Who do you use for mug postage, post office or courier?

[mugstar]

I now have the franking machine all set up-really easy actually

Early days but at the moment it appears great and post is sooooo cheap!

[John G]

OK - so how cheap is sooooo cheap?.

[purpledragon]

1st class lge letter 55p cheapest obviously more the heavier it gets , a mug is £1.90 when using a poly box i dunno if mugstar is getting it cheaper if so ill be having words with pitny bowes

[John G]

That's about 20p cheaper for a large letter, are there any other charges such as the stickers, inks or rental costs etc?

[purpledragon]

rental is around £16.00 a month they would prefer you to get ink and slips from them but you can find them at a quater of the price on ebay heres a top tip when the ink runs out just tell the machine you have put a new one in i did that about 3 months Ago and its still printing also dont let pitney bowes con you into maitainance costs (about 100 quid a year) they tried that with me i told em no include it or i go elsewhere. beware though some postage prices are the same as if you went to the post office ie parcel post

[John G]

So to break even, if just sending large letters, you'd have to send 80 envelopes a month or 4 everyday, 5 days a week. If you're sending out stacks of mail, then it'll be a good saving, if not - you can save 5p per large letter stamp by buying them in bulk from costco.

[purpledragon]

we did the maths over a year its a good saving for us both in cost and time spent at the po counter i suppose it depends on how much you post for us it works for others it may not

[mugstar]

Ditto everything purpledragon said.....i'm on the same rental & it is 55p for large letter, & 1.90 for a mug-also did my first international on it yesterday & recorded today-really simple to use aswell!

For me i expect to get my money back in the next 6 weeks for xmas alone, and with the Dymo label printer I also bought, the whole process of postage is so much quicker than doing it via paypal or Royal Mail.
I also have a franked mail only post box 1/2 a mile away, which has a large hatch for parcels etc so that will help also.

I can now do most of my post whilst i'm doing my orders, so while one mug is doing I can get the one just done, dried, put in the poly box, wrapped & taped up in brown paper & postage done in the 3 minutes.....much better than sat in front of the computer for an hour afterwards wandering if paypal postage will work or not!

I also sell engraved gifts and have one item that is hotcakes and am selling several a day at the moment, so I am saving 20p on each of those (55p instead of 75p for LL 1st class)

It may not be cost effective for everyone, but if you do send a lot by RM then i can only strongly recommend.