La Poste tariff changes from 1st March

by Sue Bailey

This post was written in February 2008; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

Just a heads-up for anyone else who’s shipping from France: La Poste’s tarif courrier is changing from 1st March. Most prices will increase by just a handful of centimes, so n’inquiétez vous.

A 20g lettre prioritaire increases from 54c to 55c; 50g increases from 86c to 88c. 250g and 500g are up 7c. There are also two new types of Lettre Max: 20g and 50g (as well as the current four size-limited packets), which are a rather reasonable €1,85 and €2,25 if you buy more than one at a time: those certainly deserve closer investigation for sellers of little things (though equally, they might presage greater strictness on the contents of a “lettre”).

For international prioritaire, changes are a little heftier at the lower weights: packets up to 50g increase 5c, up to 100g increase 10c, but over 100g there is no change.

All in all, not too bad: you can see all tariffs on La Poste’s website.


Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
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Comments

12 Responses to “La Poste tariff changes from 1st March”

  1. whirly on February 27th, 2008 1:13 am

    The French should pay more.

  2. Chris Dawson on February 27th, 2008 1:20 am

    Don’t be a plonker… the Brits should pay less to bring us into line with the super low French postal prices :razz:

  3. northumbrian on February 27th, 2008 7:52 am

    the channel should be wider and deeper

  4. Dan Wilson on February 27th, 2008 12:45 pm

    Ahh, you’ve got to love the value of a publicly owned, publicly subsidised, publicly accountable mail service.

    Unlike our, privately owned, publicly subsidised, unaccountable Royal Mail.

  5. Sue Bailey on February 27th, 2008 12:55 pm

    …until they fall out with your President, go on strike, and take your business down with em.

  6. Dan Wilson on February 27th, 2008 3:09 pm

    But Sue, we get the strikes too! Royal Mail workers strike with uncommon gallic enthusiasm.

  7. Sue Bailey on February 27th, 2008 3:14 pm

    Yeah, true. And we do have Carry On at the Elysee Palace to entertain us :lol:

  8. northumbrian on February 27th, 2008 4:35 pm

    that convinces me the channel should be even wider and even deeper

  9. Dan Wilson on February 27th, 2008 7:26 pm

    Norf: get digging!

  10. Sue Bailey on February 27th, 2008 7:27 pm

    North is right, so long as I’m on this side… :twisted:

  11. northumbrian on February 27th, 2008 8:11 pm

    hadrians wall was such a grand idea too

  12. Josordoni on February 27th, 2008 9:35 pm

    Hey, North, if you really try hard, you could extend the Great Wall of China up and over and join it up…. :lol:

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