Postage rates up sharply - MaltaPost clarification

Alfie Lewis

Nov 17th 2012, 16:55

to robert lewis CAPUT is spelled with a K KAPUT and I meant instant coffee

James Borg

Nov 17th 2012, 12:19

On ebay and play.com they send educational material or textbooks or books for under 4 dollar charge. This morning to avoid some of the charges on educational/textbooks I used to send as printed matter. Today the clerk welcomed me, "AS FROM NEXT MONDAY YOU CAN SEND TEXTBOOKS AS PRINTED MATTER!" WELL DONE MALTAPOST!!! SHAME ON YOU ALL!!

Eddy Privitera

Nov 17th 2012, 09:25

I have decided that as from next year I will only be sending email greetings where possible.

Eddy Privitera

Nov 17th 2012, 09:20

In the above statement by Maltapost nothing is said about the rise for all other kinds of postage, such as normal local and foreign mail etc.. which will come into effect in April 2013 - precisely AFTER the general election ! Perhaps this why GonziPN came out with their latest billboard. So that if the PL wins, the people will immediately find a NEW TAX already decided under GonziPN !

John Attard

Nov 17th 2012, 06:39

And what about SEND ON. It's a blatant way of not complying to the waste packaging Directive. They even have an advert stating that one can get and buy and have delivered to one s home goods from companies that do not sell eon line to Malta. Great......so Boohoo is obliged to comply to legislation whilst many others do not........an official way of evading corporate social responsibility.

Mehdi Klein

Nov 16th 2012, 23:28

i think malta has one of the highest inflation rate in europe (august data )

James Camilleri

Nov 16th 2012, 23:20

Am I wrong to think that such rises occurevery time just before Christmas? Understandable no?

David Farrugia

Nov 16th 2012, 23:09

Maltapost increased such hefty increase in prices just as Christmas is approaching and people tend to send Christmas cards. A strategy for Maltapost to make some profits in the short term. Well, in my case, I will not send any Christmas cards as from this year. I prefer to donate the money to a charity entity and not to help Matlapost get rich over my purse. No way.

Joseph Micallef

Nov 16th 2012, 21:33

GonziPN = aktar taxxi !!

Joseph Sammut

Nov 16th 2012, 20:33

How can anyone in his right frame of mind justify such hefty increases?

Toni Borg

Nov 16th 2012, 20:28

Without going into the merits of whether these price hikes are justified or not, EU law normally mandates that consumers are given at least two months notice in case of price changes of certain services.

It seems that we only emulate the EU when it's convenient to the relative entity!

Anthony Pace

Nov 16th 2012, 20:02

An increase of 25% by my accounts. But the wage increases were only 3%!!! What's behind the reasoning? To impoverish the badly paid Maltese workers.

Robert Lewis

Nov 16th 2012, 19:49

Mr Govt you should all resign and call an election, don't talk more rubbish. You don't mind all these increases because you gave yourselves 500 euro weekly increase behind our backs, so it is no problem. This has nothing to do with stamps, but if I tell you that I usually pay 5 euro for a kilo of tea, and yesterday I was charged 7.50 euro for a kilo because it went up (50% more) what will you say.

Charles Massa

Nov 16th 2012, 19:45

Il posta giet privitizzata tahn il PN fil gvern. Ara x ha il poplu.........ZIDIET

mike Dobson

Nov 16th 2012, 19:09

This is putting a big clanger on the postal parcels from the uK mainly, as many Maltese do shop on line, and i dare say companies such as Amazon-play.com, eBay etc., are going to feel the pinch, what happens when items have to be returned or vice versa? this is going to increase in the posta service and most will just don't bother to shop on line anymore, including extra prices for imports.

S. Azzopardi

Nov 16th 2012, 18:21

Just before the Christmas season!! No wonder people are reverting to e-cards and other electronic means of communication. Do these guys realise that such a sharp rise in prices will only reduce customers and in the long run increase their losses? If they wanted to increase profits they should have found ways to make their services more attractive to customers not vice-versa.

Joseph Brincat

Nov 16th 2012, 18:02

So from next Monday the Domestic Bulk Letter Mail will be greater than the normal single letter rate. What a topsy turvy we Maltese are living in!!!!!!!!!!

