Allow me a brief rant on postage costs. Ranting, after all, is perfectly acceptable behaviour once you reach a certain age, isn’t it? And with menopause on the way any day now, I surely qualify to enter the ranting ranks.
This rant is about postage costs to Ireland from www.qvcuk.com. Don’t get me wrong. I like QVC and I very much like not having to drive and park and try on stuff in cramped changing rooms. So, notwithstanding a self-imposed austerity programme, I had a bit of blow out last week and ordered a suit (trousers and jacket), a skirt, and two more jackets from QVC UK. Shock and horror when I realised the postage was costing almost 40 euro but I reconciled myself to it because I am usually pleased with my purchases. Today, the packages arrived. The suit trousers are a good fit but the jacket is too big so it has to be returned. QVC sent me trousers instead of the skirt I ordered, so they also have to be returned. The other jackets are gorgeous (notwithstanding the pain of one of them having gone on sale since I purchased it). The upshot is that the returns have cost me another 12 euro in postage. So, I’ve spent over 50 euro on post this week. Surely there should be a way for QVC to pack orders together and get better value from the Royal Mail? Other companies can do it after all.
