Comments on: [Updated] CWU and RM agree draft deal – postal strikes cancelled http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andy http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52962 Andy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:34:36 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52962 Glad you're on the way. The average weight is the biggest potential saver. We sell items that weigh very little with very low margins but for each one of those we sell which weigh 42g packaged we can send another 7 at 108g (which are our best selling line) which saves 7 x 27p = £1.89 for each one small item sold. So the item selling for around £1.50 has a much bigger margin in real terms. ;-) So our posting cost for the 108g item is 112.2p while the same package at the PO is £1.62 - almost 50p difference. If you're sending a reasonable amount and making good savings they will pay for the collection in no time. PPI is the best thing we ever did as a savings exercise in our business. Glad you’re on the way.

The average weight is the biggest potential saver. We sell items that weigh very little with very low margins but for each one of those we sell which weigh 42g packaged we can send another 7 at 108g (which are our best selling line) which saves 7 x 27p = £1.89 for each one small item sold. So the item selling for around £1.50 has a much bigger margin in real terms. ;-)

So our posting cost for the 108g item is 112.2p while the same package at the PO is £1.62 – almost 50p difference. If you’re sending a reasonable amount and making good savings they will pay for the collection in no time.

PPI is the best thing we ever did as a savings exercise in our business.

]]> By: Gill http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52957 Gill Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:33:50 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52957 :lol: :lol:

]]> By: Bunchy http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52953 Bunchy Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:11 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52953 I was trying to remember the id Gill, I know the postings by name "CC" and couldn't remember what went inbetween :lol: I was trying to remember the id Gill, I know the postings by name “CC” and couldn’t remember what went inbetween :lol:

]]> By: Gill http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52923 Gill Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:57:40 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52923 Just remembered one of the eBay PS did some very useful guides on PPI / Packetpost - well worth a look :smile: http://search.reviews.ebay.co.uk/members/canterburycross_W0QQuqtZg Just remembered one of the eBay PS did some very useful guides on PPI / Packetpost – well worth a look :smile:

http://search.reviews.ebay.co.uk/members/canterburycross_W0QQuqtZg

]]> By: Happy Days http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52921 Happy Days Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:42:48 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52921 Thanks Guys, I called RM this morning and talking PPI through with them. Never realised the savings I could make. Thank you all and thank you Tamebay for providing a forum where sellers can help each other out. On this occasion a bunch of contributors have given me some really useful advice which is going to save me several hundred pounds over a year. Thanks Guys PS – Chris & Sue I have learnt a very valuable lesson here, would make a great subject for a feature Thanks Guys, I called RM this morning and talking PPI through with them. Never realised the savings I could make.

Thank you all and thank you Tamebay for providing a forum where sellers can help each other out.

On this occasion a bunch of contributors have given me some really useful advice which is going to save me several hundred pounds over a year.
Thanks Guys

PS – Chris & Sue
I have learnt a very valuable lesson here, would make a great subject for a feature

]]> By: Gill http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52918 Gill Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:04:23 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52918 Agree PPI is the bees knees, if most of your items are best suited to RM, I also agree with Simon that paying for a collection is very cost / time effective for a couple of quid a day. If you are an eBay PS, you can search the PS board for all sorts of previous discussions / hint & tips about how best to optimise PPI. I'm not a PS any more (yay!), so can't search any out for you. Agree PPI is the bees knees, if most of your items are best suited to RM, I also agree with Simon that paying for a collection is very cost / time effective for a couple of quid a day.

If you are an eBay PS, you can search the PS board for all sorts of previous discussions / hint & tips about how best to optimise PPI.

I’m not a PS any more (yay!), so can’t search any out for you.

]]> By: Simon http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52917 Simon Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:24:41 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52917 Also, spending the extra £500 (it just went up...) a year to get your mail collected saves a whole bunch of time too. Basically, for about 2 quid a day, I save myself a valuable 30-45 mins every day, petrol costs and hassle. Best £500 I've spent. Even better, they do it for free if you spend more than £15k a year with them. Also, spending the extra £500 (it just went up…) a year to get your mail collected saves a whole bunch of time too. Basically, for about 2 quid a day, I save myself a valuable 30-45 mins every day, petrol costs and hassle. Best £500 I’ve spent.

Even better, they do it for free if you spend more than £15k a year with them.

]]> By: Bunchy http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52916 Bunchy Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:50:04 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52916 Go to RoyalMail.com and find the business helpline, they will talk you through. Basically you open an account. Sort your mail into large letter / letter / packet according to size and weight. Weigh each grouping and divide by howevermany you have in that group. The charging is done on an average weight not on individual weights like you have to do at post office counter / stamps / franking. If you have enough sub 100g items to counterbalance your over 100g items the savings are enormous. Plus you get charged a lower rate than stamps as you are sending in bulk. Good luck Go to RoyalMail.com and find the business helpline, they will talk you through.
Basically you open an account. Sort your mail into large letter / letter / packet according to size and weight. Weigh each grouping and divide by howevermany you have in that group. The charging is done on an average weight not on individual weights like you have to do at post office counter / stamps / franking.
If you have enough sub 100g items to counterbalance your over 100g items the savings are enormous. Plus you get charged a lower rate than stamps as you are sending in bulk.
Good luck

]]> By: Happy Days http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52906 Happy Days Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:41:31 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52906 Thanks for the heads up Andy Looks like I might have been throwing money away. Still a bit confused as to how PPI works, but I’m going to dig around. I think you might have saved me some serious cash – so thank you PS – If anybody could help me out with an explanation or good web link I’d appreciate it Thanks for the heads up Andy
Looks like I might have been throwing money away.