George Mangion

Nov 16th 2012, 17:52

Send emails and ecards where possible. They're free and environmentally friendly. Btw I'm against the rise in rates.

Jeremy Gambin

Nov 16th 2012, 17:12

To those who said the rates are still cheap when compared to Europe,keep in mind the distances travelled to collect & deliver- when compared to the larger countries- our costs are lower;
i know of no company that increased prices by 20 % overnight- unless its a monopoly. If maltapost has any decency- it should allow the unused stamps in circulation to be used without adding the extra stamps

James Borg

Nov 16th 2012, 16:45

By the way why when I pay for registered letters there is just the value of the postage to UK i.e. 37c and the 2.25 registered letter is nowhere to be seen as part of the price that you pay. Exactly as Royal Airmail where everything that you pay for is exactly specified and shown on the envelope. What I pay for I want to see on the parcel that I send i.e. postage plus registration clearly shown!!!

James Borg

Nov 16th 2012, 16:43

By the way why when I pay for registered letters there is just the value of the postage to UK i.e. 37c and the 2.25 registered letter is nowhere to be seen as part of the price that you pay. Exactly as Royal Airmail where everything that you pay for is exactly specified and shown on the envelope. What I pay for I want to see on the parcel that I send i.e. postage plus registration clearly shown!!!

James Borg

Nov 16th 2012, 16:28

MaltaPost is reigning as their is no competition in this field. Can anyone tell me why a Parcel Post to UK costs 22 euros? Simple most maltese send to UK. If you send an item that costs 8 euros + over 2 euros registration is just to much!!!
We need some serious competition in this field even more than two companies so that there could be some serious competition. Maltapost stop bullying us!!!

Robert R. Mifsud

Nov 16th 2012, 16:08

We have been paying 20c for quite some time now for local postage.Whoever quoted 19c as the current rate must be in a deep sleep or else should we claim a refund for the extra 1c on every envelope posted !

Ivan Falzon

Nov 16th 2012, 16:02

Registered local mail has gone up from 49c to 90c.
Does that mean that the kids that Maltapost is employing as postpersons will spent more than 5 seconds waiting after they've knocked on my door?

Kevin Formosa

Nov 16th 2012, 15:54

Sinjuri Professuri......Qabel tkomplu tehlu hin u tfaqqaw kummenti bl-addocc....nahseb hadd minnkom ma jaf x'inhuma jew x'jahbtu UPU Regulations, etc etc....Kif MaltaPost giet affettwata bhala membru, etc etc...so pls l-ewwel ghamlu naqa research u wara ikkummentaw! BTW MaltaPost kif ktibta jien tajjeb...THANKS:)

Lawrence Fenech

Nov 16th 2012, 15:38

So are sms's and e-mails.

Mr Tim Ripard

Nov 16th 2012, 15:25

The rates are still the lowest in Europe, even lower than countries like Slovakia (Intnl 1 Euro) and Hungary (Intnl 87 cents), where salaries are HALF what they are in Malta. See: http://www.dp-dhl.com/content/dam/ueber_uns/publikationen/letter-prices-europe-03-2011.pdf
What a bunch of moaners some of you are! Lowest cost in Europe and you're still complaining!

R Axisa

Nov 16th 2012, 15:15

As far as I know the local postage rate was already raised from 19c to 20c. How come it's still listed as 19c?

Asta Peterson

Nov 16th 2012, 14:35

I am not being funny ha ha but the Malta Police has got it right as they delivery special mail by hand and no stamp good on them thats the way to do it, unless its overseas mail, then its money out your pocket for the same service, but i a damn sure that the local wages stays the same year in year out. PEANUTS! I hate politics but why now, maybe the other party who ever they are can do better.

George Lewis

Nov 16th 2012, 14:24

Government has been speaking favourably on privatization and praising the advantages we were supposed to benefit from.Can anyone in power tell us what benefits we have achieved,even if only one example.Government has certainly missed the mark not by inches but by miles.Any more companies in the pipe line which government is prepared to privatize to our detriment?

Joe Grech

Nov 16th 2012, 14:21

Maltapost's new rates are downright obscene!
Customer Care officials.....what will you be doing about this?

