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HOW MUCH DOES AN IRC COSTS IN UK QUIDS?

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:50 pm
by danielbrie
the title said it all

Re: HOW MUCH DOES AN IRC COSTS IN UK QUIDS?

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:15 pm
by kimmylee
Edited after seeing your other posts.

Each IRC has a redemption value of £0.88p in the UK. You will need lots of IRC's for an item that heavy.

Maybe you could obtain paper UK currency through a bank or travel agent? It would probably work out cheaper.

In the UK we have £5, £10 and £20 notes.

Re: HOW MUCH DOES AN IRC COSTS IN UK QUIDS?

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:20 pm
by danielbrie
I don't believe this, since UK's postal office is still a member of Postal Union.
Must look into it more carefully, but I am almost sure that this is not true.

Re: HOW MUCH DOES AN IRC COSTS IN UK QUIDS?

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:00 am
by Autographcollecter16
danielbrie wrote:I don't believe this, since UK's postal office is still a member of Postal Union.
Must look into it more carefully, but I am almost sure that this is not true.
How can you say you don't believe this after a BRITISH person told you
So? Why would they lie?

Re: HOW MUCH DOES AN IRC COSTS IN UK QUIDS?

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:09 am
by gibson.morrow
Why is this in the Feedback section?

Re: HOW MUCH DOES AN IRC COSTS IN UK QUIDS?

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:39 am
by Normanbotts
gibson.morrow wrote:Why is this in the Feedback section?
Because the op asked the question here that's why
Is it such a big deal?
Do you have a problem with that?

Re: HOW MUCH DOES AN IRC COSTS IN UK QUIDS?

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:03 am
by cagneyfan
All right you lousy mugs - cut the bellyachin'. This is your Aunt Sadie from Jersey City. It seems like you can dish it out but you can't take it no more.

Re: HOW MUCH DOES AN IRC COSTS IN UK QUIDS?

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:50 am
by dancingirl1
Post questions where they belong:
http://www.fanmail.biz/mboard/viewforum.php?f=117

("...Need help? This is the place to ask any questions related to autograph collecting. Post your questions here!...")

Re: HOW MUCH DOES AN IRC COSTS IN UK QUIDS?

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:59 am
by kimmylee
danielbrie wrote:I don't believe this, since UK's postal office is still a member of Postal Union.
Must look into it more carefully, but I am almost sure that this is not true.
In the UK we cannot go into a PO and buy IRC's any more.
http://postcodes.royalmail.com/reply-sender
(2011 from RM)

But you are asking about using them for return postage (from UK to Romania), which you correctly state is mandatory under the UPU rules- Post Office's are not obliged to sell them but they are obliged to redeem them which is what you are needing.

http://www.upu.int/nc/en/activities/int ... t-irc.html

Each IRC's redemption is worth the current minimum worldwide airmail letter value. This is £0.88p here in the UK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon

http://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/ ... Ct2013.pdf

Therefore when you exchange an IRC in the UK for return international postage each one is worth £0.88p.

I suggested paper currency might work out cheaper because you would need lots of IRC's for the item you are wanting returned to you.

If you still think I am giving out the wrong information then Royal Mail (UK post office) are on Twitter and are very good about answering questions. Just ask them the redemption value of an IRC if you don't believe me.

Re: HOW MUCH DOES AN IRC COSTS IN UK QUIDS?

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:30 am
by stillluckyas13canbe
kimmylee wrote:
danielbrie wrote:I don't believe this, since UK's postal office is still a member of Postal Union.
Must look into it more carefully, but I am almost sure that this is not true.
In the UK we cannot go into a PO and buy IRC's any more.
http://postcodes.royalmail.com/reply-sender
(2011 from RM)

But you are asking about using them for return postage (from UK to Romania), which you correctly state is mandatory under the UPU rules- Post Office's are not obliged to sell them but they are obliged to redeem them which is what you are needing.

http://www.upu.int/nc/en/activities/int ... t-irc.html

Each IRC's redemption is worth the current minimum worldwide airmail letter value. This is £0.88p here in the UK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon

http://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/ ... Ct2013.pdf

Therefore when you exchange an IRC in the UK for return international postage each one is worth £0.88p.

I suggested paper currency might work out cheaper because you would need lots of IRC's for the item you are wanting returned to you.

If you still think I am giving out the wrong information then Royal Mail (UK post office) are on Twitter and are very good about answering questions. Just ask them the redemption value of an IRC if you don't believe me.
Kimmylee, as always a superb and detailed response. It's not your fault if the OP doesn't understand how to say please, thank you or figure out what a feedback forum is for. As for the other two extraneous posters in this thread, I wonder when they'll just give up. I don't understand why people just come on to troll... it really does say a lot about their own lives.