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  #21  
Old March 1st, 2014, 09:41 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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"James Silverton" wrote in message ...

On 3/1/2014 1:15 PM, Martin Theodor Ludwig wrote:
On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:11:12 +0100, Tom P wrote:

Standard size letter in Germany now costs 70 Euro cents since beginning
of the year.


No.

Well, what does the stamp for a "standard size letter" cost in Germany?

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http://www.deutschepost.de/de.html

says 60 cents

tim

  #22  
Old March 2nd, 2014, 03:33 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
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On 2014-02-28 08:58:42 -0600, S Viemeister said:

On 2/28/2014 9:55 AM, James Silverton wrote:
It's perhaps OT but the British Royal mail is to raise the price of a
1oz first class stamp to GBP 0.62. That's USD 1.03 and makes the US
first class stamp at USD 0.49 sound like a bargain.


Royal Mail was recently privatised...


And now only people who send mail pay the price, rather than it coming
from the general tax base. Cool!

On a related point, from what I remember, mailing stuff home from
Britain worked out well. Italian mail fulfilled the stereotype,
unfortunately. I recall Austrian mail being the easiest, fastest, and
with least scuffing.

Speaking of mailing, here is a tip for Americans mailing home. A
lesson learned. Apparently while limited quantities of alchohol can be
carried home, it cannot be mailed! I mailed home some wine from
Germany and it was confiscated... I was told by the Customs people it
was considered an Import and I needed a government license to Import
Alchohol. For what was plainly a souvenir -- too bad. So, take my
experience as advice to find a way to take with you personally.

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  #23  
Old March 2nd, 2014, 04:20 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
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Mark Brader:
...there was one more thing in the announcement:
(4) Within 5 years [Canada Post will] no longer deliver your mail
to where you live.


John T.:
You have to pay tax on Postage Stamps in Canada?


"Király":
Yes, anywhere between 5% and 15% depending on which province you
live in...


There is one exception: if you're buying at least $5 worth and they are
for immediate use to mail something outside Canada, then there's no tax
after all. I have no idea of why this made sense to someone, and I only
found out about it myself by accident.

Regarding (4), do they give any hints about where they will send your
mail?


Probably to a "community mail box" which will be down the street,
and which will be subject to vandalism and theft. Most neighbourhoods
that were build after


The end of John's sentence was missing, but what he meant to say was
that most neighborhoods built in the last 25 years or so already have
this type of non-delivery. And yes, that is exactly the plan.

"Tim":
surely it will be to a personal "mail box" for which only you
(and the PO, of course) have the key,


Yes; the "community mailbox" (the original term was Supermailbox)
is the assembly containing these boxes.

located inside some communal building (usually the town PO)


No, located outdoors.

Here's a newspaper opinion column opposing the change and showing a
picture of a large community mailbox (they aren't all that big).

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013...sidewalks.html

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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Astronauts practice landing on laptops"
| --Ft. Myers, FL, News-Press, March 13, 1994

My text in this article is in the public domain.
  #24  
Old March 2nd, 2014, 09:23 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
Mike Lane[_3_]
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On Mar 1, 2014, Surreyman wrote
(in article ):

On Friday, February 28, 2014 2:55:49 PM UTC, James Silverton wrote:
It's perhaps OT but the British Royal mail is to raise the price of a

1oz first class stamp to GBP 0.62. That's USD 1.03 and makes the US

first class stamp at USD 0.49 sound like a bargain.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)



Extraneous "not." in Reply To.


Similar comparison to USA petrol/gas - why do we live here?! :-))


The NHS?

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Old March 2nd, 2014, 10:08 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
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"Dan Stephenson" wrote in message
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On 2014-02-28 08:58:42 -0600, S Viemeister said:

On 2/28/2014 9:55 AM, James Silverton wrote:
It's perhaps OT but the British Royal mail is to raise the price of a
1oz first class stamp to GBP 0.62. That's USD 1.03 and makes the US
first class stamp at USD 0.49 sound like a bargain.


Royal Mail was recently privatised...


And now only people who send mail pay the price, rather than it coming
from the general tax base. Cool!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Actually, it returned a surplus to HMG most years so the tax payer did not
subsidise people who wanted to post letter.

And now I'll guess that you're going to ask why did privatisation (or the
preparations for privatisation) make the prices jump up so much.