Still a bit confused as to how PPI works, but I’m going to dig around. I think you might have saved me some serious cash – so thank you

PS – If anybody could help me out with an explanation or good web link I’d appreciate it

]]> By: Andy http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52901 Andy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:32:18 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52901 I assume then that you don't use PPI. If you did you'd be paying from 44p. I assume then that you don’t use PPI. If you did you’d be paying from 44p.

]]> By: Andy http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52900 Andy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:44 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52900 :lol: :lol:

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52899 northumbrian Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:04:57 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52899 this is Scotland we do magic naturally this is Scotland we do magic naturally

]]> By: Happy Days http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52896 Happy Days Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:22:44 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52896 Am I to assume then that your dvds are housed in cardboard sleeves, because when I send dvd’s in jiffy bags the cheapest postal price is 76 pence Am I to assume then that your dvds are housed in cardboard sleeves, because when I send dvd’s in jiffy bags the cheapest postal price is 76 pence

]]> By: Andy http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52894 Andy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:52:59 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52894 North, how does your mail get to you without going through any mail centres that have had strike action going on? Do they just magic themselves to your local sorting office? :smile: North, how does your mail get to you without going through any mail centres that have had strike action going on? Do they just magic themselves to your local sorting office? :smile:

]]> By: Andy http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52893 Andy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:50:10 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52893 Large Letter with Royal Mail. Large Letter with Royal Mail.

]]> By: Happy Days http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52892 Happy Days Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:46:07 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52892 How can you post a dvd for just 50 pence? How can you post a dvd for just 50 pence?

]]> By: Bryn http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52890 Bryn Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:17:56 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52890 Selling DVDs where most of our items cost 50p to send we have no alternative so we will continue to use Royal Mail Bryn Selling DVDs where most of our items cost 50p to send we have no alternative so we will continue to use Royal Mail

Bryn

]]> By: Lynne http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52888 Lynne Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:01:10 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52888 My grumpy postman was even more miserable than usual this lunchtime.. maybe he had been warned they would be calling off the strikes. My grumpy postman was even more miserable than usual this lunchtime.. maybe he had been warned they would be calling off the strikes.

]]> By: Kevin A http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52887 Kevin A Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:32 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52887 Mind you, good news that it is. It seems it is an interim agreement until xmas is over. Let's hope that come the new year they don't start it all up again :| Mind you, good news that it is. It seems it is an interim agreement until xmas is over. Let’s hope that come the new year they don’t start it all up again :|

]]> By: SimonL http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52885 SimonL Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:34:17 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52885 The post mistress at our local post office, did say to me this afternoon, that quite a bit of pressure has been put on the CWU, as the workers are losing out as they had been expecting to be clearing a far larger backlog :smile: The post mistress at our local post office, did say to me this afternoon, that quite a bit of pressure has been put on the CWU, as the workers are losing out as they had been expecting to be clearing a far larger backlog :smile:

]]> By: Gill http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52883 Gill Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:16:25 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52883 Sky News is now reporting that the strikes have been called off - too late for my collection today, but at least I can post tomorrow :smile: In answer to your question, Chris - RM is the only feasible option for most of my large letter items, so yes from me. Sky News is now reporting that the strikes have been called off – too late for my collection today, but at least I can post tomorrow :smile:

In answer to your question, Chris – RM is the only feasible option for most of my large letter items, so yes from me.

]]> By: Andy http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52881 Andy Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:48:09 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52881 No. No.

]]> By: stuart http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52873 stuart Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:51 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52873 Well we have a bit few things not turned up and some delays but fingers crossed ok. Royal mail have lost from us Special delivery due to a better price from interlink and also some packets and parcels have gone to them as well as anything we send recorded to. Good news if is sorted! Stuart Well we have a bit few things not turned up and some delays but fingers crossed ok.

Royal mail have lost from us Special delivery due to a better price from interlink and also some packets and parcels have gone to them as well as anything we send recorded to.

Good news if is sorted!

Stuart

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52870 northumbrian Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:35:21 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52870 even if the strike is not called off its all been over hyped we have not been effected at all other than the strike gives you a great excuse to be lazy with dispatch even if the strike is not called off
its all been over hyped
we have not been effected at all
other than the strike gives you a great excuse to be lazy with dispatch

]]> By: Jimbo http://tamebay.com/2009/11/breaking-cwu-and-rm-agree-draft-deal.html#comment-52868 Jimbo Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:16:18 +0000 http://tamebay.com/?p=9388#comment-52868 It will be down to price & reliability so I would imagine some would switch back. I also imagine that many who talked about switching didn't really switch. The biggest damage would be business to business were the competition can compete on price & reliability. PS: hope we're not counting our chickens.... It will be down to price & reliability so I would imagine some would switch back. I also imagine that many who talked about switching didn’t really switch.

The biggest damage would be business to business were the competition can compete on price & reliability.

PS: hope we’re not counting our chickens….

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