[Dx-qsl] More old US IRCs exchanged @ USPS today

Tue Nov 21 13:55:16 EST 2006

At 12:35 PM 11/21/2006, you wrote:
>Earlier this morning, I went to the same post office I visited last
>week to exchange some more old IRCs for another ham on this list.

Yesterday I received a QSL request from an EA-land ham with an 
2006-style IRC for postage. Not wanting to put it back into 
circulation this late in the game I went to my local post office to 
exchange it for a single solitary 84 cent stamp. The vacant stares I 
was greeted with by *all* the clerks was an ominous sign.
It took one "veteran" to explain the correct process to the 
uniformed-waste-of-space that was serving me. Meanwhile the queue was 
meandering out the door by this time, some 15 minutes or so after 
being served. So what does this genius do? She takes an 84 cent stamp 
AFFIXES IT TO THE RIGHT HAND BOX of the IRC and hands it and the 
letter back to me.
I then had to call forth the branch manager to explain what *should* 
happen. IMM is eventually consulted and "all's well that ends well." 
By this time I'm getting snide remarks being made from those waiting 
in line, etc. YMMV, etc, but I don't think I'll be doing this again, 
at least not at that branch.
Cheers,
Peter,
W2IRT 