Victor Pulis

Nov 16th 2012, 14:20

Use e mail whenever you can

Lawrence Anastasi

Nov 16th 2012, 14:13

This will certainly lead to more deterioration instead of increase revenues in the long run. Postal authorities around the world managed to allow attrition to reduces staff and realign processes to become more efficient and cost effective, The parcel and magazine products should be improved at managed since this is the future of the PO not letters. The $$ is in parcel products. Poor management

Paul Cassar

Nov 16th 2012, 13:42

BUT THE PN BRAINWASHED MOST THAT PRIVATIZATION would bring prices down, and many dumbheads

believed............................NOW THEY AND WE pay higher prices for gas, post ,milk, etc etc etc ....enjoy

Patrick Zammit

Nov 16th 2012, 13:31

Thanks to a Nationalist government, we now have a private monopoly that can do whatever it wants. We are reaping the benefits of privatization so cherished by PN governments.

Bernard Pollacco

Nov 16th 2012, 13:29

and by 2 years(or so) post will become obsolete :)

Charles Zammit

Nov 16th 2012, 13:14

no control at all, and just before christmas.....hahaha

Mr mike Knight

Nov 16th 2012, 12:58

First its the super 5 lottery hyped to 2€ now its the post office turn to go nuts just before the festive season, i think Malta are shooting themselves in the foot, we heared of the austerites marches in so many countries,eu, not long before Malta's turn..............:!

John Scerri

Nov 16th 2012, 12:36

Here's another one for LABOUR .

Reduce postage rates .

Write it in the manifesto Karmenu Vella please.

BUT

Dont forget to say how !!

R Mallia

Nov 16th 2012, 12:35

Prices for sending stuff abroad in Malta are Stupidly high. You can't act as an exporter in Malta because shipping from here is too expensive.

Franz Zammit Haber

Nov 16th 2012, 12:28

First of all, something wrong here - the domestic tariff for a normal letter has been 20c for a long time, not 19c!
Secondly, now we know where the financing of the refurbishment of Branch Post Office will be coming from - our pockets!
Secondly, one cannot compare local tariffs with ones in other countries because distances involved in deliveries are very much shorter than abroad.

joe bouvett

Nov 16th 2012, 12:28

As long as a service is in private hands and every one is entitled to make a profit, than it is clear common sense that the cost of postal service in private hand will naturally go up. Just as the cost of gas etc.

S. Camilleri

Nov 16th 2012, 11:59

Quoting "The MCA approved the new tariffs. The revised tariffs shall still remain among the lowest in Europe."

Does the MCA know that the delivery distance for 'local mail delivery' is DEFINITELY THE LOWEST in Europe... What a spineless decision awarded on a plate to a monopolistic carrier. Is this how Maltapost pays for its office upgrades?

tony abela

Nov 16th 2012, 11:37

Yes, most of our pay and pension is also the lowest in Europe.

Kenneth Grima

Nov 16th 2012, 11:35

Hope another company starts operating as this will keep ongoing until Maltapost has the Monopoly.

HENRY FENECH AZZOPARDI

Nov 16th 2012, 11:23

Their seems to be a misunderstanding or misinterpretation according to the blogs below. The new rates refer to bulk postage that is 50 envelopes or more. What is the rate for the normal paostage? is it still 20 cents?

A.Felex Busuttil

Nov 16th 2012, 11:21

shame, these are the people making millions from our family silver which we gave them away. milking us all the way.

Peter Murray

Nov 16th 2012, 11:19

Monopolies rule

Joseph Borg

Nov 16th 2012, 11:19

The excuses Maltapost has produced above have nothing to do with this sharp increase. Basically, I believe that this increase was caused because most of us are using the Internet nowadays and not availing ourselves of the old fashioned postal services. In fact, as most of you can assume, the increase came out now as most of us as preparing to send postcards and parcels to our families abroad.

Franco Abela

Nov 16th 2012, 11:15

Minn 20c ghal 24c - no big deal pero ittra registrata minn 49c ghal 90c?

Kwazi id-doppju???

R. Balzan

Nov 16th 2012, 11:10

This increase, like most other local increases, is by and large the result of bad management of enterprises run by politically-appointed persons who were chosen more for their political affiliation than for their competence. About time we have a government who gives meritocracy top priority over all other considerations.

