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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/save-67m-by-sending-secondclass.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A watchdog has urged consumers to send post second-class this Christmas" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-save-67m-by-sending-secondclass.jpg" alt="A watchdog has urged consumers to send post second-class this Christmas"/></a></p>
<p>Consumers should save their money and send post second-class this Christmas for a slightly slower but more reliable service, according to a watchdog.</p>
<p>Consumer Focus said official figures showed that at Christmas only just over half of items sent first-class arrived the next day, but more than 90% of items sent second-class arrived within three days.</p>
<p>It claimed consumers could save £67 million sending Christmas greetings with a 32p second-class stamp instead of the first-class 41p option.</p>
<p>Royal Mail figures suggest 750 million Christmas cards will be posted this year.</p>
<p>Robert Hammond, head of post and digital communications at Consumer Focus, said: &#8220;Christmas is expensive, but if people make sure they don&#8217;t get snowed under in the Christmas rush and post their Christmas mail in advance, they can save much-needed extra pounds.</p>
<p>&#8220;Especially at Christmas, everyone wants the things they post to get to loved ones in time and intact. So it&#8217;s important to post early, wrap fragile gifts carefully and insure valuable ones. People should check letter sizes and the last posting dates, so friends and relatives aren&#8217;t left disappointed if their presents don&#8217;t arrive in time for the big day.&#8221;</p>
<p>A Royal Mail spokesman said: &#8220;Customers should always use first-class for their mail to travel with priority as we sort the first from second class at the start of the sorting process, and that&#8217;s the case at Christmas as at any other time as we always aim to deliver as much first class mail as possible the next working day after posting.&#8221;</p>
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