And for some individuals, a few days without secondclassmail - most of which is credit card offers, pre-approved loan applications and other unsolicited junk - may not be entirely a bad thing.
But in response, a Royal Mail spokesman told the BBC that any suggestion that the secondclass post was more efficient than the first was "completely incorrect".
Royal Mail customers pay 28p for a first class stamp, 7p more than the price of a secondclass stamp, in the hope that the item will reach the recipient the next day.