publication date: Mar 27, 2012
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author/source: Martin Lewis
With
Royal Mail given the green light to set its
own prices for
first class stamps, some predict doomsday prices as high as
70p from
46p. Currently 36p,
second class postage will still be controlled, but are allowed to
rise as high as
55p.
Martin Lewis, creator of
MoneySavingExpert.com, comments:
"With huge
price hikes likely to push the envelope, the
right move is to
bulk buy stamps now. Provided they say ‘
1st’ or ‘
2nd’ rather than a
price, they're effectively
inflation proofed as they're still
valid after prices go up. So bulk-buy now, even for
Christmas card sending for 2015, and you’re
quids in as once prices go up they're very unlikely to come down.
"Plus until 10 April,
Superdrug is offering books of first class stamps at
5 per cent off, so it's worth snapping them up now to smash the
price rise a long time ahead."
