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Two words of explanation: in Poland, all mail packages, including the smallest envelopes, that weights less than 50g is reserved for
the national mail operator. Other private companies, like InPost, that want to sell their services on this segment of the market have found the solution – they glue the metal plate to the envelope that makes the whole thing heavier than 50g. And they are sill cheaper than national operator. Some sort of
miracle, isn’t it?
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Actually it’s not. National operator is obliged to provide services that are not profitable. Like servicing every possible location within the country no matter how remote. So the national operator puts a tax on that 95% of profitable operations to finance those 5% that others won’t touch. And the law is put in place so national operator has this income guaranteed.Question is if the price difference is justifiable just by the operators mission or is it because this particular one is simply inefficient. In either case I expect to either new law being put in place forbidding such practices or (knowing Poland) national operator will request and get tax money for this statutory operations that can no longer be paid for by it’s main operations. In either case it’s we, the people who pay for the luxury of having postcard sent to aunt Jadzia in Zadupie Dolne, Bieszczady.Anyway national operators aren’t supposed to be the cheapest, they are supposed to be… well national.