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Cost of a book of stamps.
golfaddick
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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 ???
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 ???
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It should be stamped out, Golfie. Then you've got them licked.
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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...7 -
How much does a penny black cost?0
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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...0
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Call in the trades and standards. They'll be all over that.2
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"How much is a Penny Black stamp worth?guinnessaddick said:How much does a penny black cost?
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.
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Stamps did go up recently should be £3.72 62p each yes you are getting ripped off buy them elsewhere0
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Poor old, Golfie.
No Charlton relegation issues to be gloomy about, so he's had to moan about the price of stamps.
;o)
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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.htm1
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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.0 -
Write to the Queen, Golfie !!
On her head be it .....0 -
thanks SHG. will check with them to see if they are an official trader & if so report them as indicated.ShootersHillGuru said:
Feel free to close down this thread - answer found.0 -
that counts for why the shop has put their price up from £3.80 to £3.92.eldavide said:Stamps did go up recently should be £3.72 62p each yes you are getting ripped off buy them elsewhere
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Keep it open mate, it's more interesting than the rumours thread!golfaddick said:
thanks SHG. will check with them to see if they are an official trader & if so report them as indicated.ShootersHillGuru said:
Feel free to close down this thread - answer found.
Anyone got anymore stamp related anecdotes?1 -
Keep the thread open, Golfie.
Proper Charlton Life thread.
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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.0
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If people stopped the post office being privatised...0
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This should be a sticky0
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Stop posting! Golfie has delivered his message.0
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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?0 -
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I think you meanFanny Fanackapan said:Write to the Queen, Golfie !!
On her head be it .....
On it be her head.0 -
No, don't close this thread. Some of us don't have a life.golfaddick said:
thanks SHG. will check with them to see if they are an official trader & if so report them as indicated.ShootersHillGuru said:
Feel free to close down this thread - answer found.
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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.soapy_jones said:
Keep it open mate, it's more interesting than the rumours thread!golfaddick said:
thanks SHG. will check with them to see if they are an official trader & if so report them as indicated.ShootersHillGuru said:
Feel free to close down this thread - answer found.
Anyone got anymore stamp related anecdotes?
You did ask.
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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.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...
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.2 -
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?1