Joseph Laus

Nov 16th 2012, 11:08

Tajjeb,,tajjeb hafna,,,mela ahjar ser jiifrankawlna li nibghatu Xmax cards ,,,,,,hemm SMS ..jew Face book to make up,,,,u ghax jighdlu l'orhos fl'ewropa,,,,Il pagi u penzjonijiet daqs ta l'ewropa Hawn malta ...???Skuza Banali....Mela nibghatu il cards u awguri ghall Milied Via Sms u face Book ........U Viva il Privitazzjoni,,,,,,

Victor Laiviera

Nov 16th 2012, 11:03

And anyone who tries to provide a choice is forced to stop and fined ....

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121112/local/fined-for-unauthorised-mail-service.445068

Jo Camm

Nov 16th 2012, 11:01

What I did not understand is if a common letter, or a light Christmas card for that matter, is being increased to 0.24 Euro, too.

j brincat

Nov 16th 2012, 11:01

Thanks PN for your privatisation programme!

Now tell us why the Post Office which was amongst the most efficient in the world had to be privatised. The same goes to Mid-Med, Telemalta, MIA, Enemalta's Gas Division and Lotto.

What have the consumers benefited by giving our silver to the private sector - except for an explosion in prices!

So, thanks again.


(jb)

Peter Murray

Nov 16th 2012, 11:00

As my dear old Nana used to say the only thing to come down is ,,,,IX-XITA

Peter Murray

Nov 16th 2012, 10:59

As my dear old Nana used to say the only thing to come down is ,,,,IX-XITA

paul camilleri

Nov 16th 2012, 10:47

while most of the comments are correct that they are paying 0.20c for a normal sized letter one seems to forget that the other 0.01c was introduced as a charity donation. my question is this was this 0.01c ever given to charity by the post office and if so can they kindly publisize how much was collected and still is being collected and when and to which charity was it given??

Charles DeMicoli

Nov 16th 2012, 10:39

Who's the pig?

Louis Craus

Nov 16th 2012, 10:37

Tajjeb ukoll eh. Imn' ALLA il- Gvern biegh din il- kumpanija lil privat. Mela fil-passat meta kienet tal- Gvern kienat taghmel il- qliegh, issa ghax qed titmexxa mill- privat qed taghmel it- telf. Sejrin tajjeb eh f' dal pajjiz! u l- Poplu zghir u kbir ihallas u jkollu jaghmel tajjeb mil- but tieghu. Qisu ma jigri xejn. Tghola l- posta, il- hobz, il- gass, il- licenzji, il- petrol u d diesel,

Celine S

Nov 16th 2012, 10:35

I believe there is a mistake: Isn't the bulk letter mail charged @20c? An increase of 1c since last year?

D Portelli

Nov 16th 2012, 10:34

P.S I hope that they increase the service now as well, since most of the time it's trash. You get a letterbox that is bigger than A4 and than a standard small envelope is left half out of same box. Have a signed mail, the postpersonal ring the bell and leaves before 1 min, as if you was waiting behind the door to open. Lack of Service, but no other option to got to.

Charles Muscat

Nov 16th 2012, 10:33

SMS is enough although it is a waste still.

Paul Pace

Nov 16th 2012, 10:29

I have been paying 20 cents for local mail. Why above table shows it at 19 cents? Was I overcharged?

Carmel Garcia

Nov 16th 2012, 10:29

I don't use maltpost anymore. I use my email account and it's free, even as postcard or Christmas Cards.

D Portelli

Nov 16th 2012, 10:27

We were paying 20c and not 19c. Might sound stupid for some, since a 1c usually we don't even take it as change. But consider that you own a company and you send 100's of letters, since we have to mail them since sometimes when we tried to email them, this end up in trash without being read it's a considerable increace another 4c per letter.

Andrew Azzopardi

Nov 16th 2012, 10:27

Christmas 2012 stamps have just been issued with the 'old' rates.......fantastic planning and coordination at Maltapost!

Mr.W Cassar

Nov 16th 2012, 10:17

Nice timing hehe

More reason to switch to on line cards!

K Cassar

Nov 16th 2012, 10:15

more people will be receiving that xmas greetings through email this year

m borg

Nov 16th 2012, 10:15

only the bulk increased, so if you send your letters with normal stamps, it will still cost 20c

Louis Coleiro

Nov 16th 2012, 10:13

We will send e-cards this Christmas.

