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When? On August 21st 2006 Royal Mail will be introducing Pricing in Proportion (PiP) – A new system of calculating postage costs which will be both size and weight based.
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Why? Pricing by size is a concept that Royal Mail has pursued for some time in order to rebalance its prices in line with costs. It is not a new concept and is employed worldwide in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, Japan and Germany |
How? Royal Mail has allocated £10m to major multi-media broadcast campaigns to inform and educate businesses and consumers.
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What’s the difference between letters, large letters and packets?
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Letters will include most letters, postcards, greeting cards, bills and statements and some brochures and catalogues & small postage calendars. Letters will be A5 size, half a sheet of standard A4 paper, 5mm in thickness and 0-100g in weight. Letters currently comprise over 70% of total mail and over 80% of stamped mail.
What’s the difference between letters, large letters and packets?
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Large Letters will include most brochures, catalogues, company reports, magazines, CD’s and DVD’s & medium formate calendars to post. Large Letters will not exceed 353mm x 250mm in size (which is slightly larger than standard A4 paper) and 25mm in thickness. Large Letters may contain unfolded sheets of A4 paper. Large Letters currently comprise 22% of total mail and 11% of stamped mail. This is expected to change to 19% of total mail with Pricing in Proportion.
What’s the difference between letters, large letters and packets?
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Packets will include VHS cassettes, books, some magazines and catalogues, parts and samples, foodstuffs, prints and posters in cylindrical packaging. Packets will be any item longer than 353mm or wider than 250mm or thicker than 25mm or heavier than 1000g. The maximum weight allowed for second class items will increase from the current 750g limit to 1kg.
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