Comments on: Amazon UK sacks Royal Mail following potential postal strikes fear http://www.lastpostingdates.co.uk/amazon-uk-sacks-royal-mail-following-potential-postal-strikes-fear.html Posting dates for Christmas 2010 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:34:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: A. McCaig http://www.lastpostingdates.co.uk/amazon-uk-sacks-royal-mail-following-potential-postal-strikes-fear.html/comment-page-1#comment-3796 A. McCaig Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:26:02 +0000 http://www.lastpostingdates.co.uk/?p=282#comment-3796 That's all very well for companies as big as Amazon - they have alternative options. For small internet retailers, there is NO viable option to the Royal Mail. All the private carriers eg DHL, charge at least 3 times as much as RM to send small packets. Does anyone actually believe customers will be prepared to pay £8+ for postage for a pair of socks? Because that is exactly what it would cost by anyone other than RM. Stop thinking there is an alternative to Royal Mail's service. There isn't. Companies like mine are not catered for by other carriers - and no-one - Royal Mail managers, workers, MP's government ministers - private carriers - seem to know companies like ours exist! Cetainly no-one is talking to us - yet we are the fastest growing retail sector in the country - and are being ignored. That’s all very well for companies as big as Amazon – they have alternative options. For small internet retailers, there is NO viable option to the Royal Mail. All the private carriers eg DHL, charge at least 3 times as much as RM to send small packets. Does anyone actually believe customers will be prepared to pay £8+ for postage for a pair of socks? Because that is exactly what it would cost by anyone other than RM.

Stop thinking there is an alternative to Royal Mail’s service. There isn’t. Companies like mine are not catered for by other carriers – and no-one – Royal Mail managers, workers, MP’s government ministers – private carriers – seem to know companies like ours exist! Cetainly no-one is talking to us – yet we are the fastest growing retail sector in the country – and are being ignored.

]]> By: Royal Mail Postal Strike | Last Posting Dates http://www.lastpostingdates.co.uk/amazon-uk-sacks-royal-mail-following-potential-postal-strikes-fear.html/comment-page-1#comment-3689 Royal Mail Postal Strike | Last Posting Dates Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:53:35 +0000 http://www.lastpostingdates.co.uk/?p=282#comment-3689 [...] earlier mentioned, Amazon UK have been looking at contingency plans should a strike take place although they have [...] [...] earlier mentioned, Amazon UK have been looking at contingency plans should a strike take place although they have [...]

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