03-10-2019, 06:18 PM
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How totally stupid is this?
A few months ago our lovely, efficient, General Post Office closed it's doors - packed up it's goods and chattels - and moved into an alcove in WHSmith's. I needed a book of stamps so went in - long queue - four cashier stations - only one open! Lots of DIY machines standing around trying to look useful - but none that dispensed stamps.Joined queue. Just when I was about to lose the will to live it was my turn. Asked politely for a book of stamps - could not believe the answer.
They do NOT sell books of stamps at the Post Office counter - I had to go to the magazine counter!
How utterly ridiculous is that?
03-10-2019, 06:54 PM
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Re: How totally stupid is this?
Originally Posted by Muddy
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Give it time and we will have to go online and print our own.
https://parcel.royalmail.com
http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/inte...11364241094330
03-10-2019, 07:01 PM
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Re: How totally stupid is this?
I had exactly the same situation with my local post office a few years ago. It had closed and moved into the local WHSmith's. I needed a book of stamps to post Christmas cards to relatives. So in i go, naturally being close to Christmas, the Que was very long. After a long wait, i eventually get to the counter, asked the lady for a book of 1st class stamps and was politely told that they do not sell them and that I had to ask at one of the WHSmiths cashier desks.I was not happy
03-10-2019, 07:05 PM
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Re: How totally stupid is this?
Originally Posted by Baz46
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This is already possible. A while back someone sent me something in the post with their printed stamp on it, see links below:https://parcel.royalmail.com
http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/inte...11364241094330
03-10-2019, 07:16 PM
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Re: How totally stupid is this?
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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A few months ago our lovely, efficient, General Post Office closed it's doors - packed up it's goods and chattels - and moved into an alcove in WHSmith's. I needed a book of stamps so went in - long queue - four cashier stations - only one open! Lots of DIY machines standing around trying to look useful - but none that dispensed stamps.Joined queue. Just when I was about to lose the will to live it was my turn. Asked politely for a book of stamps - could not believe the answer.
They do NOT sell books of stamps at the Post Office counter - I had to go to the magazine counter!
How utterly ridiculous is that?
Well I hope you got all the magazines you wanted without having to queue at the ... magazine counter.
03-10-2019, 07:19 PM
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Re: How totally stupid is this?
Originally Posted by Dodge
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Unless the stamps are going to be 1p I am not going to buy a printer, paper, ink cartridges, all that extra cost i have to pay for, just to download and print off a label.
My post was assuming anyone who wanted to do this already had the necessary printer etc.
It would not surprise me at all if in the future it was all electronic with a 'reader' somewhere in the system allowing certain items through as 'electronically stamped and paid for' online.
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