I didn't have any parcels to post this weekend so I popped into our local post office to get some commemoratives to stamp next week's lots.
'Sorry, we don't have any. We always send them straight back.'
Unbelievable. One of the best ways for the PO to make money is to sell stamps to collectors - it's almost all pure profit. And one sale leads to many others. This is business suicide. Okay the main business of the PO is to deliver items, but the collectors side is a nice little extra earner.
By doing this one aspect of the PO is sabotaging the other.
On a similar theme a year or so ago I phoned re setting up a Key Account with the philatelic bureau, which gets you a 5% discount when you spend over £5000 pa. When I explained I wanted to use the stamps for postage they said 'we didn't hear that'. Ridiculous!
The PO needs a panel of professional philatelist that can be consulted on all philatelic matters, because at the moment they look like they are working blindfolded.
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