"Big Les Wade" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" posted
Open up mail deliveries to all - who then 'poach' the very profitable town
deliveries - leaving the old RM to deliver to unprofitable locations at
the same price as anywhere else. And they've now discovered this can't be
done.

As the saying goes, you hardly need a crystal ball...


Of course not, and the RM management are well aware of the long-term
trends in their markets. The problem they face is in trying to persuade
the government to regulate the inevitable change such that RM can prosper
as a commercial player in the growth markets while still maintaining the
universal penny post for granny's birthday cards.

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Les

In lots of third world countries there is no posta delivery up sticks.
You have a mail box in the local post office.
That's what they're working towards..

Oh ****, most of the post offices have disappeared.