Petitioning Royal Mail!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Have posted on the Flames Of War site.
Waiting to be banned...

[Techno]

I see a deliberate scheme. Must be my German nontrusting self.....

No 'Seb'...I'm sure you're right....Just been doing a few calculations....and unless I've got my sums completely wrong....(And I'm pretty sure I'm right, though).. .It will cost twice as much (purely from the inland/GB POSTAGE point of view) to send 16 17ml pots of Vallejo in four separate 'jiffy bags'.....as it would to send ONE package containing all 16 pots. (I'm only talking about INLAND/GB packages here).

They'll all be going to the same addy....So what's the big deal ?....Extra money for nothing it would appear.
From (for example) Leon's point of view....That also means 4 separate 'jiffy bags'.....Extra cost...4 little bags will cost LOTS more than 1 large one.

This smells poo !

Cheers - Phil

[sebigboss79]

The question is whether another mail carrier would be inclined to take our money (within reason)
If (R)M intends to screw us we can equally screw back.  Are there any news how the EE is dealing witht his matter?

[Techno]

The question is whether another mail carrier would be inclined to take our money (within reason)

From previous dealings with couriers....For example when I order something like 'iffy' like acetone....There's been a minimum charge of around £10....But that covers 'me' up to some sort of weight like 10kg.....(I think)
So what I do, is work out how much I can get, and stay within that particular weight limit.
Fair enough.... I end up with about 6-12 months worth....But it works out a damn sight cheaper than buying it in 500ml  bottles from some pharmacy or other.
Personally....Just at the moment I can't see the current courier firms being able to lower their charges to cover much smaller (lighter) items to make it viable for themselves.

Is there any news how the EE is dealing with this matter?

My main question here is.....Does the EE use the 'normal' mail to send smaller packages ?
Be interesting to know.

Cheers - Phil

[Fenton]

From previous dealings with couriers....For example when I order something like 'iffy' like acetone....There's been a minimum charge of around £10....But that covers 'me' up to some sort of weight like 10kg.....(I think)
So what I do, is work out how much I can get, and stay within that particular weight limit.
Fair enough.... I end up with about 6-12 months worth....But it works out a damn sight cheaper than buying it in 500ml  bottles from some pharmacy or other.
Personally....Just at the moment I can't see the current courier firms being able to lower their charges to cover much smaller (lighter) items to make it viable for themselves.

My main question here is.....Does the EE use the 'normal' mail to send smaller packages ?
Be interesting to know.

Cheers - Phil

Ok I have to ask but but who are the EE?

[Techno]

Errrrrr.....
The Evil Empire...some firm in Nottingham Steve.
Dammit...I used to work for them in a previous life.....When they weren't EE....Oh....What was their name ? 
Cheers - Phil.

[Fenton]

Ah ok...too many abbreviations these days

Thanks for the info

TTFN

[Techno]

 

You're SO right though.....Far too many abbreviations nowadays to keep up with all of them.
Makes a change for me to actually be able to give an answer !
Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

My main question here is.....Does the EE use the 'normal' mail to send smaller packages ?
Be interesting to know.

Cheers - Phil

Having only ever ordered directly from the EE once (epic models were mail order only), i got my stuff sent over from a EE store in the netherlands, instead of directly from UK. So they might be able to evade the problem for europe. you can also choose to pick up your mail order stuff in one of their shops , so that evades another problem INSIDE uk (wich is stupid as the shops hold their line of paint anyway)

[sebigboss79]

Having only ever ordered directly from the EE once (epic models were mail order only), i got my stuff sent over from a EE store in the netherlands, instead of directly from UK. So they might be able to evade the problem for europe. you can also choose to pick up your mail order stuff in one of their shops , so that evades another problem INSIDE uk (wich is stupid as the shops hold their line of paint anyway)

And how does that stock get into the shops 

[Fenton]

I know the GW Belfast store, everything comes by courier not sure if that via Dublin or another way

[petercooman]

And how does that stock get into the shops 

By truck? I can imagine they just send a truck on it's way that can do quite a few shops in a days worth. They would be daft to send it by mail, by truck would be cheaper

[Techno]

And how does that stock get into the shops 

By their 'own' vans Seb.....Or possibly by a courier that delivers to a number of shops in the 'same' area.
Being a bigger firm...they'll be able to get a decent deal, if the latter's the case....
I'm sure they won't use the PO to do that 'job'.

Cheers - Phil.

[Leon]

GW have emailed me back, and said that whilst they do use Royal Mail for their standard postage level, they will be continuing to send paints through the post as normal.

So, basically ignoring the regulations until they get stung.

[sebigboss79]

I was also under the impression they use Royal Mail. They might alter that but thats their problem not mine or Leon's.
What concerns me is getting my Pendraken goodies WITH paints in ONE sending which INCLUDES the minibits order.

As you can see I am a greedy German