[TR] The Moss Rimmer outfit

[Dave MacKay]

I couldn't believe what it cost relatives in the UK to mail Christmas cards
to Canada. I thought our postage was dear but I had no idea how costly it
was in the UK. It cost CAD$3.65 (= GBP2) to mail a Christmas card from
Canada to the UK but it cost our Scottish and Irish relatives almost twice
that (GBP3.20 = CAD$6) to send cards to Canada!

Rimmer Bros uses Deutsche Post for small packages and DHL, Fedex or UPS for
larger parcels. To ship to Canada it's GBP19.88 (or GBP21.87 for 2 day
delivery). Moss doesn't specify what shipper they use (they just say "sent
by a standard carrier service") and they charge a minimum of GBP51 for
shipping.

There must be a good reason that Moss UK hasn't started using the shipper
that Rimmer Bros uses, but ...

Dave MacKay
1960 Triumph TR3A s/n 68639L
near Toronto, Canada

>From: John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com>
>Sent: January 31, 2026 2:59 PM
>Subject: The Moss Rimmer outfit
>
>Dave,
>Not having my old cars any more, I no longer need to worry about either
>firm.
>Re your comments about shipping costs, that’s always been something of a
>running sore. I doubt it will get cheaper as Royal Mail (aka Parcel Farce)
>out of the UK is now in private >ownership (a Czeck recently bought it) and
>even though we’re now out of the EU, we’re still part of the European
>Postal Union run out of Brussels in Belgium. So cheaper freight on >the
>long term? No chance! Might almost be cheaper to fly over for a weekend and
>take what you buy back in your luggage.
>
>Jonmac