I had those ads coming up all day yesterday on FB, I was hitting the report button an awful lot! They look so convincing, makes me really cross. I’m amazed that they actually sent you some. Perhaps they are genuine, maybe they fell off the back of a lorry. 
To be honest @plumporridge I didn’t even expect to receive them and I still don’t know if they are genuine or not…I still have them…but too worried to use them.
I read a lot of reviews on the auction site and loads of people buying them and an occasional negative feedback saying that they are fakes…so WHY , if they are fakes, are they still allowed to sell them…x
Agreed Helen @HelenSmith I recently sent a birthday card 1st class to my sister, which would usually arrive the next working day, but it took 5 working days. Perhaps less postal workers due to Covid in her area, but it has happened before pre pandemic 
One year on … So we may all have to increase our prices to accommodate Royal Mails increases.
Price changes from 3 April 2023
Price Changes for personal customers and marketplace sellers (Online and Post Office Branches) from 3 April 2023
Price changes to our online and Post Office products and services include the following:
Domestic Products and services:
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1st and 2nd Class Letters, Large Letters and Parcels
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Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed®
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Royal Mail Signed For®
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Royal Mail Tracked (Non-Account)*
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Non-Mail Products and Services, including Redirection, Keepsafe and PO Box.
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Available only through Royal Mail Click & Drop®
International Products and services:
- Introduction of a single price to send a 100g letter worldwide
- International Letters, Large Letters, Parcels and ‘Printed Paper’ formats for the following products:
- International Tracked
- International Tracked & Signed
- International Signed
- International Standard
- International Economy services
- Non-Mail Products and Services, including International Redirection
Please refer to our price guides and rate cards for all price changes.