New Postage Rates coming inot effect 4th January....

[lady_and_the_tramp]

Just curious and hope someone can answer for me, with the new rates due to take effect 4th January '16, if posting something via large letter rate say for example now would require 2 x 70c Stamps = $1.40 cause it is under the 125g weight, would the new rates then be 2 x $1 stamps = $2.00 for the slower delivery method & if requiring the faster 2 day delivery rate mean adding 2 x 50c prority stamps making the total $3.00  ?  In other words it would be 1 prority stamp added for each $1 stamp?  Hope that makes sense.....and do we just make new postage policies to reflect the new rates so buyers have a choice when making their purchase?

Thanks

[davewil1964]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

http://auspost.com.au/parcels-mail/pricing-updates.html

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It's come back

[pruetrading]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

me too.

Prue, try the AP website, post guides, pricing updates.

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Thanks everyone for the Aust Post  info.

I'll probably switch to using more  of the B4 Registered Post prepaid envelopes so that there is a tracking number to placate eBay.

It just seems too risky to use untracked envelopes and then have the buyer innocently mark that they received it after the estimated arrival date.

[thedeltons4]

With the introduction of the "flexible items" criteria I'm curious to see what others feel the guideline is on rigid mailers, sounds like they are a no-no but I couldn't determine much from the fill guideline (but that was reading it on my phone and a quick skim) .

I post nearly everything in a 400gms envelope or use the rigid boxes that are only 16mm thick. I'm going to be a bit stuck for customers if I have to move to parcel post rates as most items are $7-10 and the parcel charge virtually doubles it.

[jfmgray]

I must have missed the "flexible items criterai" - can you tell me where to read up on this please

[thedeltons4]

From this page: http://auspost.com.au/parcels-mail/domestic-letters.html?ilink=mm-domestic-letters-1

To be considered a letter, your item must:

weigh less than 500g
contain flexible items**
have a rectangular shape
be no larger than a B4 envelope (260mm x 360mm x 20mm)
be no thicker than 20mm
Is your item bigger than this? We would classify this as a 'parcel'.

The ** is stated as:

** Letters should not contain stiff objects such as bottle tops, pens, items enclosed in a hard case, and so on. High-speed letter sorting equipment could damage such objects, or the objects could damage other articles.

[davewil1964]

AP actually sell the mailers as suitable for letter post. Although that requirement has been in AP's terms for a long tiime, I've never heard of anybody having hassles with mailers.

Plus I don't think large letters go through the high speed sorters, as they don't have a set position for the postcode, like standard letters do.