ivan Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 And anything weighing over 1.5kg or so costs nearly £20 to send within England.What rubbish! Standard parcel rate is fine for most things in UK and only costs about £12.50 for 20kg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 What rubbish! Standard parcel rate is fine for most things in UK and only costs about £12.50 for 20kg. Last time I tried to send a laptop it was £20. The time I tried to send a PC, they said it was too heavy. edit: I see what you mean though (http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?catId=400031&mediaId=51000711 ), but when I have asked they have given me the choice of Special Delivery with some kind of insurance\cover, and normal first class (I suppose that's 'Standard Parcels' ?) with next no cover\insurance. I don't think I've ever been offered add-on insurance for an extra £3.50. So I accept that within-UK parcels can be reasonable, provided you don't want tracking, insurance, next day, etc, but international parcels are still far too expensive. It was £60 to send some SCO Unix books to America, it costs more than the cost of a replacement hard drive to return a hard drive to Ireland, and just as much to return a faulty Iomega REV drive to the Netherlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Standard parcel rate is fine for most things in UK and only costs about £12.50 for 20kg. It's fine apart from the bit where it gets lost, stolen, mangled etc - these days I only trust proper couriers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Deja vu? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8149463.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Deja vu? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8149463.stm No doubt they'll be making more outlandish pay demands, tossers. I'm very confrontational today, I blame Bracknell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Get yourself to the ice-rink, it's cool, no literally it's the only thing on offer in Bracks, oh and coral reef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Ice Rink? Coral Reef? I know not where either of these things are. I can see a lovely concrete jungle out of the window though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 "Protest letters will be delivered to the Royal Mail's chief executive, Adam Crosier, and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson." Who's gonna deliver them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 +1 for Coral Reef! One of the slides is like a drainpipe though, I nearly got stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Looks like Coral Reef is a way south of here, I'm looking out over Charles Square (I think) at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Coral Reef's a bit out of town. Apologies for hijack. I'm going now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Coral Reef is worth a little trip if you can. Although I had a bit of a bad experience there. There is a pool which has a wave machine in. As I was a bit shorter than I am now (I was about 13 IIRC) I couldn't master the art of jumping at the right time to miss the wave sweeping across. I ended up being 'got' out by the life guard. What an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Unfortunately I didn't bring my speedo's with me, this time, and hopefully I won't have need to return here. Anyway, Royal Mail, b'stards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Apologies for the hijack. Royal Mail = rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkirby Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 bugs me the union, the service needs to be modernised urgently, some of the machinery used is a hundred years old but all the workers think of is what they can get out of it!! but they know that once modernised they wont get an easy ride anymore!! no more rushing to get the round done and go home early but still be paid until 3 or 4pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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