[Dx-qsl] IRC Redemption

Tue Dec 10 14:21:53 EST 2013

Tom, 

You worry me. I have a few that I never got around to using, so I'm going to have to redeem them before the end of the month as well.

The ARRL is covering this on the League web site... http://www.arrl.org/news/international-reply-coupon-redemption-deadline-looms
They advise everyone to ask for a supervisor if you run into a problem, and bring along a copy of USPS International Mail Manual Section 381 (IMM 381 can be found at http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc3_020.htm )

After reading the section over, I suspect that whomever made the decision was looking at 381.3(d), which refers to the OLD IRC's that we used to exchange, the small ones without expiration dates. In short, I wonder if you ran into someone who was looking for an excuse to not have to bother with them. 

73

On 12/10/13, Tom Harke wrote:
I went to a local Post Office today and tried to redeem a big stack of 
IRC's. The Postmaster had no idea even though I provided him with USPS 
Handbook location regarding redemption of IRC's. He told me he would 
check into the procedure with his district office and call me at home 
when he got the information.He called me back and told me that the IRC's 
are not redeemable. He was advised by the Great Lakes District Office 
that the IRC's have not been accepted for the past 5 years and they will 
not redeem them. I know this is a bunch of garbage. Any recommendations 
how to handle this. Appreciate any information.
73 de Tom AA9A
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