Royal mail is no longer fit for purpose.l posted Christmas cards and a birthday card on Tuesday 28th November. Only one Christmas card was delivered to hull on 1st Dec, another card took nine days to Worthing. The birthday card is still not delivered to Somerset and the birthday was 9th December. I'm furious as when the card is delivered, it will be just rubbish. The effort into choosing an appropriate card, it's cost and the cost of the postage all a waste of time and money. This will probably be the last year I will use Royal Mail, unless I send the entire year's worth in January, and ask the recipient to store it until the date the card is for. It's a shame that Royal Mail will kill off traditions and ruin businesses that rely on their service. The increased charges would be not so bad if we had the service we paid for.