry_ | Report | 13 Nov 2013 18:43 |
OK, Meanie! |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 13 Nov 2013 18:45 |
:-D :-D |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 13 Nov 2013 22:58 |
I cannot do anything about the price of postage - all I know whereas some years back I used to send near a hundred - now with the speed which friends/relatives are falling off the perch it is around 50. |
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Staffs Col | Report | 14 Nov 2013 07:41 |
Er don't want to upset you but some cards are now too big to go at the normal 2nd or 1st class rate and have to as 'large letter' - I've just seen that I have ten of those to get rid of so they will be hand delivered ones |