Cost of a book of stamps.

golfaddick

now we all know that a book of 6 first stamps is £3.60 (6 x 60p). My local Londis shop has for months been charging £3.80 and today I went in & was charged £3.92 !! I complain every time but whoever is behind the till just shrugs their shoulders & says that's the price that comes up when the book is barcode scanned (which is true).

Anyone know whether this is legal or am I (and many others ) being conned. Can they charge more than the standard price (because they are not a post office) or is a book of stamps the same price everywhere (which I have always assumed) ??

Weird thing is that the book is always scanned first & not just priced into the till - that being the case how can the bar code not show it to be £3.60 ???

Oggy Red

It should be stamped out, Golfie. Then you've got them licked.

Fumbluff

Can you not buy 6 singles and let us know how much that costs?
Gotta tell ya I'm on the edge of my frickin' seat here...

guinnessaddick

How much does a penny black cost?

soapy_jones

Imagine my surprise when I last bought a book of stamps and went to use the first one, I licked it before I realised it was the self adhesive type, YUK!!!!! The whole family are regularly in creases when I retell that one...

markmc68

Call in the trades and standards. They'll be all over that.

Oggy Red

guinnessaddick said:

How much does a penny black cost?

"How much is a Penny Black stamp worth?

In 2008, a Penny Black in poor condition can cost as little as £15. A reasonable looking Penny Black will cost you £25. A better quality specimen might cost £60 to £100. A stamp with unusual attributes can cost up to £250. Mint examples are considerably more valuable – expect to" pay anything from £1800 upwards.

By contrast, a used Penny Red can cost as little as £1.50."

Well, you did ask.



PS: I've got a Penny Red.

Stig

Oggy Red said:

It should be stamped out, Golfie. Then you've got them licked.

eldavide

Stamps did go up recently should be £3.72 62p each yes you are getting ripped off buy them elsewhere

Oggy Red

Poor old, Golfie.

No Charlton relegation issues to be gloomy about, so he's had to moan about the price of stamps.


;o)

addix

The shop over the road from the supermarket I work in apparently charges more for stamps than they should be too. According to CAB site it's not allowed: http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/scotland/consumer_s/consumer_post_e/consumer_complaining_about_post_e/charged_more_than_the_face_value_for_stamps.htm

Valiantphil

The "post office" makes about 7% on what you pay to post something at the counter.
This is about the same if a corner shop buys stamps "wholesale" - which you can do in, say, Makro.

Corner shops do not need to overcharge in the way you describe.

ShootersHillGuru

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/nireland/consumer_ni/consumer_post_e/consumer_complaining_about_post_e/charged_more_than_the_face_value_for_stamps.htm

Fanny Fanackapan

Write to the Queen, Golfie !!

On her head be it .....

golfaddick

ShootersHillGuru said:

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/nireland/consumer_ni/consumer_post_e/consumer_complaining_about_post_e/charged_more_than_the_face_value_for_stamps.htm

thanks SHG. will check with them to see if they are an official trader & if so report them as indicated.

Feel free to close down this thread - answer found.

golfaddick

eldavide said:

Stamps did go up recently should be £3.72 62p each yes you are getting ripped off buy them elsewhere

that counts for why the shop has put their price up from £3.80 to £3.92.

soapy_jones

golfaddick said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/nireland/consumer_ni/consumer_post_e/consumer_complaining_about_post_e/charged_more_than_the_face_value_for_stamps.htm

thanks SHG. will check with them to see if they are an official trader & if so report them as indicated.

Feel free to close down this thread - answer found.

Keep it open mate, it's more interesting than the rumours thread!

Anyone got anymore stamp related anecdotes?

Oggy Red

Keep the thread open, Golfie.

Proper Charlton Life thread.

Leaburns Daddy

This thread is 1st class. I do think we should stamp the abuse out of poor Golfie otherwise we could have a sticky situation here.

Henry Irving

Friend Or Defoe

If people stopped the post office being privatised...

AFKABartram

This should be a sticky

paddycafc

Stop posting! Golfie has delivered his message.

cafcfan

Hey Golfie - you run a business don't you - IFA right?

Why aren't you using Royal Mail's "business mail" set up and paying the reduced prices of 49p first class or 35p second class?

CostaFortune

Stig said:

Oggy Red said:

It should be stamped out, Golfie. Then you've got them licked.

I've seen that picture before!!!!

RedChaser

@cafcfan‌ has got this one licked as usual :-)

AddicksAddict

Fanny Fanackapan said:

Write to the Queen, Golfie !!

On her head be it .....

I think you mean

On it be her head.

AddicksAddict

golfaddick said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/nireland/consumer_ni/consumer_post_e/consumer_complaining_about_post_e/charged_more_than_the_face_value_for_stamps.htm

thanks SHG. will check with them to see if they are an official trader & if so report them as indicated.

Feel free to close down this thread - answer found.

No, don't close this thread. Some of us don't have a life.

AddicksAddict

soapy_jones said:

golfaddick said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/nireland/consumer_ni/consumer_post_e/consumer_complaining_about_post_e/charged_more_than_the_face_value_for_stamps.htm

thanks SHG. will check with them to see if they are an official trader & if so report them as indicated.

Feel free to close down this thread - answer found.

Keep it open mate, it's more interesting than the rumours thread!

Anyone got anymore stamp related anecdotes?

I do a lot of posting, so when the price went up from 46p to 60p, I bought about £6,900 worth of 46p stamps which were worth about £9,000 the next morning.

You did ask.

cafcfan

soapy_jones said:

Imagine my surprise when I last bought a book of stamps and went to use the first one, I licked it before I realised it was the self adhesive type, YUK!!!!! The whole family are regularly in creases when I retell that one...

You don't send much mail then? :-) 1993 was the year royal Mail introduced self-adhesive stamps. Sierra Leone issued the first such stamp in 1964; it was die-cut into the shape of the country. (I've got a FDC somewhere from the era before I discovered girls. It's probably worth about 10p.) It seems that in hot and humid countries the old style water-based gum tended to just stick to whatever it came in contact with before the stamps ever got used: hence Sierra Leone being a pioneer.
The Sierra Leone stamp was printed in Walsall. Quite why it took the UK 30 years to catch up is a mystery.
Now, back to the train set.

Greenie

Two things worry me about this thread.
1) The Thread
2) I bothered to open it and read it.

FFS When does the football season start?