Redandproud Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Can anyone explain why the club are charging £.1.50 now for postage, the cost of postage hasn't gone up so why,or is this the club just making money from the fans again, reason I'm asking I've tried to pay for a membership card online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire robin Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 All money mate , same reason we have the most expensive pay on the day in the league . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtucks Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 12 minutes ago, Red-Al said: Can anyone explain why the club are charging £.1.50 now for postage, the cost of postage hasn't gone up so why,or is this the club just making money from the fans again, reason I'm asking I've tried to pay for a membership card online Is it just postage or postage and packing??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 14 minutes ago, Red-Al said: Can anyone explain why the club are charging £.1.50 now for postage, the cost of postage hasn't gone up so why,or is this the club just making money from the fans again, reason I'm asking I've tried to pay for a membership card online @Olé asked similar in the fans liaison forum section recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redandproud Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 10 minutes ago, Redtucks said: Is it just postage or postage and packing??? Packing what,? Putting a card in an envelope, postage is still £1 for large envelope 10 minutes ago, One Team said: @Olé asked similar in the fans liaison forum section recently. With no reply from Jerry SLO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtucks Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Red-Al said: Packing what,? Putting a card in an envelope, postage is still £1 for large envelope Someone still has to be paid for putting it in the envelope, like it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Red-Al said: Packing what,? Putting a card in an envelope, postage is still £1 for large envelope With no reply from Jerry SLO Jerry was snowed under I understand , helping get the membership cards out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redandproud Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, Redtucks said: Someone still has to be paid for putting it in the envelope, like it or not. You are joking, aren't you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 48 minutes ago, Red-Al said: Can anyone explain why the club are charging £.1.50 now for postage, the cost of postage hasn't gone up so why,or is this the club just making money from the fans again, reason I'm asking I've tried to pay for a membership card online It's probably to fill the cost of the extravagant season card packaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redandproud Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, Curr Avon said: It's probably to fill the cost of the extravagant season card packaging. NA, that was charged on top of the season card,they called it admin fee, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 1 minute ago, Red-Al said: NA, that was charged on top of the season card,they called it admin fee, Jerry did reply to Ole btw This answer and explanation is there to read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucky Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Red-Al said: Can anyone explain why the club are charging £.1.50 now for postage, the cost of postage hasn't gone up so why,or is this the club just making money from the fans again, reason I'm asking I've tried to pay for a membership card online Do you believe that someone putting something in an envelope and addressing it to you, then royal mail collecting it, going through its sorting centre, then giving to someone that delivers it to your address, by hand, is not worth £1.50? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, chucky said: Do you believe that someone putting something in an envelope and addressing it to you, then royal mail collecting it, going through its sorting centre, then giving to someone that delivers it to your address, by hand, is not worth £1.50? It may well be, but surely that is not the point. It is the price of the postage stamp that pays for Royal Mail’s input and, if that has not increased, where is the justification for a 50% increase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 52 minutes ago, Curr Avon said: It's probably to fill the cost of the extravagant season card packaging. Which was done by Huboo as far as I know ? £1.50 is a reasonable charge anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 It’s all down to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine ….thought that was patently obvious oh and Brexit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 It's cost me more than 50p's worth of my time to realise I don't really care about this. Where can I apply for compensation? OP? Jerry, SLO? Maggie? Jon, or Steve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 50 pence people. It’s just 50 p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 I always say to people who complain about postage costs - take it yourself then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 It only went up when that Nigel Pearson came here...... Just saying like 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 35 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: It may well be, but surely that is not the point. It is the price of the postage stamp that pays for Royal Mail’s input and, if that has not increased, where is the justification for a 50% increase? I would have a guess that it's is the: Someone putting something in an envelope and addressing it to you part then. wages are going up fast costs need to be passed on to the consumer. Do you get an option? Could you pick it up yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 39 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: Which was done by Huboo as far as I know ? £1.50 is a reasonable charge anyway. My apologies to the Club for the packaging remark. I didn't know that it was subsidised by Huboo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, Curr Avon said: My apologies to the Club for the packaging remark. I didn't know that it was subsidised by Huboo. We don’t know that it is, but I’m sure the recent sponsorship deal has some benefits on both sides. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redandproud Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 1 hour ago, chucky said: Do you believe that someone putting something in an envelope and addressing it to you, then royal mail collecting it, going through its sorting centre, then giving to someone that delivers it to your address, by hand, is not worth £1.50? But the club are not the Royal mail, that's there business, not the club's,there is no need to add a extra 50p just for putting a card in an envelope, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 I'll tell you what the 50p increase is NOT for: - The cost of postage, which did increase in April but is 77p (City send tickets 1st class UNG via a business account, printing the barcode on the envelope): - The cost of booking which is covered by the £1 booking fee - The cost of printing the ticket, the envelope or putting the ticket in the envelope which is also performed for people who collect tickets in person for free - The cost of staff, for whom a person collecting in person will require 3-5 minutes of dedicated attention (£1 on a £25k salary), whereas posting is a fraction of the time as part of a bulk daily mail run - The cost of Royal Mail picking up the post, as I'm pretty sure City do enough business with Royal Mail each year to get this for free (if not its £800 a year) You'll have to make your own mind up what the 50p increase is actually for, probably a way to cover general administrative cost increases and yes, a bit more margin too. Which raises the question why people who don't live locally and/or need to have tickets posted have to disproportionately subsidise City's entire ticketing administration. The same could have been achieved by leaving postage at £1 (more than the cost of postage) and introducing a 50p collection fee (less than salary costs of collections). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 I blame Boris he is actually **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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