Norway Post discourages use of postage stamps

Norway Post discourages use of postage stamps

It would appear that, despite revenues gained
from philatelic sales, Norway Post offers cheaper
postage rates to clients who use postage meters
over those using postage stamps.

Here are some examples of the rates:

PRICES - DAILY LETTERS (prices in Norwegian Kr.)

Daily letters - Prepaid with stamps

A-PRIORITY (incl. VAT)

Grams 20 50 100 350 1000 2000

Norway 6,00 9,00 12,00 22,00 55,00 120,00
Nordic c. 7,50 12,00 15,00 27,00 75,00 150,00
Europe 9,50 14,00 19,00 45,00 100,00 186,00
World 10,50 21,00 31,00 62,00 150,00 260,00


B-ECONOMY (incl. VAT)

Grams 20 50 100 350 1000 2000

Norway 5,50 8,00 10,50 20,00 50,00 100,00
Nordic c. 7,00 11,00 13,00 25,00 62,00 124,00
Europe 8,00 12,00 16,00 35,00 75,00 150,00
World 9,00 18,00 27,00 52,00 112,00 186,00
Nordic countries include Denmark, Faroe Islands,
Greenland, Finland, Iceland and Sweden.

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Daily letters - Prepaid by means of franking machine

A-PRIORITY (incl. VAT)

Grams 20 50 100 350 1000 2000

Norway 5,77 8,64 11,52 21,57 53,83 117,44
Nordic c. 7,13 11,42 14,29 26,20 72,80 145,60
Europe 9,05 13,33 18,09 43,70 97,10 180,60
World 9,99 19,99 29,52 60,20 145,60 252,40


B-ECONOMY (incl. VAT)

Grams 20 50 100 350 1000 2000

Norway 5,28 7,68 10,08 19,66 48,99 97,87
Nordic c. 6,66 10,48 12,38 24,30 60,20 120,40
Europe 7,62 11,42 15,23 34,00 72,80 145,60
World 8,56 17,14 25,71 50,50 108,70 180,60
Nordic countries include Denmark, Faroe Islands,
Greenland, Finland, Iceland and Sweden.

Discounts for franking machines with payment in advance

Conditions Discount

Franking machines submitting product
statistics to Norway Post 2 % discount

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Does this situation exist in other countries?

Blair

In a recent message "Blair (TC)" wrote:

Norway Post discourages use of postage stamps

It would appear that, despite revenues gained
from philatelic sales, Norway Post offers cheaper
postage rates to clients who use postage meters
over those using postage stamps.

[snip]

Does this situation exist in other countries?

Now it does in the UK.
The reduction for meter users came in last month.

--
Tony Clayton
Coins of the UK : http://www.coinsoftheuk.info
Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC
.... 66MHz ain't fast enough!

Australia has for local mail,
http://cjoint.com/data/fFjc6UqPgS.htm
I am unaware of the discounts offered.




|
| Does this situation exist in other countries?
|
| Now it does in the UK.
| The reduction for meter users came in last month.

"Rodney" wrote in message
...
Australia has for local mail,
http://cjoint.com/data/fFjc6UqPgS.htm
I am unaware of the discounts offered.

Rodney

20c for postage? Is that true?

I assume that local mail is anything within 1,000 miles, by the way.
:-)
Regards, Roger

Sure is.......(1979)
local I refer to should be National.
(anywhere in Oz.)

I managed to beg some recently outdated charge books from
my local PO. I have not had the time to digest them as yet.
There are rates now for "clean mail" which may indicate
some I receive from time to time, with a window cover that is completely void
of any marking apart from the orange code.
No franking, no stamp.
Usual contents, "We have just sold a house in your street........"



| Rodney
|
| 20c for postage? Is that true?
|
| I assume that local mail is anything within 1,000 miles, by the way.
| :-)
| Regards, Roger
|
|

"Rodney" wrote in message
...


There are rates now for "clean mail" which may indicate
some I receive from time to time, with a window cover that is completely
void
of any marking apart from the orange code.
No franking, no stamp.
Usual contents, "We have just sold a house in your street........"

If there is no address either then they go straight into the pillar box. At
least you can return postal spam back to who made a profit from sending it
without being infected by a virus or being flooded with more of the junk.

Regards, Roger

"Blair (TC)" skrev i melding
oups.com...
Norway Post discourages use of postage stamps

It would appear that, despite revenues gained
from philatelic sales, Norway Post offers cheaper
postage rates to clients who use postage meters
over those using postage stamps.

The price differentiating was introduced from 1 January 2004, cf. a press
release of 31 October 2003. On average the franking machine stamps are 5%
cheaper than regular postage stamps. The new price system was introduced to
meet increased competition (cf. the press release) - only companies are
using franking machines, so I doubt the system has had much effect for
philatelic sales to the man in the street.

--
Dag T. Hoelseth

http://www.geocities.com/dagtho/

Dag T. Hoelseth wrote:

... - only companies are
using franking machines, so I doubt the system has had much effect for
philatelic sales to the man in the street.

Same here - I haven't seen yet mail from individuals which was
machine franked. Besides, haven't users of franking machines
got to pay a certain fee for it, anyway? I don't know how much
it is, but maybe the rebate and the fee balance each other in
the long run.

Jan-Martin