This blog recently reported the forthcoming price hike in the cost of stamps.
The story continues today with news that the Royal Mail will be limiting the amount of stamps bought by other retailers to sell in their own shops. This is to protect the revenue the Royal Mail is due to receive from the price increase.
The move, says the service, is to ensure the continuation of the six day delivery -- which is said to have been suffering for some time.
Stamps will be seeing a 30% and a 39% increase, the highest to hit stamps, taking the current First- and Second-class prices from 46p and 36p to 60p and 50p respectively.
The price rise has caused a buying rush by customers as they seek to stockpile stamps before the higher costs hit. This means that some retailers are almost running out and are unable to purchase more from Royal Mail due to new limits.
The service says that they is more than adequate supply across the country, though, including 11,500 post offices that sell stamps.
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