That's not fair fellas.
I know one of the logistics companies, fortunately one of the ones less often vilified than heavens.
When they bid for the contracts the price cutting is shocking to watch as they all underbid each other and climb over the dead bodies in order to get it. Soon the Royal Mail is going to have to be doing this as well and it might comes as a shock to a few of them.
I raised this with them having been shocked the difference when sending a parcel to Inverness. They now have to find ways to make the pricing as effective as possible and it is worked out against the driven mile as petrol and tyres cost cash alongside the driver hours. So the way they can make their overall pricing better is to make it more accurate and more honest, this results in the pricing issue for the more distant parts. This is all driven by everyone wanting deliveries cheaper due to the pandemic. Of course now everyone is using them they are pissed because it means they are overworked and not making much of a profit out of it.
The other options is a fixed price for all and they then make everyone pay (that was the previous model and they lost the contracts based on it)
Not necessarily defending it but just wanted to level the playing field a bit. Anyway you get the benefit of midges, clear air and thistles up your kilt so what have you got to complain about? I miss home.
