We’ve posted a lot about how we are trying to reduce the amount of plastics we use both in the products we sell and the packaging we use. Over the last nearly two years we have reduced our single use…
Category: Royal Mail
ECO packaging and your delivery
It’s been a year since we started offering an ECO option alongside our regular plastic-bagged choice of foam earplugs. Customers overwhelmingly choose the former, which is very pleasing, and as a result we have seen our plastic bag usage plunge…
Lost deliveries
We are currently seeing a sharp increase in the number of items getting lost en route from Snorestore to customers’ addresses. Usually, Royal Mail is to blame. The privatised outfit’s general incompetence, poorly-trained, poorly-paid staff, cost-cutting, the obligation to satisfy…
New postage rates and how they affect you
Royal Mail is now a private company with shareholders to satisfy and dividends to distribute. The people – that’s you and us – always come a poor second to the demands of the market and so it has proved. Today…
A post on post
Our annual moan at Royal Mail follows with a mild sorry to regular readers who’ve been here before. Royal Mail have put up their stamp prices, just 11 months after the last increase. They now charge £3.00 for a small…