You may have heard on the news the the government is planning to sell of the Royal Mail. One consequence of this could be that the universal service it provides will come to an end. You may not able to post something from Shetland to the other end of the UK for the same price as sending between addresses on the mainland . I was going to suggest that we all buy shares so that we can have some small influence on the privatiased company's conduct but I see the minimum investment is £750. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24058989