Well that'll be because as a private entity it can't be seen to be given a
monopoly and competition had to be allowed

and, predictably, the competition picks off all of the easy to
collect/deliver, individually, profitable post leaving the RM with all of
the hard to collect/deliver, individually loss making post. So in effect
there is no longer a cross subsidy from bulk mail to domestic mail, or from
urban areas to rural area

be careful what you wish for

tim




  #26  
Old March 3rd, 2014, 12:45 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
Dave Smith
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On 2014-02-28 9:58 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
On 2/28/2014 9:55 AM, James Silverton wrote:
It's perhaps OT but the British Royal mail is to raise the price of a
1oz first class stamp to GBP 0.62. That's USD 1.03 and makes the US
first class stamp at USD 0.49 sound like a bargain.


Royal Mail was recently privatised...


That's can't be. Privatization means competition and efficiency and it
automatically leads to lower costs to the consumer.

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Old March 3rd, 2014, 02:47 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
James Silverton[_3_]
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On 3/2/2014 6:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2014-02-28 9:58 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
On 2/28/2014 9:55 AM, James Silverton wrote:
It's perhaps OT but the British Royal mail is to raise the price of a
1oz first class stamp to GBP 0.62. That's USD 1.03 and makes the US
first class stamp at USD 0.49 sound like a bargain.


Royal Mail was recently privatised...


That's can't be. Privatization means competition and efficiency and it
automatically leads to lower costs to the consumer.

If there were more than one competing delivery services that might be
true but the Mail still seems to be a monopoly.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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Old March 3rd, 2014, 02:56 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
S Viemeister[_2_]
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On 3/2/2014 8:47 PM, James Silverton wrote:
On 3/2/2014 6:45 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2014-02-28 9:58 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
On 2/28/2014 9:55 AM, James Silverton wrote:
It's perhaps OT but the British Royal mail is to raise the price of a
1oz first class stamp to GBP 0.62. That's USD 1.03 and makes the US
first class stamp at USD 0.49 sound like a bargain.

Royal Mail was recently privatised...


That's can't be. Privatization means competition and efficiency and it
automatically leads to lower costs to the consumer.

If there were more than one competing delivery services that might be
true but the Mail still seems to be a monopoly.

No, it's no longer a monopoly -
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/30/business/worldbusiness/30iht-ukpost.html
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Old March 3rd, 2014, 03:22 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
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On 2014-03-02 03:08:04 -0600, tim..... said:

"Dan Stephenson" wrote in message
news:2014030120331869307-stephedanospam@maccom...

On 2014-02-28 08:58:42 -0600, S Viemeister said:

On 2/28/2014 9:55 AM, James Silverton wrote:
It's perhaps OT but the British Royal mail is to raise the price of a
1oz first class stamp to GBP 0.62. That's USD 1.03 and makes the US
first class stamp at USD 0.49 sound like a bargain.


Royal Mail was recently privatised...


And now only people who send mail pay the price, rather than it coming
from the general tax base. Cool!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Actually, it returned a surplus to HMG most years so the tax payer did
not subsidise people who wanted to post letter.

And now I'll guess that you're going to ask why did privatisation (or
the preparations for privatisation) make the prices jump up so much.

Well that'll be because as a private entity it can't be seen to be
given a monopoly and competition had to be allowed

and, predictably, the competition picks off all of the easy to
collect/deliver, individually, profitable post leaving the RM with all
of the hard to collect/deliver, individually loss making post. So in
effect there is no longer a cross subsidy from bulk mail to domestic
mail, or from urban areas to rural area

be careful what you wish for

tim


So it costs more to deliver mail to the remote, hard-to-reach areas.
You get what you pay for. Who says it should cost the same amount no
matter the destination.

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Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too)

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Old March 3rd, 2014, 03:23 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
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On 2014-03-02 02:23:21 -0600, Mike Lane said:

On Mar 1, 2014, Surreyman wrote
(in article ):

On Friday, February 28, 2014 2:55:49 PM UTC, James Silverton wrote:
It's perhaps OT but the British Royal mail is to raise the price of a

1oz first class stamp to GBP 0.62. That's USD 1.03 and makes the US

first class stamp at USD 0.49 sound like a bargain.

--

Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)



Extraneous "not." in Reply To.


Similar comparison to USA petrol/gas - why do we live here?! :-))


The NHS?


laugh

Hey, we're trying to catch up!

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Dan Stephenson
http://stepheda.com
Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too)

 




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