Today's post I'm afraid is not very positive. Having resolved to build on my little Etsy shop in 2015 the mean old French Post Office have cancelled their small package postal service leaving only one alternative of a much more expensive option. The only packages that can be sent at a reasonable postal rate must be under 3cm in thickness.
I thought I had found a way around the problem by sending the packages by another method that doesn't have a 3cm limit to the thickness of the package but this has been changed to documents only. I'm not sure what La Poste are trying to achieve by cutting these services but I'm not a happy bunny.
These changes will of course disrupt many small businesses in France that send merchandise abroad. There is an online petition against this rather unjust situation and I ask that you click on the link and add your name to help people with small businesses, like myself, to earn a meagre living.
Anyway, moan over, I will have to adjust the trucs I source and sell to accommodate this new regime and hope that the Post Office sees sense over the coming months and reinstates the old service.
As far as life in general goes all is well in the good old town of Cognac and things are progressing with the renovation of the house.
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| Me looking glamorous and ready to hit the town... OK ready to insulate the attic |
I'm also planning a trip to England next month so that's really something to look forward to as it's been about three years now since my last visit.
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| A beautiful sea view in Hastings taken on my last visit to England |
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| One of many interesting antique and bric-a-brac shops around the south coast of England |
So it looks like I will be spending a while today pulling some of the stock off my website that isn't viable with the new postal rates and changing the postage to the rest. Let's hope that my customers will not be too put off by these changes and that this whole situation is just a storm in a vintage teacup.
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