Yesterday I was in local post office in SoCo Dublin paying for a 9 euro stamp for a parcel. That was ok. So while I was there I asked the cashier to buy ten 10c stamps (for using to make up the value of older stamps that have the out of date prices on them)
Her superior butted in and said I can't be sold these. I asked why- he said because you cannot buy stamps (i.e not allowed to) for less than the value of a regular stamp (€1.25) I said grand give me thirteen 10c stamps so. No he said - you have to bring the envelope in and prove you are buying stamps for the shortfall.
God almighty - who would give An Post their savings or trust them with anything of real value. What a bizarre exchange.
Is what I was told true or did I have the misfortune to meet a Basil Fawlty character trapped in the body of an An post supervisor.
Her superior butted in and said I can't be sold these. I asked why- he said because you cannot buy stamps (i.e not allowed to) for less than the value of a regular stamp (€1.25) I said grand give me thirteen 10c stamps so. No he said - you have to bring the envelope in and prove you are buying stamps for the shortfall.
God almighty - who would give An Post their savings or trust them with anything of real value. What a bizarre exchange.
Is what I was told true or did I have the misfortune to meet a Basil Fawlty character trapped in the body of an An post supervisor.