Peter Murray

Nov 16th 2012, 10:13

Here is a suggestion! Everyone send their local Christmas cards immediately(before Monday at least) to lessen the impact on Maltapost's profits as the principal reason for this increase -inline with the gas and oil price increases-are artifical and mainpulated by rigging such for ever more profits.It is a wonder Maltapost never cited the trouble in the Middle East for these massive increases

James Fenech

Nov 16th 2012, 10:13

Rigal tal-milied mil-Maltapost. Jaqbillek tibghatu b'mezzi ohra ta' pustagg li jasal aktar malajr, sikur u efficjenti milli tuza Maltapost.

David Farrugia

Nov 16th 2012, 10:12

This increase for tariffs could not have been introduced in such a bad time. In Malta we are already experiencing austerity measures through high energy tariffs and other taxes. MCA approved such tariffs - MCA is another monster which we can do without but there are managers employed who are blue eyed and suck money from us the taxpayers. NEW GOVERNMENT PLEASE!!!

Gordon Cook

Nov 16th 2012, 10:12

@ B Ellul

Today, 09:43

Send your regards by email.

Good idea. We use online greetings cards too.

Actually that is part of the cause, globally volumes have dropped so much and as the the fixed costs are shared between a smaller customer base prices rise.

Steve Abela

Nov 16th 2012, 10:10

ONLY THE BULK MAIL MEANING WHEN U HAVE AN AMOUNT OF LETTERS WITH THE SAME SIZE AND WIEGHT AND OVER 50 LETTERS WENT UP FROM 19c to 24c

C Muscat

Nov 16th 2012, 10:09

Thank you Maltapost and thanks to the one donating maltapost.

john sofia

Nov 16th 2012, 10:09

Local postage stamp rate will increase from 20c to 26c commencing 1st April 2013. The local rate that will see an increase from Monday 19th concerns only bulk post.

Jana Vella

Nov 16th 2012, 10:07

Current postage rate is 20c NOT 19c....

Angelo Polidano

Nov 16th 2012, 10:05

Why systematic losses? Is it because of inefficiencec? If so sack the culprits and not let them make the excuses about being the cheapest in Europue.

P Pace Balzan

Nov 16th 2012, 10:04

So basically the MRA is justifying a 25% increase in Local Mail so as to subsidize the increase in cost of the international mail.
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I disagree with the MRA and Maltapost because LOCAL mail is LOCAL mail and INTERNATIONAL MAIL is INTERNATIONAL mail.
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Gordon Cook

Nov 16th 2012, 10:03

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PE

Victor Laiviera

Nov 16th 2012, 10:01

The joys of monopolies.

We used to have an acceptably efficient public monopoly - with the profits going into the public coffers to be used for the common good.

Now we have an inefficient and expensive private monopoly - with the profits going into private pockets. And not even Maltese privet pockets.

Thank you, PN.

Chris Finch

Nov 16th 2012, 10:00

Watch this space, this is just the first of the price rises before Christmas. I expect over the next few days:

My predictions:

Gas up €1 at least.
Petrol up 4c at least
Diesel up 5c at least
Bread up.

But guess what? Govt. announce water and electricity stay the same.

Merry Christmas.

John Scerri

Nov 16th 2012, 09:54

Nearly all of us have a mobile phone .
Nearly all of us have a PC.

So why bother sending christmas greetings by post?

Francis Cassar

Nov 16th 2012, 09:53

As far as I know the current local rate for up to 50g is 20c not 19c. There was an increase from 19c to 20c some time ago.

Will I am

Nov 16th 2012, 09:51

Monopolju !

Eddy Privitera

Nov 16th 2012, 09:51

HASSRU DAK IL-BILLBOARD " Muscat - weghdi = taxxi " u skuzaw ruhkom mal-poplu !

Karl Grech

Nov 16th 2012, 09:48

Christmas cards will continue to be replaced by e-cards. Well done Maltapost. Should we also expect a 28% improvement in the service or will we still get messages in the letter box saying the postman rang but noone answered the door?

Victor Vella

Nov 16th 2012, 09:43

Christmas present for Maltapost !!!!

Peter Murray

Nov 16th 2012, 09:40

And a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all from Maltapost-the amount of this massive 28% increase is unjustifiable but the timing is disgusting.