Tried to buy stamps today

janja

Discovered I had a few books of stamps left over from last Christmas, and as the postage has increased from 60c to 68c went to post office to buy 8c stamps.
I was refused on the grounds that I had not got the 60c stamps with me to show the post office worker.
Riddle me this lads please.
Got them later in my own P.O. no questions asked.

Birneybau

Riddle you what?

The story had a conclusion.

The end.

folan

unhelpful member of the postal service offset by helpful member of postal service.

cant wait for the movie.

kneemos

How did this make you feel?

Birneybau

kneemos wrote: »

How did this make you feel?

Mixed emotions.

Sir Arthur Daley

This is shocking things are gone to fuck altogether.

folan

bet they had camera phones and water too.

pricks

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janja wrote: »

Discovered I had a few books of stamps left over from last Christmas, and as the postage has increased from 60c to 68c went to post office to buy 8c stamps.
I was refused on the grounds that I had not got the 60c stamps with me to show the post office worker.
Riddle me this lads please.
Got them later in my own P.O. no questions asked.

PC gone mad.

TheFarrier

Don't say I didn't warn you.

I'm telling ye with years this was coming

Summer wind

I've done that and then not used them. I went back to post office and bought a book of 68 cent ones cos I thought I'd look like a cheapskate:)

kneemos

It's always either packed or empty whenever I go in,except one or two times it had a sort of medium sized queue.One time I was expecting a long queue ad it was pension day but there was nobody there.

Celly Smunt

Heavenly Broad Antenna wrote: »

PC gone mad.

have you tried turning it off and on again?

Sir Arthur Daley

kneemos wrote: »

It's always either packed or empty whenever I go in,except one or two times it had a sort of medium sized queue.One time I was expecting a long queue ad it was pension day but there was nobody there.

The pensioners do be out early in the morning to get their cash.

Frank Lee Midere

They can't give the 8c stamps out any old mucker. They cost about 80p each to produce.

dmc17

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

They can't give the 8c stamps out any old mucker. They cost about 80p each to produce.

80 English pence or 80 old pence ?

0byme75341jo28

Heavenly Broad Antenna wrote: »

PC gone mad.

PO gone mad...

jamesbere

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

This is shocking things are gone to fuck altogether.

CFlat

janja wrote: »

Discovered I had a few books of stamps left over from last Christmas, and as the postage has increased from 60c to 68c went to post office to buy 8c stamps.
I was refused on the grounds that I had not got the 60c stamps with me to show the post office worker.
Riddle me this lads please.
Got them later in my own P.O. no questions asked.

Its about time that sort of thing was stamped out.

Sir Arthur Daley

The water charges are not helping this situation either.

jamesbere

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

The water charges are not helping this situation either.

Since when are they charging for water

Birneybau

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

The water charges are not helping this situation either.

Ooh, fancy pants. It's cheaper to lick the back of them.

kneemos

Can't believe they're bringing back the Ninja Turtles.

Sunhill

OP, I think you have a genuine grievance.
They were selling stamps, you wanted to buy them.
I'd go back and get the name of that jumped-up pen-pusher and report the facts to postmaster general of your area.

As you are back there, innocently ask for a quantity of 8c stamps for your stamp collection!

Berserker

You should set up an 'Occupy Post Office' movement over this.

smellmepower

Just go to stamps.com instead!

No idea if it actually works here, but their website name has burned into my brain after I've heard it being plugged on nearly every podcast I've listened to for the past two years!

Donkey Oaty

I needed the 8 cent stamp to post a "Get Well Soon" card to my dying mother, Joe.

Jellybaby1

janja wrote: »

Discovered I had a few books of stamps left over from last Christmas, and as the postage has increased from 60c to 68c went to post office to buy 8c stamps.
I was refused on the grounds that I had not got the 60c stamps with me to show the post office worker.
Riddle me this lads please.
Got them later in my own P.O. no questions asked.

Fascinating thread! I do this every year. No problem at all in getting the second stamp to go with them. Your PO staff are out of line. You don't have to explain to the staff what you need them for, just say 'thirty-five 8cent stamps please'. They should just serve you what you asked for. They wouldn't like a picket outside the PO with placards saying 'down with that sort of thing' and 'now, now,' would they?

Thread delivers

janja

Birneybau wrote: »

Ooh, fancy pants. It's cheaper to lick the back of them.

