NewswireTODAY - /newswire/ - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, 2006/08/19 - On Mon, August 21st, the UK's Royal Mail introduces a complex new pricing structure. A new computer program from Mailcosts (Mailcosts.co.uk) provides a simple way to find the cheapest option under the new regime.

Despite a huge campaign to inform everyone about the new rules (which will take account of the size and shape of letters and packets as well as their weight), the new system is complex and some will struggle to understand it.

A new, small computer program from Mailcosts (Mailcosts.co.uk) provides a simple way to find the cheapest option under the new regime. And at 99p, it costs less than three First Class Stamps.

This new 'widgit' is far more than a calculator. It uses the new postage rules to sieve out the cheapest option available. The user can select a particular delivery time or Recorded Delivery - and experiment with an infinite variety of weights, shapes and sizes. There’s no need to know what new Royal Mail category the item falls under (letter, large letter, packet or parcel) - just enter the weight and dimensions and Mailcosts does the rest.

So what's all this about baguettes? Well, any complex pricing system contains some interesting quirks. In the case of the new postal charging system it turns out that it will be very significantly cheaper to send slim objects between 354mm and 900mm long, in tubes rather than similarly sized rectangular boxes. In fact, for long narrow items up to half a kilogram in weight, it can be more than 3 times more expensive to use a rectangular package rather a tube.

Of course, the Mailcosts calculator knows this and other potentially money saving facts. So it’s not only Baguette distributors who could save a fortune using it!

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