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<blockquote data-quote="PGowdy" data-source="post: 215977" data-attributes="member: 2042"><p>Yes but i went over this before, there's the mantra that often gets banded around..."£3 to take 1 package from london to scotland... how can you say that's expensive... you wouldn't do it would you?" Which is just so ill informed and wide of the mark of what is actually happening it's not funny. </p><p>If one van was taking one package from london to scotland, newcastle, liverpool wherever... of course it wouldn't be able to do it for £3. It would need to charge £300 and that would be a fair price.</p><p>But in the case of the Royal Mail (and couriers) they are cramming a large van FULL of packages envelopes, boxes etc. Probably up to 3,000 in each van (and sometimes probably way more). At an average of £3 per package. Which comes to £9,000 per van in revenue. </p><p>Ok, those vans may not ALWAYS be crammed full but give or take a few grand you can rake it in once you have a network of vans and warehouses and sorting offices in place. </p><p>Trust me, these courier companies c an charge £3.73 for a small box because along with the other several hundred boxes in the van they are KILLING it. Otherwise they wouldn't be doing it. They could charge half that and still make money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGowdy, post: 215977, member: 2042"] Yes but i went over this before, there's the mantra that often gets banded around..."£3 to take 1 package from london to scotland... how can you say that's expensive... you wouldn't do it would you?" Which is just so ill informed and wide of the mark of what is actually happening it's not funny. If one van was taking one package from london to scotland, newcastle, liverpool wherever... of course it wouldn't be able to do it for £3. It would need to charge £300 and that would be a fair price. But in the case of the Royal Mail (and couriers) they are cramming a large van FULL of packages envelopes, boxes etc. Probably up to 3,000 in each van (and sometimes probably way more). At an average of £3 per package. Which comes to £9,000 per van in revenue. Ok, those vans may not ALWAYS be crammed full but give or take a few grand you can rake it in once you have a network of vans and warehouses and sorting offices in place. Trust me, these courier companies c an charge £3.73 for a small box because along with the other several hundred boxes in the van they are KILLING it. Otherwise they wouldn't be doing it. They could charge half that and still make money. [/QUOTE]
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