Every week I post about 10 parcels .. only last weekend I priced up three packages to send via Royal Mail .. 2 on 48 hour delivery and one on First class...plus I would have to queue on Monday Morning to post them, get receipts and inform customers that I have sent them.. £38 was the cost.
Instead I printed my own labels downloaded from UPS on Sunday morning.. dropped the parcels at a local corner shop. No queue, had them scanned and the customers are automatically informed that the tracking is live. The parcels are collected on Monday and delivered Next Day ..
Cost £15.50 .. that puts an extra £22.50 back in my pocket.
No wonder they are closing Post Offices down, right, left and centre !