Many of us are really bad at remembering birthdays, it often springs to mind the day or two before leaving us little time to get cards and presents in the post. Being organised can help save money as postage costs rise year upon year. A first class stamp now costs 64 pence and a second class is 55 pence. This may only seem like a small amount but very quickly adds up over the year. Id you are organised then you would be able to send all your items via second class post leaving enough time for it go safely get there but saving you a small amount of money.

This is especially the case with parcels where a 2 Kg parcel costs four pounds more to send by first class post than second class! This adds a lot on to the cost of the present.

If you are sending items of value through the post then you may wish to send them by special delivery. Special Delivery costs are worked out based on the weight and the amount you want to value the package at. The higher of the two, the more you will pay in postage costs.