No more licking , all self adhesive

janja

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Fascinating thread! I do this every year. No problem at all in getting the second stamp to go with them. Your PO staff are out of line. You don't have to explain to the staff what you need them for, just say 'thirty-five 8cent stamps please'. They should just serve you what you asked for. They wouldn't like a picket outside the PO with placards saying 'down with that sort of thing' and 'now, now,' would they?

Fascinating ..... NO , but I could not buy the stamps from this person she was not selling them to me , I thought it was a joke (I know P.O. staff are notoriously grumpy, but this lady was nice ) it was my Mums local P.O. and I was only customer at the time .

janja

Birneybau wrote: »

Riddle you what?

The story had a conclusion.

The end.

The conclusion being .........

Birneybau

janja wrote: »

The conclusion being .........

Go to the other post office from now on.

dxhound2005

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Fascinating thread! I do this every year. No problem at all in getting the second stamp to go with them. Your PO staff are out of line. You don't have to explain to the staff what you need them for, just say 'thirty-five 8cent stamps please'. They should just serve you what you asked for. They wouldn't like a picket outside the PO with placards saying 'down with that sort of thing' and 'now, now,' would they?

Apparently there is a lot of underpayment of larger envelopes and packets. Staff are told to try to ensure that this is stamped out (pun intended) at the time stamps are being bought. Better than having a bundle of underpaid envelopes sent back to the sender for the difference, or the addressee being asked to make it up at the other end. Both of which can happen, at the mail processing stage.

A polite enquiry as to what type of letter/packet is going to be posted is in order. But not a complete refusal to sell stamps as happened here, unless there was some misunderstanding.

hfallada

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Apparently there is a lot of underpayment of larger envelopes and packets. Staff are told to try to ensure that this is stamped out (pun intended) at the time stamps are being bought. Better than having a bundle of underpaid envelopes sent back to the sender for the difference, or the addressee being asked to make it up at the other end. Both of which can happen, at the mail processing stage.

A polite enquiry as to what type of letter/packet is going to be posted is in order. But not a complete refusal to sell stamps as happened here, unless there was some misunderstanding.

Customer service isnt An Posts forte in the slightest. I avoid the post office as much as I can, as the staff always are having full on conversations while there is about 15 people waiting.

The final straw was when I paid for registered post and I lost my slip. So when I called the post office to get the tracking number, I was told "sure we dont fill in the senders names for registered post". Which makes paying for registered post useless, if they dont keep track of the letters

Badly Drunk Boy

I liked the bit about the stamps. Very poignant...

dxhound2005

hfallada wrote: »

Customer service isnt An Posts forte in the slightest. I avoid the post office as much as I can, as the staff always are having full on conversations while there is about 15 people waiting.

The final straw was when I paid for registered post and I lost my slip. So when I called the post office to get the tracking number, I was told "sure we dont fill in the senders names for registered post". Which makes paying for registered post useless, if they dont keep track of the letters

I think customer service would be one of the chief considerations when judging how reputable a company is. An Post came third out of 100 companies/organisations earlier this year, in a national survey.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/media-and-marketing/volkswagen-is-ireland-s-most-reputable-company-survey-1.1786707

Jaxxy

hfallada wrote: »

Customer service isnt An Posts forte in the slightest. I avoid the post office as much as I can, as the staff always are having full on conversations while there is about 15 people waiting.

The final straw was when I paid for registered post and I lost my slip. So when I called the post office to get the tracking number, I was told "sure we dont fill in the senders names for registered post". Which makes paying for registered post useless, if they dont keep track of the letters

Did you not know the name and address of the receiver? Those are the details that are recorded in the sub-post office.

And I'll be sure to inform my colleagues that we're not allowed speak to each other at all during opening hours. Not even to discuss security, safe times, queries, technical difficulties or to delegate the many tasks away from the counter that must be completed hourly.

ben.schlomo

Jaxxy wrote: »

Did you not know the name and address of the receiver? Those are the details that are recorded in the sub-post office.

And I'll be sure to inform my colleagues that we're not allowed speak to each other at all during opening hours. Not even to discuss security, safe times, queries, technical difficulties or to delegate the many tasks away from the counter that must be completed hourly.

But what about the overbearing sense of hatred for life that exudes from over the counter?

Jaxxy

ben.schlomo wrote: »

But what about the overbearing sense of hatred for life that exudes from over the counter?

Nothing I can do about that I'm afraid, it's part of the training. ;D

Sir Arthur Daley

Who the fcuk is still wasting time and moiney sending letters.