Email has not killed the Royal Mail.

Yes but a retail manager at Matalan also earns more than a new recruit in the armed forces so the comparison is silly anyway.

Yes I know and that is unfortunate. However for an extra 2 or 3 quid it would be worth it to get it guarenteed. I am just giving people options to get there items delivered.

I just hope that this is the stance that most people will take. We are not spitting our dummy out over something small our terms and conditions are being attacked and we are just trying to save our jobs.

I know you are, I don't know enough about the arguments from both sides to make comments on the rights or wrongs of it. All I have really heard is the posties side of things.

Although this morning I am mighty annoyed as the special delivery "arrive by 1pm the next day" letter I posted at 10am Monday morning hasn't arrived yet

If you have sent that special delivery and recorded then there is no excuse for it as there have been no strikes this week yet. You should complain and get a full refund.

I agree. I understand the internet through the likes of Ebay and online shopping have actually boosted business for RM.

I am!!

I just hope for everyone involved a compromise that both parties are happy with is reached sometime soon.

Parcels have more than doubled in the past few years and the average weight of a letter has also increased significantly to online magazine subscriptions and catalogues.

This is where some clever spin comes in from the governments point of view. They keep mentioning this 10% drop in LETTERS. What they fail to inform the public of is where the output has increased. Whether or not the parcel increase compensates for the letter shortfall I don't know but I bet it goes a long way towards.

Don't forget the Royal Mail also changed it's pricing structure to include size as well as weight to maximise profit from larger items.

Me too.

This ing thread is a disgrace a few posts about letters arriving late sandwiched between two more dick heads flipantly talking about soldiers dying.

I hope you to idiots never loose a father son or brother in the army,...my how you'll both laugh about it over your keypads......

I'll see you at the cenotaph mickeying on the Poppies.....

What Heroes indeed

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Totally agree with the above. I only started the thread to provoke debate about a very topical issue that seems to be affecting most people in some way. To have the thread hijacked in this way is both appalling and alarming.

And if the mods have anything about them they would ban the idiots who seem to think its acceptable talking about those brave soldiers in that way.