topr8 - 8:42 pm on Mar 27, 2012 (gmt 0)

>>Wonder if the courier companies will see this as an opporunity to win more smaller parcels, or an opportunity to bump their rates as well?!

doubt it, royal mail is still the best value ... but yes this rise is going to cost me - i charge flat rate shipping (in UK) and i'm not going to increase the price