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That's basically what I referred to by 'constant jacking up of postage'. Postage used to change much more rarely and there were far fewer tariffs. You could buy stamps to cover every amount easily. Printing labels for £3.58 or any other amount simply 'solves' a problem created by the other bad developments I mention, legitimising them in the process.
Oliver Schick
Online postage does solve a problem though. I have some stamps in a drawer (1st, 2nd, 1st large) but if I want to send a 1st class 400g small parcel I'll need £3.58 which I can't make up with the fixed value stamps and I don't want a drawer full of 1p, 5p, 10p etc.