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Monopoly-mail is not delivered at the mercy of the crisis

Among the many gloomy economic news for the upcoming Christmas, with this famous stretch of the imagination be called a gift for absolutely all the citizens of Germany. German postal concern Deutsche Post has promised not to increase rates at least the main types of mail.

head of his, Mr. Frank Appel publicly assured the population that despite the “catastrophic decline in profits (and the turnover of postal giant’s third quarter declined by 18.6% or 83 million euros) in the coming year, the cost of the most common postage will remain at current levels: 55 cents for a standard letter within the country, 1, 45 euro for the letter “bulky” and 45 cents for a postcard. In connection with the situation where people choose other ways of communication – such as email and SMS, the concern increasingly difficult to maintain for its numerous employees a decent level of pay.

Chief postman critically placed responsibility for the difficult situation on the structural mistakes its own managers, rather than on competition from other providers of postal services in the country – TNT, Hermes, etc. Deutsche Post is largely missed the Internet market, which gave the burghers to communicate without using the usual envelopes and stamps.