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Monday, April 26, 2004

Size, not weight, is the key factor in shipping logistics

The Royal Mail, which currently prices shipping on weight, is petitioning to change its pricing to be based on size -- apparently, size is the most important determinant of the actual cost of shipping goods.

Royal Mail's pricing structure has been in place for decades, and was inherited from a time when mail was sorted by hand...
Mr Dales said some customers would experience price rises and other price cuts, but the vast majority -- 74% -- would be unaffected by the proposed changes.

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