It's a rhetorical question, because in the end it is cheaper for them if you pay online, and they also capture information about you for future marketing.
Reminding you of an early discussion, back on a 3 May post,
'Royal Mail have said, "We have chosen to add the other values to ensure variety and also provide the option for more flexible use of special stamps for parcels."
But it sticks in the craw somewhat when they issue £1 and £2 stamps in the Windrush set,
and then advertise like this on social media:
If ever there was a reason NOT to buy Royal Mail special stamps, then this is it.
I don't think Royal Mail are producing special stamps for use as postage. They probably just see them as collectables.
ReplyDeleteApart from the Christmas stamps that is.
But that's not what they have announced, which maybe I should have repeated in this post (and will now do).
Delete'Royal Mail have said, "We have chosen to add the other values to ensure variety and also provide the option for more flexible use of special stamps for parcels."
I think the fact that if I walk into a post office with a letter to send that they'll always whip out a horizon label is enough evidence to show stamps aren't intended to be used, let alone for parcels. If they were wanting them to be, they'd have a "small parcel" definitive issued asap to capitalise on it!
ReplyDeleteI think Keith has hit the nail on the head. For the last 10 years or more Royal Mail has been producing special stamps purely for the collector market and does not expect them to be used for postage. That is why, with the death of Queen Elizabeth, I stopped collecting new stamps after over 40 years of collecting.
ReplyDeleteJust had my order advice note for Discworld issue, same price as Windrush so 2 x 1st, 2 x £1:00, 2 x ££2:00, & 2 x £2:20 maybe
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