OMG Royal Mail are hiking up parcel prices to the USA on 1st July !

[cornishmaid1961]

Only just seen this on another site. Royal Mail are putting a huge increase on parcels to the USA and are also making a new 'world zone 3'.
So now I'm totally confused about the zones and it looks like we will have to postage edit everything all over again !
https://www.royalmail.com/prices2020

[Anniemcc2]

Thanks Becky - will check my listings tomorrow.

[cornishmaid1961]

Thanks Becky - will check my listings tomorrow.

Not good with maps. Is it only the USA in world zone 3 or is Canada lumped in there too ?

[Maelbrigda]

looks to me like Canada is NOT included in world zone 3

[cornishmaid1961]

looks to me like Canada is NOT included in world zone 3

That's what I thought so now we have a big problem with editing and defaults as it won't let me split North America into two postage zones. I have just emailed support.

[Anniemcc2]

Not good with maps. Is it only the USA in world zone 3 or is Canada lumped in there too ?

I did an enlarged screen shot and printed off the new zone map, and it's only USA in Zone 3.
Everything else is as usual - UK, Europe, Zone 1 [minus USA] & Zone 2.

[MPS16]

That's what I thought so now we have a big problem with editing and defaults as it won't let me split North America into two postage zones. I have just emailed support.

Use the country option and not the continent option.

[HerMajesty]

Only just seen this on another site. Royal Mail are putting a huge increase on parcels to the USA and are also making a new 'world zone 3'.
So now I'm totally confused about the zones and it looks like we will have to postage edit everything all over again !
https://www.royalmail.com/prices2020

Zone 3 looks like just the USA. Must be a Trump Tax.

[cornishmaid1961]

Use the country option and not the continent option.

I tried that in the defaults but it just gave me an error message that things were not complete when I tried to save it, even when I had unticked North America in world zone 1.

Edit, duh, stupid me, it does work I had just forgotten to put in the type of postage !!!

[madelaine]

The Royal Mail were worried about us running out of things to do under lock-down!