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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18645548Quickly, sell it cheaply with no thought for the future!
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
Posts: 5490
Location: just behind you!
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Dont worry the Unions will insist on a silly pay raise and act like it is the '70's again to force it back into the red. _________________Finally joined Flickr
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| Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:33 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Exactly what I was thinking. Anyway I'm sure their pension deficit will do that soon too.
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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A lot of the staff who work for Royal Mail aren't unionised any more. They're employed from agencies on a casual basis. Part of the reason they're back in profit is this has allowed them to massively cut their wage bill. I suspect if the unionised staff did go on strike, quite a lot of depots would now be barely disrupted at all. Of course, it also explains why your post now arrives late most days and theft from post has gone through the roof. But neither of those things show on the balance sheet... Jon
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
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Location: IoW
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Very true. Early last year I began sending birthday cards in brown envelopes, with printed labels; after cards failed to get through on numerous occasions. None have failed since then.
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am
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Location: Middle Earth
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Wow, that would suggest people are still sending cash / vouchers through the mail. How stupid!
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Don't know about that. Derby has always had a massive postal theft problem. It didn't take long to realise that when I first moved here over a decade ago.
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I disagree with you there. Our postal system should be secure enough to allow people to stuff a tenner inside a birthday card. Several people still send money to my kids in that fashion.
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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That would be nice but, the postal system is secure enough, it's called a Postal Order. That is a system that has been secure for many decades, and now we have internet banking etc. Sending cash to a relative is frankly asking for trouble. I wish the situation was better, but it isn't and never will be.
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