Royal Mail Postage

[JMugs]

Am I right in thinking that to post a mug by Royal Mail, second class, with stamps will cost £2.20?

If so how come I see some websites charging £1.00 for postage?

Confused as usual.

Janners.

[Renniwano]

It costs £2.70 for me to send one out first class.. but still see people only charging £2 for that.. it's down to the seller what they charge I guess and if they can afford to swallow it they will..

[bassqee]

pretty much peopel swallowing the postage costs into the price of thier products.

[Charlie_]

The first class postage would be 2.70 second class 2.20, I spend on average 100.00 a week at post office. Those offering cheaper postage are swallowing the some of the cost.

Am I right in thinking that to post a mug by Royal Mail, second class, with stamps will cost £2.20?

If so how come I see some websites charging £1.00 for postage?

Confused as usual.

Janners.

[JMugs]

Charlie, do you use a franking machine?

[Charlie_]

No have thought about it, but i dont want my customers haveing odd problem i get, when something moves in a packet and its bigger than i measured it. Hence always get post office to use one of there stickers so no confusion...about sizes weights etc...

Charlie, do you use a franking machine?

[JMugs]

Good point Charlie
So franking OK for boxed mugs, but packets (eg T-Shirts) could be a problem.

Janners

[Charlie_]

yup mugs would be fine printed, but shirts etc can cause problems. That sort of thing has given me grief in the past hence now use the post office to do the weighing measuring and price labeling ...

Good point Charlie
So franking OK for boxed mugs, but packets (eg T-Shirts) could be a problem.

Janners

[mugstar]

With a franking machine, they deliver it to the customer regardless as you are a 'business customer' and they don't want you to be embarrassed, and as every franking label has your id no on, if you don't happen to pay the right postage, then they send you a letter telling you to frank the extra onto a label/envelope and send it back to them.
Also, no need for a return to sender address label either, as your id number on the label solves that one too.

If you spend £400 a week at the post office, a franking machine would be well worth thinking about, and if you are near a trading estate, there will almost definitely be a Franking box to put them in, so no queuing at the post office!

[Charlie_]

.I think I will give that another look then. But alas no where near a trading estate, the nearest one being about 15 miles away. I am not sending mugs or shirts by the way.

With a franking machine, they deliver it to the customer regardless as you are a 'business customer' and they don't want you to be embarrassed, and as every franking label has your id no on, if you don't happen to pay the right postage, then they send you a letter telling you to frank the extra onto a label/envelope and send it back to them.
Also, no need for a return to sender address label either, as your id number on the label solves that one too.

If you spend £400 a week at the post office, a franking machine would be well worth thinking about, and if you are near a trading estate, there will almost definitely be a Franking box to put them in, so no queuing at the post office!