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05/01/2008, 10:33 Cendrillon Joined on 19/10/2007 S.E. England & S.W.France Posts 410 Re: Strange Post Office behaviour? British postal rates and envelope / package sizes changed last year so I suppose that someone, somewhere in Europe is trying to standardise the system. Cendrillon    Report

05/01/2008, 11:45 woolybanana Joined on 27/08/2007 Posts 1,208 Re: Strange Post Office behaviour? Well I checked this morning in the local post point person and with the postie and they are both bemused. As well as with my local wholesale stationer. Though I suspect a change may be coming.    Report

05/01/2008, 12:11 BJSLIV Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 2,464 Re: Strange Post Office behaviour? Its clearly an area of confusion at the moment. http://www.art-telecom.fr/fileadmin/reprise/communiques/lettre/pdf/lettre57-page11-postal.pdf where the legality of this rule concerning the nature of the contents is far from decided http://maphilatelie.com/dossier/lettre_ou_colis_la_poste_ne_decide_pas.html    Report

05/01/2008, 15:10 woolybanana Joined on 27/08/2007 Posts 1,208 Re: Strange Post Office behaviour? Thanks, I will check these out and may give one to the clerk involved for fun.    Report

06/01/2008, 13:14 Weedon Joined on 23/08/2004 Laval (53) Posts 1,254 Re: Strange Post Office behaviour?  woolybanana wrote: Thanks, I will check these out and may give one to the clerk involved for fun. I hope for your sake the fat sweaty bloke smelling of BO isn't on duty then!    Report

06/01/2008, 15:04 spg Joined on 23/08/2004 Southern Morbihan 56 Posts 1,147 Re: Strange Post Office behaviour?  woolybanana wrote: I must have sent 100 books and almost always by the same clerk it has never been queried before. What you need is the nifty machine we have in our PO. You put your envelope on the scales, input where you want the envelope to go to, the machine calculates the amount due, you put in your money and the machine delivers a special kind of stamp. You afix said stamp to envelope and post in post-box - no clerk involved and no interrogation. Sue   Computing - it's another world    Report

06/01/2008, 15:10 Gardian Joined on 15/02/2006 Gard Posts 1,364 Re: Strange Post Office behaviour?  spg wrote:  woolybanana wrote: I must have sent 100 books and almost always by the same clerk it has never been queried before. What you need is the nifty machine we have in our PO. You put your envelope on the scales, input where you want the envelope to go to, the machine calculates the amount due, you put in your money and the machine delivers a special kind of stamp. You afix said stamp to envelope and post in post-box - no clerk involved and no interrogation. Sue   I'm sorry, but technology like that won't catch on down here in the South.  Far too advanced, and besides machines can't scowl at you, can they?    Report

06/01/2008, 15:20 spg Joined on 23/08/2004 Southern Morbihan 56 Posts 1,147 Re: Strange Post Office behaviour?  Gardian wrote: I'm sorry, but technology like that won't catch on down here in the South.  Far too advanced, and besides machines can't scowl at you, can they? No, but they can get their own back on you by breaking down ... or refusing to work for some unknown reason, when there seems to be nothing genuinely wrong  with them. Does that sound more like it? Sue Computing - it's another world    Report

06/01/2008, 17:04 oakbri Joined on 08/07/2007 Picardie Posts 154 Re: Strange Post Office behaviour? Sounds almost like my post office. For years we had a woman working there and I posted loads of stuff no problem. 6 months ago she left and a new guy took over. Since then I have visited the post office 6 or 8 times and each time left with my package under my arm after being told it was either impossible to post the item or being quoted a price so high I would have to sell my grandmother to afford it. Each time I get in my car and drive to the next village and post the item there no problem. I don't know if the guy is a retard or just hates foreigners.    Report

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