5% off First Class Stamps

JustWonderful

walkman50 wrote: »

A friend sent me a letter using one of these so-called 'cheap' stamps. All I got through my door was a card from Royal Mail telling me I had an unspecified item in the post, which I had to travel several miles to collect and pay a one pound fine, plus the price of the second class stamp. It looked fine to me, and was unfranked, but they said they could tell it was a previously used stamp.

Fine+postage+fuel cost ME £1.70 so my friend could save a couple of pence! I would not do that to any friend of mine...

I'm also outraged that an organisation can give a fine for someone elses act.

P.S. Using an unfranked stamp that has already been used is like taking items off a supermarket shelf and showing them an old receipt to prove you have bought them. A criminal offence!

Sorry, but what has this got to do with Superdrug offering 5% off stamps?

custardy

walkman50 wrote: »

A friend sent me a letter using one of these so-called 'cheap' stamps. All I got through my door was a card from Royal Mail telling me I had an unspecified item in the post, which I had to travel several miles to collect and pay a one pound fine, plus the price of the second class stamp. It looked fine to me, and was unfranked, but they said they could tell it was a previously used stamp.

Fine+postage+fuel cost ME £1.70 so my friend could save a couple of pence! I would not do that to any friend of mine...

I'm also outraged that an organisation can give a fine for someone elses act.

P.S. Using an unfranked stamp that has already been used is like taking items off a supermarket shelf and showing them an old receipt to prove you have bought them. A criminal offence!

dont bother collecting it then,seemples

bonzoe

JustWonderful wrote: »

With the 5% off stamps, the price shown on the receipt INCLUDES the discount. For example if the price before the 5% off is £2.00 the price on the receipt would be £1.95, it wouldnt say £2.00, and then have seperate thing at the bottom saying DISCOUNT -5p..HTH

I always thought that 5% off £2.00 was 10p, so the price would show £1.90 surely! Or do I drive a hard bargain?

emay

Is this on all types of stamps? I use a lot of first class large letter stamps (and still get blank stares from sales assistants when I ask for them...how long have they been in issue now?!!)

KittaKatta

JustWonderful wrote: »

With the 5% off stamps, the price shown on the receipt INCLUDES the discount. For example if the price before the 5% off is £2.00 the price on the receipt would be £1.95, it wouldnt say £2.00, and then have seperate thing at the bottom saying DISCOUNT -5p..HTH

No, the discount was simply not applied; I made a complaint, Superdrug acknowledged the mistake (the stamps had been put through the till as 'Christmas stamps' rather than '1st class stamps', which did not trigger the discount) and very kindly provided me with a larger refund than I had asked for. I was happy with that.