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IRC's Online?
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:19 pm
by WFC_Rob
Is it possible to buy IRC's online?
I'm hoping to try and get Kanye West's autograph after seeing him live on Tuesday.
Any help on this will be appreciated.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:27 pm
by nowandagain
I'm sorry WFC_Rob, I haven't heard of any site that did sell IRC's online.
Your best bet would be to go to a post office and buy some.
nowandagain [rockon]
Re: IRC's Online?
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:57 pm
by TheCollector
WFC_Rob wrote:Is it possible to buy IRC's online?
I'm hoping to try and get Kanye West's autograph after seeing him live on Tuesday.
Any help on this will be appreciated.
The Royal Mail don't sell IRC's from their website unfortunately
Like nowandagain says, it is a Post Office job unfortunately
Ian

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:52 am
by cowboys
Its funny how little IRCs are used now days.
Just about each and every time I've bought IRCs from the post office recently, I've had to tell the employee where to stamp them. And the response is always the same:
"I've never sold an IRC before".
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:30 pm
by mkainsworth
In Canada you can purchase IRC's through the Canada Post website/store
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:07 pm
by tinker_mel
When I buy IRC's, I usually buy all of their stock. It's usally about £8 but it saves a lot of time

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:59 pm
by nowandagain
cowboys wrote:Just about each and every time I've bought IRCs from the post office recently, I've had to tell the employee where to stamp them. And the response is always the same:
"I've never sold an IRC before".
I haven't had that problem when I go to Australia Post. However, every single time I've bought an IRC, the employee has to do a search of their computer enter IRC's in correctly. That usually takes a few minutes as they first search for IRC, then International Reply...
The bad thing is that IRC's cost $2.50 here, and that's kind of expensive.
nowandagain [rockon]
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:49 am
by spannna
ive had the same kind of thing happen here....i usually buy them in bulk....and they specially order them in for me because im the only one that ever asks for them.they scurry around looking for the code and then ask me which side they have to be stamped on.
If australia post sold them online and cheaper, would make things more convieniant and alot cheaper.......$2.50 per IRC plus $1.85 stamp and 2 envelopes makes this a very expensive hobby....especially if they come back RTS and have post marked the stamps
Bring on an online service!!!
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:12 am
by nowandagain
spannna wrote:ive had the same kind of thing happen here....i usually buy them in bulk....and they specially order them in for me because im the only one that ever asks for them.they scurry around looking for the code and then ask me which side they have to be stamped on.
If australia post sold them online and cheaper, would make things more convieniant and alot cheaper.......$2.50 per IRC plus $1.85 stamp and 2 envelopes makes this a very expensive hobby....especially if they come back RTS and have post marked the stamps
Bring on an online service!!!
Wow spannna, I've never had to have them order them in for me. I've bought IRC's from 3 different post offices here and they've always had them in stock (once, the staff member had to go to the back and get a new stack of them because she didn't have enough of them with her at the counter.)
I don't know which post offices you go to, but everyone I've bought IRC's from has known exactly what they are and where to stamp them. I don't have to remind them. The only response I get is that they don't sell too many of them or haven't sold them in a while, and that they have to do a search on the computer to find the right code to enter the purchase in the comptuer.
IRC's are very expensive to send out here, especially since you have to factor in the cost of postage to the relevant celebrity and envelopes etc. It adds up, so usually I only can send out 5 or so requests at one time over a period of time. I've got a few requests out there at the moment, but if the celebrities I want to write to were here in Australia, it would make it much easier and cheaper...
nowandagain [rockon]
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:39 am
by cowboys
yeah nowandagain - we need more movies being produced out here ;)
That's why I want to know if Res. Evil 3 has got an Aust. contact address so I can try contacting Milla Jovovich there.
And hopefully Joss Whedon decides to do Wonderwoman out here so I can contact him and whoever he decides on for Wonderwoman (Eliza Dushku, Moreena Baccarin, or Charisma Carpenter - I don't mind which heheheh)
