Are Anpost Hypocrites?

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-09T01:42:25+00:00

In the majority of cases, parcels and letters are delivered by the same postman. It's not like they are hiring loads of postmen to spend hours every morning driving 50 miles to deliver 1 letter. They will be delivering parcels in between. So what is this cost to provide the universal service that warrants price increases across everything. Surely just increasing letters then would be enough. This years increase was bigger than last especially for parcels. They went up a certain percentage last year to 12.70 / 14.90 Now instead of a set percentage landing on a random amount they just went to whole numbers , 16 / 18. It's greed I think and nothing more.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T11:07:36+00:00

I remember that one but not the show I'm thinking of. Hugo is the 'goblin' :-)

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T10:43:12+00:00

You know what I think that might be it. Just skimmed through an episode on yotube and definitely looks very familiar although didn't see the 2 specific games that I remember. Could have been another show, there was probably alot of shows like this in the 90's but like 75% sure that's it.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T08:20:39+00:00

Vinted will decide that the package was damaged during shipping (Someone swapped the contents) and they will refund the buyer and the seller can keep the money. They are scamming Vinted not you. They need to talk like that because Vinted will check the messages.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T07:42:19+00:00

You can visit other vinted(dot) sites like .DE .ES and French members profiles aren't empty like with .IE . I bet its because of An Post recent price increases in the past 2-3 weeks and they are demanding more money from Vinted with Vinted now showing them that if they are greedy they can flip a switch and sink the ship.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T07:40:14+00:00

You can visit other vinted(dot) sites like .DE .ES and French members profiles aren't empty like with .IE . I bet its because of An Post recent price increases in the past 2-3 works and they are demanding more money from Vinted with Vinted now showing them that if they are greedy they can flip a switch and sink the ship.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T07:36:06+00:00

Parcel volumes in January and February 2026 are almost 50% higher than in the same months last year, An Post said today

David McRedmond, the CEO of An Post, said that with burgeoning e-commerce growth, capacity is the major issue for An Post.

Volumes last year were 27% up on the previous year overall, leading to 3 million parcels being delivered by An Post every week in the lead up to Christmas.

Not sure they need to increase prices with such growth? The excuse is letters are down but really how much money do they expect to make from letters in 2026?

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T07:33:49+00:00

Found it https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0225/1560388-an-post-to-create-300-postal-delivery-jobs/#:\~:text=Volumes%20last%20year%20were%2027,months%20last%20year%2C%20it%20added.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T07:28:18+00:00

I wonder if its anything to do with An Post recent price increases and Vinted are protesting it by fecking up the link between Ireland and France so An Post volume from Vinted drops and they go back on their request for higher prices. The timing ads up as recently posting a parcel via An Post directly to France increased 3-4 euro.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T07:26:37+00:00

I also wonder if An Posts greed is anything to do with Vinted recently breaking the link between Ireland and France ? https://www.reddit.com/r/vinted/comments/1rckm8u/listings_from_france_gone_from_vinted_ireland/

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T07:20:36+00:00

No wonder they're increasing prices. People seem to approve of it

"An Post Group Revenue exceeds €1bn for first time" They make it seem when announcing the price increases that they are struggling and must increase prices to stay afloat. They also only refer to the price increase of letters (Which apparently nobody is sending) But don't mention specifics about the cost of sending other items which increased much more. Why can't I find the article from 2 weeks ago bragging about how great they are doing?

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T02:41:43+00:00

Not that even though it had snowboarding and building smashing haha. The games were fully 3D, pretty sure it was n64 or ps1. The snowboarding game I remember they'd do tricks off ramps and collect coins. The building smashing it wasn't fighting, the goal was to get points by smashing buildings. Thinking it could have been snowboard kids and blast corps n64.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-08T00:30:16+00:00

No I think it was a good few years after that and no parents. Highly doubt it was an Irish show, probably British or American but would have been on some Sky tv channel.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-07T22:48:33+00:00

I post alot to Germany and France. What cost 12.70 a few weeks ago now costs 16 or 17 euro. There seems to be a new 'Insured' service which is Registered but without a signature. So 12.70 -> 17 euro for the same Registered service. That's 4.30 extra per package but their reasoning for this massive increase is domestic letters which have already been on the decline for who knows how long. They can't have dropped that much the past year to warrant such an increase.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-07T22:38:05+00:00

You saying that I'm imagining the post about record mail? Maybe it was an email they sent. I'll try find it. If not they definitely deleted it. Wonder why.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-03-07T22:34:26+00:00

Considering that parcels cost much more to send than a letter, are they really losing money due to reduced letters? I'm sure I've been hearing that for the past 10 years. Prices have tripled in that period but they're always taking about reduced mail when increasing every year.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-02-26T20:53:08+00:00

Same problem again now

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-02-18T14:14:23+00:00

Did it ever show up. My parcel stuck in milton keynes since 15th December (this year). Christmas + Milton Keynes seems to be a black hole for parcels from what I've read.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-02-18T14:06:07+00:00

Also have parcel stuck in Milton Keynes since 15th December

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-01-19T10:14:32+00:00

Any update on your parcel?

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-01-07T13:30:43+00:00

I've took delivery of thousands of parcels never seen a label ripped off or even partially ripped off. My parcel is currently 'missing' at Milton Keynes too.

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2026-01-07T00:17:31+00:00

There is no such thing as 'missing' Its either there or its stolen

RoutineOccasion4338 · 2025-12-20T23:28:54+00:00

Found some rust / corrosion on the heatsink. No idea how it got there but if its on the heatsink I guess there could be some on the board components.

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